Tranquillity, wisdom and mysteries
In the footsteps of Albert Camus
Duration: 10 Days
Key Features: Oran, Annaba, Drean and Algiers
Accommodation: Hotels
Depsit Payment:
Once you obtain your visa, a 10% deposit payment will be due, payable in GBP via Bank transfer to a UK Bank (details will be sent to you).
Balancing Payment
-The balance: payable in cash (EU/GBP/USD) on arrival if you wish,
or
-Via Bank transfer, (two weeks prior to arrival) whatever is suitable for You.
Refunds:
The deposit is fully refundable up to day of travel.
Transfer to hotel in central Algiers for four nights followed by a walking tour including Esplanade, Place des Martyrs followed by Place Emir Abdelkader and Grande Poste.
UNESCO-designated Casbah, including lunch in a private home and visit the Museum of Arts and Crafts, Bab El Oued including Algiers Lycée, Marengo Gardens, Padovani beach and Notre Dame d’Afrique Cathedral.
Relive one of Camus’ greatest places where some of his essays were inspired, the Tombeau de la Chrétienne and the seaside town of Cherchell and Tipasa.
Sur les Traces de Camus in Algiers: Belcourt (Camus’ childhood quarter), Rue Mohamed Belouizdad (ex Rue de Lyon) followed by the Bardo Museum (prehistory and ethnography) and free time in central Algiers.
Transfer on internal flight to Oran for two nights followed by tour Sur les Traces de Camus with visits to his apartment in Rue Larbi, Place des Armes, sea-front and cafés, town hall, Michelet market.
Continuation of visits in the Mediterranean city of Oran including Massif du Murdjadjo, Church of Santa Cruz, port, archaeology museum, Palais du Bey and Mers El Kebir.
Transfer on internal flight to Annaba for two nights including visits in central Annaba (mosque and Casbah) and Cap du Garde.
Excursion to Drean (ex Mondovi, Camus’ birthplace) with visit to family home, Chapeau du Gendarme (where Lucien Camus worked).
Visits to the “modern” Basilica of St Augustine, the ancient Roman settlement of Hippo Regius and Seraidi (a mountain village). Transfer flight to Algiers for two nights.
Monument to the Fallen, Museum of the Liberation, Museum of Fine Arts followed by Jardin d’Essai (a vast complex of gardens celebrated for its fine avenue of dragon trees).
Time at leisure (bookshops, shopping) followed by transfer to airport and return journey.
Depsit Payment:
Once you obtain your visa, a 10% deposit payment will be due, payable in GBP via Bank transfer to a UK Bank (details will be sent to you).
Balancing Payment
-The balance: payable in cash (EU/GBP/USD) on arrival if you wish,
or
-Via Bank transfer, (two weeks prior to arrival) whatever is suitable for You.
Refunds:
The deposit is fully refundable up to day of travel.
In the footsteps of Albert Camus
Transfer to hotel in central Algiers for four nights followed by a walking tour including Esplanade, Place des Martyrs followed by Place Emir Abdelkader and Grande Poste.
UNESCO-designated Casbah, including lunch in a private home and visit the Museum of Arts and Crafts, Bab El Oued including Algiers Lycée, Marengo Gardens, Padovani beach and Notre Dame d’Afrique Cathedral.
Relive one of Camus’ greatest places where some of his essays were inspired, the Tombeau de la Chrétienne and the seaside town of Cherchell and Tipasa.
Sur les Traces de Camus in Algiers: Belcourt (Camus’ childhood quarter), Rue Mohamed Belouizdad (ex Rue de Lyon) followed by the Bardo Museum (prehistory and ethnography) and free time in central Algiers.
Transfer on internal flight to Oran for two nights followed by tour Sur les Traces de Camus with visits to his apartment in Rue Larbi, Place des Armes, sea-front and cafés, town hall, Michelet market.
Continuation of visits in the Mediterranean city of Oran including Massif du Murdjadjo, Church of Santa Cruz, port, archaeology museum, Palais du Bey and Mers El Kebir.
Transfer on internal flight to Annaba for two nights including visits in central Annaba (mosque and Casbah) and Cap du Garde.
Excursion to Drean (ex Mondovi, Camus’ birthplace) with visit to family home, Chapeau du Gendarme (where Lucien Camus worked).
Visits to the “modern” Basilica of St Augustine, the ancient Roman settlement of Hippo Regius and Seraidi (a mountain village). Transfer flight to Algiers for two nights.
Monument to the Fallen, Museum of the Liberation, Museum of Fine Arts followed by Jardin d’Essai (a vast complex of gardens celebrated for its fine avenue of dragon trees).
Time at leisure (bookshops, shopping) followed by transfer to airport and return journey.
Albert Camus, son of Algeria
Tipasa remains a stunning beauty spot enticing visitors with its perfumed paradise of expressionist colours where sky, sea and ancient and modern history still meet. Once Camus exulted “Here, I understand this thing they call glory: the right to love without measure”.
