Bni Ounif is the border town for travellers coming from Figuig in Morocco (presently closed), an oasis like Figuig but far smaller, and a great disappointment for those crossing through the border valley of palms and winding roads. Nobody stays in Bni Ounif, and the landscape, it be in northern or southern directions, is once again the main attraction.
While travelling south to Bechar, there wil be many traces of French actions during the Algerian fight for independence. Forts and barbed wire (now mostly in rolls) follow the border to Morocco, and was there as part of a strategy to prevent help coming from sympathizers in Morocco.
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Tourist information about another destination in Algeria