The frontier town of Tebessa, in ancient times known as Theveste, is rarely visited by Westerners. Yet Tebessa boasts some impressive Roman ruins – the Arch of Caracalla, the Temple…
The patrimony of Guelma, a small town located in north-eastern Algeria, includes an ancient theatre adorned with marble statues and city walls built on Byzantine foundations to protect the occupying…
The attractions of the seaside town of Annaba range from its colonial architecture (including the Cours de la Révolution) to its casbah and mosques. Close by lie the dramatic Cap…
Tlemcen, “the town of cherries”, was once one of the most powerful cities in the Maghreb. Tlemcen’s Grand Mosque remains one of North Africa’s most significant Islamic landmarks – surpassed…
Constantine, “city of bridges”, is a dramatic city of precipitous cliffs and deep gorges, the lofty setting for Algeria’s most labyrinthine casbah. Constantine boasts an excellent museum as well as…
Less than three hours from London, yet virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, the capital Algiers is one of the Mediterranean’s most mesmerising cities, a captivating mélange of faded French…
The most authentic, and undoubtedly the most legendary in the eyes of the Ibadhites .
Once the holy city of M’zab and at center of Melika are the tombs of a revered saint in the region, Sidi Aïssa, and his family, including the Iduden.
Founded in 1053, Ghardaïa is the largest of the cities of the Pentapolis. The city takes the form of a pyramid, clinging to a strong hillock, at the top of which sits the central mosque, with its typical minaret.
Here too, the foggaras are queen. Here, as in Timimoun, the orchards shine to the point that Adrar has become an agricultural capital of modern Algeria.