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Algiers is the capital city of Algeria on the Mediterranean Coast. Travellers may visit some lovely beaches along the mediterranean cost, enjoy a number of outdoor activities, and enjoy the city's nightlife.
Top attractions in Algiers includes ruins...
Categories: Algiers
Annaba is Algeria's fourth largest city, ringed by hills, and close to some good beaches, with an elegant colonial-period center. The Green Main Street, also known as the Cours de la Revolution, has a vibrant nightlife atmosphere. The horizon to ...
Categories: Annaba
This is the city nearest the Roman ruins at Timgad. Other ruins in the area include Lambese, a Roman garrison town of the Third Augustan Legion. Batna itself (pop. 122,000) has little of interest, but intriguing hikes are possible in the cedar forest...
Categories: Batna
This former French Foreign Legion outpost is often a stopping point if you're driving to Tindouf or Taghit from the coast. There's not much to see in there except the ruined 12th-century fortified city of al-Qal'a of Beni Hammad with its thick earthe...
Categories: Bechar
Bejaia is one of Algeria's most beautiful cities, situated between the sea, a cape and a mountain. The city itself with narrow streets never making a straight line, always climbing, is simply crowded. The city has less than 200,000 inhabitants, but t...
Categories: Bejaia
We think Biskra is one of the most beautiful Algerian oases. Used by the Romans, it has date palms and the Hammam Salhine health spa at Ad Poscinam. If all this sounds appealing, plan to stay at least two nights. Also see the El Kantar Gorge, the ter...
Categories: Biskra
This city (pop. 191,000) in the shadow of the Atlas Mountains is locally known for citrus groves and gardens. It's especially nice to visit during spring, when the orange blossoms are in bloom. Nearby is a ski resort at Chrea, which also provides goo...
Categories: Blida
Called the City of Happiness, Bou Saada has nice old streets, locally famous mosques (El Nekla and Ouled Attik) and a fortress from the Middle Ages. You can also spend time watching the various craftsmen at work. Plan to spend one night in this city ...
Categories: Bou Saada
Located in the mountainous area of northeastern Algeria, Constantine (pop. 450,000) looks quite impressive sitting atop a high cliff. The city's attractions are mostly historical—controlled by Romans, Byzantines and Arabs, Constantine was Algeria's f...
Categories: Constantine
This remote, isolated desert supply town is a small, but nice, oasis. The main attractions are well-preserved cave paintings and painted rocks, and the countryside consists of beautiful ravines and gorges. 1,200 mi/1,900 km southeast of Algiers.
Categories: Djanet
These ruins of a Roman military town are impressive, including a forum, temples, basilicas, triumphal arches and houses. The museum at Djemila holds beautiful mosaics—well worth a look. An international festival of music and dance is held in the Roma...
Categories: Djemila
Swaying palm trees frame this classic Saharan oasis. El Golea is really quite beautiful, with its tree-lined boulevards and even an old French Foreign Legion post. The city market is in a courtyard, and among the fruits and vegetables are magnificent...
Categories: El Golea
One of the most interesting oases in the Sahara, El Oued is noted primarily for its distinctive architecture. It seems as if every building has a dome on it—even the stalls in the marketplace. As a bonus, the town is clean and orderly. See the small ...
Categories: El Oued
El-Kala is one of the most beautiful seaside towns along the Algerian coast. Around the picturesque village is a a forest and mountains climbing slowly up from the town. El-Kala is known for it's ecotourism and offers a several exellent&nbs...
Categories: El-Kala
As you approach it, this 11th-century oasis town looks somewhat like San Francisco: It's built on hills, its mosque (constructed in the Sudanese style) is reminiscent of Coit Tower, there are few trees on the streets, and the buildings are painted in...
Categories: Ghardaia
This colorful and impressive sand sea covers most of central Algeria. The Grand Erg is divided into two major regions: the western (Chech and Iguidi) and the eastern. Clustered around the edges of the Erg are a number of small oases; we recommend vis...
Categories: Grand Erg
Once the site of a major slave market, today this unattractive oasis in central Algeria produces millions of dates, but it is mostly seen by travelers as a stopping point on the way through the desert. If you're en route to/from Tamanrasset, you'll w...
