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Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria.

Provinces in Algeria : Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain Temouchent, Alger, Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanghasset, Tebessa, Tiaret, Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou and Tlemcen.

Cities in Algeria : Ain Mokra, Annaba, Arxew, Constantine, Khroub, La Macta, Mécheria, Mohammadia, Oran, Oued Tlélat, Oued Zenati, Rhénia, Sétif, Sidi Bel Abbès, Skikda.

Capital City of Algeria : Alger


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Hotels in Algeria

 Accorhotels.com  -  Hotels City of Alger
Sofitel Alger [ Stadscentrum, Parking + Restaurant + Swimming pool + Meeting room ] and Grand Hotel Mercure Alger Aéroport [ near the airport, Parking + Restaurant + Swimming pool + Meeting room ].

 Expedia
** Hotels in Algiers : Sheraton Club Des Pins Resort [ The Sheraton Club des Pins Resort and Towers is located at the beautiful Club des Pins Beach in an absolutely secure area west of Algiers city ], Hilton Alger [ Situated in suburban Algiers on the Mediterranean coast ], Sofitel Alger [ Close to the Hamma business centre and the Belcourt quarter, the hotel adjoins the jardin d Essai, created in 1832 and one of the 6 most beautiful botanical gardens in the world ].
** Hotel in Oran : Sheraton Oran Hotel And Towers [ Overlooking one of the most beautiful bays in Algeria ].

Hostels / Guesthouses

There is a good network of (single sex) youth hostels throughout the country offering accommodation at budget rates.

Fédération Algérienne des Auberges de Jeunesse, 213 Rue Hassiba Ben Bouali, BP 15, El Annasser, Algier. Tel: (213) (21) 678658; 678657, Fax: (213) (21) 678658; 678657

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

 Expedia 
Create your perfect trip to Algeria - Flight, Hotel and Car

 Sahara Overland  -  Sahara Overland Travel Information - Chris Scott
The website of the book, featuring travel news, travellers' reports, country information and other resources
 Sahara Travel UK
Unique Desert Safaris, Tours and Short Breaks by 4x4, Quad, Bike, Camel or Hot Air Balloon. The only licensed and bonded tour operator for the Real Sahara Desert and 4x4 Tours.

 Azjar Tours in Djanet
The word "Azjar" means "to cross" in the language of the Tuareg. The area from Fazzan in Libya to the Hoggar in Algeria was named "Azjar". Before the invention of modern transportation tools the Tuareg caravans have crossed Algeria from Gadames in Libya to Agadez in Niger and Timbuktu in Mali and back. It has to be mentioned, that since a long time a tax, which the Tuareg call "Tamariste" has to be paid to the inhabitants of the Tassili belonging to the tribe of the Izajajaten
 Sahara Tourism
Operational from 1985 to present Day [ in Taghit - Beni Abbes - Adrar en Timmoune ]
 Zerbira Voyage Sahara Tours  -  Travel organisation from Djanet, Algeria
Camel and 4wd tours to the algerian Sahara, Tamanrasset, Hoggar, Tassili, Tadrart, Admer.

Travel Guides/ related Books

 Maps International  -  Guides Algeria
 Breath of the Desert the Account of a Journey Through Algeria and Tunisia, The
Ferdina Ossendowski
1927 - From the Preface: As I look back upon my journey through Algeria and Tunisia and, especially now, as I go through my notes for this volume - notes jotted down or elaborated in hotels, Government offices, native taverns, wayside Moorish cafes and markets; among beggars and the descendants of buccaneers; in palaces, in the houses, huts and tents of Berbers, Kabyles and Arabs; before the mosques; during hunting expeditions on the plains or among the peaks of the Jujura; amid Roman or Phoenician ruins or out on the limitless wastes of the Sahara - I realize how deeply I am indebted to the assistance and advice of others for much of my material. The contents include: The City of the Pirates; Away to the Desert; In the Babylon of the Sahara; Through the Land of the Simoon; When Africa was Rome; Under the Spell of Numidian Kings; The Mediterranean of St. Augustine; The Heritage of Carthaginian Rulers; In the City of Dido and Salammbo; Among the Proud Highlanders of Kabylia; The Tale of Akub Ben Gmali; The Love of a Sahara; and The Riddle of North Africa.
Paperback 276 pages (April 1, 2005); Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Co.; Language: English; ISBN: 1417902817
 Algiers Country Guide [ French language ]

