Djenne Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Written by Oliver Today's adventure was an excursion to the walled city of Djenne and the treasured Grand Mosque within. The Ground Mosque is the world's largest mud brick building which is rebuilt every year with 4,000 helpers. It is known as the "poor mans" Mecca; for many who can't afford the pilgrimage to Mecca, come here instead. We arrive...

djenne is listed as a world heritage sight== we had an OK stay here the streets were extremely muddy and there were semi open sewer lines so much of the city smelled like urine and you werent sure where you werte stepping:

the people warmth again made it all worth it; they are indomitable:

our guides name is Amadou, one of the cool...

Ahh Djenné... site of la grande mosquée, the largest mud-brick building in the world... sister city of the legendary Timbuktu...

It was... well... alright.

The mosque was impressive and all, with its big towers with planks sticking out so they can climb up and rebuild it every year, but you can't go in ( well alright, technically ...

With two crates of bottled water on the roof of our rusty taxi, we set off on the two and a half hour drive to Djenne, a World Heritage town sitting on an island in the Bani River, where all the buildings are made of mud. We followed the tarmac road, went through two police checks, and passed large herds of cattle and goats. There were few other...

We arrived in Djenne via a very efficient Peugeot taxi; with a mere 10 adults and 2 kids inside. Monday is market day and the town was rammed with people, selling everything from food to clothes and household goods. The market is positioned directly in front of Djennes mud mosque; which is a world heritage site. The mosque itself is the largest ...

Cette ville est celebre pour sa mosquee contruite par les francais au debut des années 1900. Ce n etait pas la meilleur ville pour feter noel, mais tant pis. De toutefacon j avais des repetitions de la messe de noel dans le pays dogons. Une messe avec des tambours cela fait toujours bizarre.

Biggest mud-mosque (and most expensive mud-cloth), very impressive!

Après avoir découvert par hasard les nombreuses petites mosquées des villages environnant Djenné et qui ne figurent dans aucun des nombreux guides en notre possession, voici la merveille attendue. Le chef d'oeuvre de l'architecture soudanaise datant du XIIè à l'origine mais reconstruite à l'identique au début du XXè siècle et recrépie comme il s...

et voilà le grand jour tant attendu par M et par moi (MC) est arrivé. Enfin pas tout à fait puisque c'est dans la nuit qui vient (de dimanche à lundi) que nous partons : convocation à Marignane à 1h et décollage prévu à 3h30. Oui du matin, vous ne rêvez pas... att**rissage prévu à Mopti Sévaré 5 heures plus tard (Inch'Allah). Pour les plus curie...

LES « AUTRES » MOSQUEES Après avoir parfois dénigré les mosquées (celles financées par les saoudiens, toutes neuves et construites à la chaîne) nous allons vous montr** d'autres mosquées, traditionnelles, de pur style soudanais celles là. Elles sont construites en banco c'est-à-dire en latérite mélangée à de la paille de riz et à du beurre de ka...