Categories: In Salah
This major oasis is one of the first reached by southbound travelers as they leave the coastal cities (it's located in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains). Plan on stopping one night to visit its beautiful garden, the El Attik Mosque and the main m...
Categories: Laghouat
This colorful valley region has five ksour (fortified towns): Ghardaia, Beni Izguen, Melika, Guerrara and El Atteuf. The villages offer a glimpse of traditional life with their pyramid-shaped mosques, small souks (markets) and winding streets. If th...
Categories: M'Zab
Oran is a major mediterranean port city with a fascinating cultural past. The city has been influenced by traditional Spanish, French, and Islamic architecture, and is truly a city of blended cultures. Visitors may explore ethnographic...
Categories: Oran
Located 150 mi/240 km southeast of Ghardaia, the oasis of Ouargla was once an important stop for caravans and nomadic people. Today, it consists largely of oil and gas refineries, though the ramparts built of crisscrossed palm trees are interesting t...
Categories: Ouargla
Occupying most of Algeria, this fascinating and exciting region should be visited by everyone at some point in a lifetime. There are three primary routes that can be considered: RN1, which runs from Algiers to Tamanrasset and is by far the most popul...
Categories: Sahara Desert Algeria
This region in the western Grand Erg is adjacent to both Morocco and Mauritania. It's fairly difficult to reach even the main towns in this area because there aren't many roads. Tindouf is most easily visited from southeastern Morocco. It's also the ...
Categories: Saoura
Set midway between Algiers and Constantine, Setif (pop. 187,000) is an ideal place to stay when you're visiting the nearby Roman ruins of Mila and Djemila. 60 mi/100 km northwest of Constantine.
Categories: Setif
Taghit is a quintessential oasis. Huge orangish-red dunes surround the town, date palms line a riverbed, and the pace is definitely relaxed. Nearby is another picture-perfect oasis, Beni Abbes. 60 mi/100 km south of Bechar.
Categories: Taghit
Tamanrasset lies at an elevation of 4,500 ft/1,400 m in a region crossed by nomadic Tuareg tribesmen. It is, quite literally, the end of the road: From this point south, you must follow tire tracks in the sand. As romantic as all this may sound, the ...
Categories: Tamanrasset
Some consider Tassili, with its breathtaking scenery, to be one of the wonders of the world. Seldom seen by visitors, this phenomenal area adjacent to the Libyan border is actually a huge sandstone plateau with deep canyons and gorges, petrified fore...
Categories: Tassili N'Ajjer National Park
This small fishing port has ruins of a pagan temple from the third century and a Christian basilica from the sixth century. The beach, sad to say, is rocky. 70 mi/110 km east of Algiers.
Categories: Tigzirt
Timgad is an impressive area of Roman ruins. Begun in the first century by the emperor Trajan, the site was one of the most developed on the fringes of the Roman Empire. Thamugadis finally fell into disuse and lay buried for more than a thousand year...
Categories: Timgad
On the edge of the Grand Erg, this red-sandstone town and the surrounding area offer an opportunity to see pink (actually, yellowish-pink) sand dunes. The local irrigation system, with water coming from ancient buried pipes, is also interesting. Othe...
Categories: Timimoun
This coastal town boasts Phoenician, Roman, early Christian and Byzantine ruins, but the main attractions are good beaches and tourist facilities. There are more Roman ruins in the nearby town of Cherchell. 40 mi/60 km west of Algiers.
Categories: Tipasa
This city (pop. 300,000) offers beautiful scenery and the nearby Roman ruins of Dellys, Azzefoun and Tigzirt. Tizi-Ouzou also has the highest Berber population in the country. 60 mi/100 km east of Algiers.
Categories: Tizi-Ouzou
A pleasant walled city in northwestern Algeria, Tlemcen (pop. 146,000) has nice plazas with large cafes, interesting stores, a museum, a pretty port, a large mosque, the Mansourah Tower and an old section that's delightful to walk through. There's a ...
Categories: Tlemcen