El Oued Travel Guide

 Narviking Says:  Just the fact that El Oued is a desert town makes the whole place interesting for me. I enjoyed going around looking at the arcitecture, how people lived etc. One thing I found special interesting was the big marked. It is especially busy on fridays.THE PHOTO: EL OUED... 

 Narviking Says:  I only was in El OUED during my visit and I can reccomend the HOTEL LE SOUF. But remember it was in 1992 and much can have changed since then.THE PHOTO: ENTRANCE TO HOTEL LE SOUF. Cant remember price but it was not expensive. Had restaurant, pool etc. 

 Narviking Says:  There are a few restaurants in El Oued. Except from one time I had all my meals in the restaurant of Hotel Le Souf and in the homes of the guys I got friends with. At Hotel Le Souf you could also sit outside in front of the swimmingpool having cold drinks and food.THE PHOTO:... 

 Narviking Says:  Nightlife in El Oued is sitting in cafes drinking tea or softdrinks and chatting. There are no bars or nightclubs as far as I could see. When I was there the guys just took a taperecorder and tea with them outside the house and sat chatting in the sand feeling the warm wind... 

 Narviking Says:  Beside shopping in the El Oued market you can also find a few nice handicraftshops in town. Rugs seems to be a popular thing to buy and I bought one of them myself. PHOTO:INSIDE A HANDICRAFTSHOP IN EL OUED. Rugs and all sort of other handicrafts. 

 Narviking Says:  I never heard about any violence in El Oued but due to the present situation in Algeria I would not go there. Daily civilians are killed in the struggle between the government and islamic groups. In early 2003 several groups of european tourists were kidnapped in sourthern... 

 Narviking Says:  A tourist trap has for me several times been shops or basars were the sellers more or less attack you trying to sell their products. Instead of simply going around looking at the products in peace you have to run for life ! Well in El Oued it was not like that. I could...