Transport / How do I travel to Algeria

Air flights to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, as well as all airports in Algeria. Ferries to France and Spain. Excellent connections with trains, buses and taxis.

 Houari Boumedienne  -  Algiers Airport

 British Airways  -  Flights to Algiers 
British Airways flights to Algiers land at Algiers Houari Boumediène Airport, 12 miles east of the centre of Algiers. When flights land in Algiers make your way into the city by bus or taxi. Then revive yourself after Algiers flights with a walk along the seafront, lined with buildings from the 1800s. Fill up on Algiers favourites like couscous and hearty tagine stews after flights to Algiers at the bustling restaurants along Didouche Mourade.

 Opodo  -  
Flight tickets Algeria, Flight tickets Algiers.

 ebookers.com Flights
Book cheap flights to Algeria at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online

 Air Algerie

 Flight Tickets to Algeria  -  Flights Algeria / Price comparison possible

 SNTF  -  Algerian Railways

Algiers has relatively good connections with boat to Europe. From Spain: Alicante / Palma and from France : Marseilles

  Algerie Ferries  -  Agencies in Belgium, France and Germany

 Maps International  -  Maps Algeria
Mapsinternational.co.uk is one of the largest map shops online.
 Map of Algeria [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ]


Links

 Travel Insurance  -  online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Algerian Embassy in London
Visa Form, Algerian Visa, Algerian News, Algeria Business Tourism, Algeria Weather, Map of Algeria, Government.
 Algerian Tourism
Ce site a pour vocation de promouvoir " la destination Algérie " à travers non seulement des produits touristiques standards ( hôtellerie, Musées, campings, stations thermales etc. ) mais surtout en essayant de faire ressortir la spécificité de certains sites, lieux et régions de notre pays voire même certains produits de l'artisanat qui singularisent l'Algérie et qui lui donnent des atouts touristiques à faire prévaloir .
 Ministery of Tourism 

 Algiers  -  Capital City of Algeria
The city consists of two parts; the modern part, built on the level ground by the seashore, and the ancient city of the deys, which climbs the steep hill behind the modern town and is crowned by the casbah or citadel, 400 ft. above the sea. Most important Mediterranean port of northwest Africa.

Algiers is the site of Icosium, a legendary city founded by 20 companions of the mythical hero Hercules. Icosium remained a small coastal trading post throughout the Phoenician and Carthaginian eras. In 146 BC Icosium became part of the Roman Empire, remaining so until the 5th century AD when it was conquered by Vandals. The town became a part of Byzantium before the Arab conquests in the 7th century.
The city, originally called Al-Jaza'ir, was established by the Berber ruler Bologhine Ibn Ziri in about AD 950 and soon became an important trading centre. In ensuing centuries it fell under the influence of successive conquerors and their dynasties, including the Hafsids in the 13th and 15th centuries and the Merinids in the 14th century.
The Spanish seized Al-Jaza'ir in 1510 but in 1518, while still under Spanish rule, the city declared itself as part of the Ottoman Empire. Citizens sought out the fabled pirate Barbarossa to drive the Iberian Catholic interlopers out. After a 13-year battle he finally wrested control of Al-Jaza'ir from them in 1529.

