swap_horiz Midès Oasis Alternatives

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Dunhuang Oasis

Situated in Gansu Province, China, the Dunhuang Oasis supported settlement and travel along the Silk Road in an arid reg...

China Historic Silk Road Gobi

9.15 Excellent

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Khiva

Khiva is a historic oasis city in western Uzbekistan, near the Amu Darya and the edge of the Kyzylkum Desert. It served...

Historic Uzbekistan Central Asia Silk Road

8.85 Great

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Al-Ula Oasis

An oasis and historic settlement area in northwestern Saudi Arabia, Al-Ula developed along an ancient route linking Arab...

Natural Historic Saudi Arabia Nabataean

8.80 Great

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Merv Oasis

The Merv Oasis in present-day Turkmenistan contains the remains of several cities that occupied successive sites along t...

Ancient Silk Road Mary Turkmenistan

8.70 Great

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Turpan Oasis

The Turpan Oasis is an inhabited and cultivated area within the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang, northwestern China, histo...

China Grape Silk Road Xinjiang

8.45 Great

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Tozeur Oasis

Tozeur is an oasis city in southwestern Tunisia, situated north of the Chott el-Jerid salt lake near the Sahara. Its ext...

Tourism Tunisia Springs Sahara

8.00 Great

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Wadi Bani Khalid Oasis

Wadi Bani Khalid is a wadi and oasis area in Oman's North Al Sharqiyah Governorate, within the eastern Hajar Mountains....

Scenic Pools Oman Springs

8.00 Great

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Chebika Oasis

Chebika Oasis is a small mountain oasis in western Tunisia, near the Algerian border, notable for its dramatic waterfall...

Mountain Waterfall Scenic Tunisia

7.80 Good

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Nefta Oasis

Nefta is a town and oasis in southwestern Tunisia, near the Algerian border and the Chott el Djerid salt lake. Its histo...

Tunisia Springs Sahara Date Palms

7.70 Good

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Ubari Oasis

Ubari is an oasis town in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya, near the dune fields of the Ubari Sand Sea. The surro...

Scenic Libya Sahara Fezzan

7.65 Good

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Timimoun Oasis

Timimoun Oasis is an Algerian oasis town in Adrar Province known as the 'Red Oasis' for its distinctive red-ochre archit...

Scenic Algeria Sahara Red Oasis

7.65 Good

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Tamerza Oasis

Tamerza Oasis is Tunisia's largest mountain oasis, situated in Tamerza Governorate near the Algerian border, built aroun...

Historic Mountain Waterfall Tunisia

7.55 Good

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Douz Oasis

Douz Oasis is a large date palm oasis located in the Nefzaoua region of southern Tunisia, situated at the northern edge...

Gateway Nomadic Tunisia Sahara

7.45 Good

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Taghit Oasis

Taghit Oasis is a small Algerian oasis town in Béchar Province, situated at the foot of the Erg Occidental dune sea and...

Scenic Algeria Sahara Erg

7.45 Good

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Terjit Oasis

Terjit Oasis is a natural spring oasis located in the Adrar region of Mauritania, nestled within a narrow, steep-sided g...

Scenic Mauritania Springs Adrar

7.45 Good

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Beni Abbes Oasis

Beni Abbes Oasis is an Algerian oasis town in Béchar Province on the Saoura River, notable as the site where French Cath...

Scenic Algeria Springs Sahara

7.00 Good

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Gafsa Oasis

Gafsa Oasis is an ancient oasis city in west-central Tunisia, inhabited since prehistoric times and historically signifi...

Historic Roman Tunisia Springs

6.95 Fair

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Bou Saada Oasis

Bou Saada Oasis is an oasis town in Algeria's M'Sila Province at the northern edge of the Sahara and near the Saharan At...

Gateway Tourism Algeria Atlas

6.90 Fair

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Ain Hudra Oasis

Ain Hudra Oasis is a spring-fed oasis in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Its setting combines a desert water source and vegetat...

Scenic Egypt Bedouin Springs

6.80 Fair

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El Hamma Oasis

El Hamma is an oasis town in Gabès Governorate in southern Tunisia, located near the northern edge of the Sahara. It is...

Natural Thermal Tunisia Hot Springs

6.35 Fair