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A culturally fascinating but – due to war and tourist abductions – risky place to travel, the North African county of Algeria maintains aspects of ancient tribal culture alongside city modernization and Arabic traditions.
Capital Algiers is a dazzling, whitewashed city full of architectural evidence of French colonialism, and modernizing fast with the newfound wealth accompanying Algerian oil exports. Swimming in the rocky waters of the Mediterranean against Algiers’ green-forest backdrop or drifting round the Ottoman Palaces and Moorish mosques give a real sense of history, while the spicy wafts of fennel and paprika in the open-air markets wet the appetite.
Outside the capital, trotting around the Sahara by camel gives you an authentic, down-and-dirty desert experience with all the bumps and bruises to prove it. Perhaps the best place to aim for is Timimoun, where spiky, muddy buildings offer an oasis of calm overlooking a hostile desert, the perfect spot for a wind-down cocktail under a shady palm tree.
Tassel N’Ajjer National Park is crammed full of rock art among its gaping chasms, while Assekrem – ‘the end of the world’ – is a Tolkein-esque landscape of brooding mountains and dark plains, named for its seemingly impossibly distance from civilization and views – on a clear day – across an array of mountains that would normally require an aircraft to view.
Djemila offers an astounding taste of Algeria’s other ancient occupier, the Romans. A mountain village with it’s own open-air arena and crumbling, column-fronted buildings galore, Djemila is an almost unique example of Roman architecture adapted to a rugged, mountain setting. The town of Timgad offers similar Roman glories, while Tlemclen – ‘the town of the cherries’ - is a charming, chilled out rest stop with relics of its Moorish background.
With the remnants of a deep and mixed history still standing tall, a newfound wealth and a surprising void of tourists, the expanses of Algeria are oft-bypassed and sadly underrated African gem.
Capital Algiers is a dazzling, whitewashed city full of architectural evidence of French colonialism, and modernizing fast with the newfound wealth accompanying Algerian oil exports. Swimming in the rocky waters of the Mediterranean against Algiers’ green-forest backdrop or drifting round the Ottoman Palaces and Moorish mosques give a real sense of history, while the spicy wafts of fennel and paprika in the open-air markets wet the appetite.
Outside the capital, trotting around the Sahara by camel gives you an authentic, down-and-dirty desert experience with all the bumps and bruises to prove it. Perhaps the best place to aim for is Timimoun, where spiky, muddy buildings offer an oasis of calm overlooking a hostile desert, the perfect spot for a wind-down cocktail under a shady palm tree.
Tassel N’Ajjer National Park is crammed full of rock art among its gaping chasms, while Assekrem – ‘the end of the world’ – is a Tolkein-esque landscape of brooding mountains and dark plains, named for its seemingly impossibly distance from civilization and views – on a clear day – across an array of mountains that would normally require an aircraft to view.
Djemila offers an astounding taste of Algeria’s other ancient occupier, the Romans. A mountain village with it’s own open-air arena and crumbling, column-fronted buildings galore, Djemila is an almost unique example of Roman architecture adapted to a rugged, mountain setting. The town of Timgad offers similar Roman glories, while Tlemclen – ‘the town of the cherries’ - is a charming, chilled out rest stop with relics of its Moorish background.
With the remnants of a deep and mixed history still standing tall, a newfound wealth and a surprising void of tourists, the expanses of Algeria are oft-bypassed and sadly underrated African gem.