 Ain Mokra
 Ain Sefra
 Annaba
 Arxew
 Constantine  -  a natural citadel lying across the River Rhumnel
Founded by the Carthaginians [ called it Cirta ]. The oldest continuously inhabited city in Algeria.
 Ghardaia  -  Capital City M'Zab  -  see Le site de Djamila
 Khroub
 La Macta
 Mécheria
 Mohammadia
 Oran  -  Wilaya Oran
 Oued Tlélat
 Oued Zenati
 Rhénia
 Sétif
 Sidi Bel Abbès
 Skikda.
 Tlemcen  -  in the wooded foothills of the Tellian Atlas
 Tlemcen was an important imperial city from the 12th to 16th centuries.
 Zeralda  -  beach resort with a holiday village and a replica nomad village

 Martyr's Monument
The monument above all other Algerian monuments is the 100 metre tall Martyr's Monument, some three km out from town centre. It's a big open square, with the monument in the middle.

 APS  -  Algeria's News Agency
 El Moudjahid  -  famous Algerian newspaper
El Moudjahid [ The Revolutionaries ] was established by the Front National de la Libération (FLN) in 1956 during Algeria's war for independence from France. Today, it remains the voice of the Algerian government.
 El Watan  -  Quotidien National Independant [ french ]
One of the most important Algerian daylies
 Le Quotidien de L'Oran  -  Newspaper from Oran
 La Tribune  -  Algerian daily newspaper
 Liberté  -  quotidien nationale d'information - Algerian daily newspaper
Éditorial, Actualité, Economie, L'Algérie profonde, Reportage, Sport, La 24
 Magazine  -  L'intelligent.com  -  Le devoir d'informer, la liberté d'écrire
Politique & Economie, Société & Culture, Sports, Science & Santé par Le Groupe Jeune Afrique
 Newspaper - La Grande Kechfa
Le premier journal satyrique algérien on line.
 Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie (RCD)
 Radio  -  Algerien Radio  -  listen to live Algerian radio - several radio stations
 TV  -  Algerian Television  -  atch live Algerian television
 University of Algiers  -  Université d'Alger
Presentation | Faculties | Library | Util Link | Album | News
 University of Oran  -  Université d'Oran

Cuisine - Algerian Foods / Recipes

 Algarian Recipes
 North African Cooking: Exotic Delights from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt
Hilaire Walden
This title offers over 100 authentic and exotic recipes - including Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt - and aims to offer a rare insight into the customs and culinary traditions of this mysterious and romantic part of the world.
Paperback 128 pages (June 1, 2000); Publisher: Apple Press; Language: English; ISBN: 1840922613
 Cuisine-dz  -  La référence de la gastronomie algérienne
 African Studies  -  Menus & Recipes from Madagascar

History of Algeria

Independent from France since the 5th of July 1962.

 Algeria's history
Algeria´s first inhabitants were Berbers, who still represent a significant minority. Algeria has been occupied many times during its history by - Phoenicians and Romans among others - but the Arab invasions of the 8th and 11th centuries A.D. had the greatest cultural impact .....
 The History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria: Colonialism, Historical Writing and Islamic Modernism, 1899-2001 (Cambridge Middle East Studies)
James McDougall
The author explores the historiography of Algeria - which is unknown to all but a few - to explain the relationship between the people of Algeria, its history and its religion. In this regard, he challenges the prevailing notions of Algeria and its colonial past. While this is a theoretically engaged work, it also comprises a rich seam of empirical research which is the consequence of the author's first-hand experience while visiting the country.
Hardcover 320 pages (June 30, 2006); Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0521843731
 Museé de Tipasa
Les premières traces de l'occupation du site de Tipasa remontent à l'époque préhistorique. Les fouilles ont révélé des stations datées du paléolithique moyen.
De l'époque des royaumes mauritaniens, nous ne possédons que très peu de repères historiques et archéologiques. Toutefois nous savons qu'au premier siècle avant notre ère, le roi Bocchus II dont la capitale est Iol (Cherchell) possède un royaume qui s'étend de l'Atlantique à la région de Sétif. A la fin du premier siècle avant J-C, Juba II succède à Bocchus II, et son royaume couvre pratiquement le Maroc et l'Algérie actuels. Iol, toujours capitale, devient Ceasarae. Tipasa,comprise à l'intérieur du royaume Maure
semble avoir connu une certaine prospérité; le mausolée royal de Maurétanie faussement appelé tombeau de la chrétienne, daterait de cette période

