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Commune and town in Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Mauritania
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Nouadhibou is the second largest city in Mauritania. It's a major fishing centre and large industrial port.
An Italian restaurant with a Spanish chef.
Serving European cuisine.
Serves small snacks, cakes, pastries, mini pizzas, meat rolls and sandwiches.
Good parking for larger vehicles or caravans and more rooms for bigger groups.
South of city centre, has passable rooms with clean shared toiled and shower from 300 ougiyas (2023).
Possibly the best known inn (auberge). Rooms are small but clean. It's close to in the centre. It's 200 metres from the central police station and Pleine de Lune sandwich/snack shop, 10 metres from a petrol station and boutique.
Many rooms.
Well known, international standard hotel.
A more upmarket hotel with restaurant, tennis courts and beautiful ocean side view. It is one of the oldest hotels in town.
By taxi
From Nouakchott, 470 km away there are frequent collective taxis (Mercedes taking 6 passengers).
By car
There are two sealed roads to Nouadhibou. One connects it towards south with the capital, Nouakchott. The other one goes north to the border and into Western Sahara.
By bus
There are no regular bus connections from outside of the country, however Supratours runs a bus from Dakhla to the Mauretanian border from where is it possible to arrange independent transport.
By train
There is only one train line in Mauritania, the Iron Ore Train, connecting Nouadhibou to Choum and Zouerat. It is used to carry iron ore from Zouerat mines to Nouadhibou port.
The city centre can be walked in under 15 minutes, so take a walk-about and see the sights.
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