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mikey_e Says: I'm not really sure what to call this part of central Algiers, but its French streets and quaint shopping areas took my fancy. It is located to the south of the Place de la Grande Poste, and is quite obviously the product of French efforts to create a European-style city in...
mikey_e Says: Abd el Kader was an prince (emir in Arabic) who was an active organizer of the resistance to French colonisation in the 1830s. He occupies and important place in Algerian history and folklore, and his memory has been consecrated in more than a few songs and poems. In Algiers...
mikey_e Says: The Clock Gardens, or Jardins de l'Horloge, are contiguous to the Place de la Grande Poste, and they are really quite hard to miss if you visit the latter. They are built up the slope that leads to the Casbah, and are quite interesting in the fact that the clock from which...
mikey_e Says: The Place de la Grande Poste, and the Grande Poste (Great Post Office) are probably the focal point of any orientation in Algiers. In typical French style, they create a huge open space for traffic and pedestrians, and complete a bisection of the French part of the city that...
mikey_e Says: Rue d'Angkor is effectively Algiers' Corniche - the long, coastal road that provides a sort of natural entertainment area for residents of any seaside city in the Arab world. Unlike in many other cities along the Mediterranean, where the Corniche was built up by wealthy...
mikey_e Says: The Casbah was, during the French colonial period, the Arab quarter of the city. There is a clear divide in not only the architecture and layout of the Casbah and the French-built areas, but also in the philosophy of their respective developments. While the French areas are...
1 Review and 23 Opinions Sofitel Algiers is a high class hotel, very nice with all accomodations that any traveler need,...
2 Reviews and 36 Opinions Well, it's difficult to sense the flavor of real Algeria in a place like this, a 5* international...
LA VAGUE BLEU: EXCELLENT SEAFOOD
DAO Says: These guys came highly recommended and the food doesn’t disappoint. When I walked in Big Chef was cooking away and it looked like a fantastic seafood stew. Smelled great as well. I was politely shown to a table upstairs and a menu in French was produced. And then a nice...
LE DAUPHIN: TO CLASSY TO SERVE ME !
DAO Says: This is supposed to be one of the best restaurants in Algiers. OK, the guidebook is a bit out of date. I couldn’t tell you because they never served me any food! I guess when I showed up with boots, t-shirt and some combat style trousers that I didn’t fit in with the rest of...
eternel2002 Says: You can move around Algiers using bus or taxis, taxis may be better because it's fast, not expensive with the local money and you can ask the driver to get you to a specific destination, almost all of taxi drivers speak french with may be little english so that can make the...
eternel2002 Says: Algiers is the capital and the biggest city in algeria, so it has a good transportation system.From Houari Boumedienne International Airport, with its 2 terminals (international and domestic), air flights go to Europe, Canada, North Africa, saharian Africa and the Middle...
Ryad El Feth: The "Martyr" Mall
Aurorae Says: Ryad El Feth (thanks for the help with the name, kokoryko!) is right under the Martyr monument. It's a several story shopping centre with shops of different kinds, cinema complex, gym, restaurants, etc.There are some shops selling souvenirs and traditional clothes, including...
mikey_e Says: Algiers is not a city that was created by colonialism. Indeed, it has a long history, and was an important place during the Islamic conquest of North Africa, the Barbary States and the Ottoman domination of the northern half of the continent, long before the arrival of the...
eternel2002 Says: The dinar (symbol : DZD) is the currency of Algeria and it is subdivided into 100 centimes. 1 USD is about 60 DZD 1 EUR is about 86.0556 The euro is very easy to exchange in the black market and the rate is more interesting for sure.there are pieces of : 20, 50...
CARRY THE TRAVEL INSURANCE THAT YOU NEED.!!
DennyP Says: ALGIERS When travelling across North Africa I made sure that I had the Travel Insurance that I needed. Travelling here in Algeria was no exception as there were many dangers here also.. When formulating my trip through Western Europe and North Africa I made sure that the...
Aurorae Says: Algerian police is doing their best to protect the areas with foreigners, such as hotels and diplomatic zones, but not only. There are police everywhere on the roads, often there are check-ups, controls, armed policemen are everywhere...This is a wall surrounding diplomatic...
JLBG Says: I have given here a map from 1971 of the central part of Algiers . Since then, there has not been much changes. After the independence in 1960, the main boulevards and streets had already been renamed with the names of famous Algerians that replaced the French names....
Aislingmc Says: We had the most amazing meal in The titanic, the service was fantastic and the food fab. the decor nice and the toilets a very good standard, expensive in comparison to other restaraunts but worth it.
Aurorae Says: The area around Sheraton hotel is called Club Des Pins (Pine Club). There are nice villas along the shore, most of them protected by barb wire, metal bars on the door and windows but also guarded by police. However, it is possible to stroll along the shore to some extent.
Aurorae Says: White camel is very rare. This poor obedient camel served the amusement of tourists (mostly locals, as there are very few foreigners around), at Tombeau de la Chrétienne to climb on it and take photos. It often grunts in despair and dissatisfaction, but alas, the owner...
JLBG Says: Here are the three pictures that I used to make the panoramic picture of my front page. Each of them, look separatly, gives a more accurate and sharper view of one sector of the city, especially if you enlarge them. They are from left to right and from east to west.
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