Music, Culture & Entertainment

For several centuries, Algerian music was dominated by styles inherited from Andalusia, eventually forming a unique North African twist on these poetic forms. Mixed with Ottoman influences, Algerian music came to include suites called nuubaat (singular" nuuba). Later derivatives include rabaab and hawzii. See for more Music of Algeria.

 Berber Culture on the World Stage  -  Jane Goodman
Explores Berber cultural identity and performance in Algeria, France, and on the world music scene.
Hardcover 256 pages (November 15, 2005); Publisher: Indiana University Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0253346290
 Algeriades  -  le guide de l'Algérie à l'affiche
Littératures, Théatre, Musique / Danse, Arts plastiques, Arts Graphiques, Architecture, Design, Cinéma, Television, Histoire, Société
 Introduction to Rai music in Algeria  -  Center for Middle Eastern Studies
 Cheb Chaled  -  King of Rai - probably the most internationally famous Algerian singer
Here you'll find news, lyrics, photo galleries, and other interesting stuff about Khaled
 Rebel Music from Algeria: Rai
What makes raï so rebel, so politically charged, is the fact that it goes against the hard-line conservative government, a religiously fundamentalist establishment. Unlike traditional music, with its subtlety, flowery language, and innocuous subject matters, raï is notable for its blunt imagery and willingness to tackle subjects such as sex, booze, lust, and drink - all of which the deeply religious establishment frowns upon. Still, it is not so much the subject matter in raï that makes it so rebel, for the topics are all rather lacking in political bite. Instead, it's the fact that raï deals with such hedonistic and "party hearty" topics so openly in a country where the ruling party is a conservative religious faction. That, in short, is why raï by definition is highly antiestablishment. Recommended artists: Cheb Mami, (Cheb) Khaled, Sawt el Atlas, Cheb Tarik, Chaba Fadela & Cheb Sahraoui
Andalusian Music From Algiers by Al-Djazairiya Al-Mossiliya
Label: Institut Du Monde, Catalog: #321031, ASIN: B00004VTDO
 Planet Culture Algerienne

Books with Algeria as a background:

 A quoi rêvent les loups  -  Yasmina Khadra
 La fille de la Casbah  -  Leila Marouane
 La Peste  -  Albert Camus - Oran
 L'âge blessé  -  Nina Bouraoui
 Léon l'Africain  -  Amin Maalouf
 Les hommes qui marchent  -  Malika Mokeddem

Portal / Algerian Search Engine / Directory

 Algerie Guide
Infos pratique, Histoire, Art et Culture, Willayas, Tourisme [ Les Villes & Regions, Le Sahara, Le littoral, Les Musées: Musée de Timgad, Le Musée du Hoggar, Les musées d'Alger, Musée de Cherchell ], Annuaires, Economie, Photo's.
 Algerlablanche.com
 Algeria.com 
 Le site de Djamila
Pour tous les Algériens éparpillés sur la planète, quelle que soit leur origine, pour les Algériens en Algérie et enfin pour tous ceux qui aiment l'Algérie !

 Contemporary African Database *****
 Yahoo - Algerian Directories

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Other cities in Algeria: Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain Sefra, AïnTémouchent, Alger, Annaba, Batna, Béchar, Béjaia, Biskra, Blida, Bordj-Bou -Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Médéa, Mostaganem, Mila, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum El Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Sétif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk-Ahras, Tamanrasset, Tebessa, Tiaret, Tindouf, Tipasa, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen, Ait Aissa, Beni Isguen, Bou Saada, Djémila, Ghazaouet


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