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Algeria has the longest distances of North Africa, the dramatic and green coast of the north, mountains with people of strong cultural identity, endless desert, breathtaking oases, and volcanic mountains.
The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, or Algeria, is a nation in north Africa and the second largest country on the Africa continent.
by David Mozer [An introduction and overview to travel in Africa is available by clicking here. If you are look for a bicycle tour to this country, this link might help you.] The information below may have been extracted from a more comprehensive "Country Supplement" to the book "Bicycling In Africa". For information on these publications click on the...
Note: Travellers by road in northern Algeria are at risk of attack by terrorist groups. One of these groups recently issued an explicit threat to target non-Muslims. Algeria faces a serious internal security problem from terrorist insurgency. It is advised that all travellers be extra cautious with personal security arrangements throughout their stay....
Stay south of the El-Oued-Touggourt-Ghardaia road and east of the Ghardaia-In Salah-Tamanrasset-In Guezzam road. Elsewhere a small but potential risk still exists. Despite what you are told, the Algerians are extremely welcoming. There is Internet access in El-Oued, Touggourt, Hassi-Messaoud and Tamanrasset. Andrzej Bielecki (Aug 01) Moving About Hitchhiking...
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Once famed as one of Arabia's most beautiful cities, Algiers was never the same after years of colonial abuse. Today it's little more than a modern port town. Most people stay here just long enough to organise their transport to Tamanrasset and other parts of Algeria, Africa or Europe. It's generally safe in Algiers - police are everywhere inside the...
Ghardaïa is actually a cluster of five towns in the river valley of the Oued M'Zab - Ghardaïa, Melika, Beni Isguen, Bou Noura and El-Ateuf. It is home to a conservative Muslim sect called the Mozabites, which broke from mainstream Islam some 900 years ago. The area is famous for its carpets and the daily souq in the old town. It's worth visiting Beni...
architectural highlight Tagged the 'Town of a Thousand Domes', El-Oued is the major town of the Souf region in the Grand Erg Oriental. Most of the buildings have domes, built to alleviate the summer heat. The town is also famous for its carpets, which often bear the traditional cross of the Souf. The daily souq in the old part of town is at its most...
views ; monument This concrete memorial to the struggle for Algerian independence, having been designed according to a somewhat brutalist aesthetic, isn't exactly pleasing to the eye. Yet it's undeniably striking - you won't fail to miss its imposing bulk from wherever you are in Algiers. The monument was opened in 1982, on the 20th anniversary of independence,...
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