The notebook of Alger
Follow the city to its unexpected horizons.
Algiers is rolling its quarters in an amphitheatre above the bay. The streets of the Casbah, the palaces that became museums and the gardens of the Hamma tell different times, while the Martyr and Djamaâ El-Djazair memorials give monumental landmarks to the contemporary capital.
At your own pace
Identity summary
3 to 5 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn
Possible without car depending on area
Metropolis area · Coast · Heritage
Variable accessibility
Modular rhythm
General presentation
Alger
Algiers is rolling its quarters in an amphitheatre above the bay. The streets of the Casbah, the palaces that became museums and the gardens of the Hamma tell different times, while the Martyr and Djamaâ El-Djazair memorials give monumental landmarks to the contemporary capital.
To understand what Algiers is, you must look at Casbah d'Alger, Ketchaoua Mosque and Jadama al-Djazair. These places give us a view of a territory marked by the big city, the coastline and the heritage and allow us to move from emblematic sites to more intimate stages.
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For a stay of 3 to 5 days, it is better to balance visits and travel times. Also to be anticipated: schedules, rates and detailed accessibility unchecked. The trip can be organised without a car if the drop point and local connections are selected in advance. Accessibility varies from site to site and deserves to be verified step by step.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- Casbah d’Alger
- Mosquée Ketchaoua
- Djamaâ El-Djazaïr
- Bardo d'Alger National Museum
- Hamma's trial garden
- Basilica of Our Lady of Africa
- National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers
- Martyr Memorial — Maqam Echahid
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Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
Heritage
Casbah d’Alger
The Casbah retains a fabric of alleys, houses and palaces on a heavily steep plot above the port. This inhabited ensemble, inscribed as a World Heritage Site, allows to read the organization of the ancient city and its Ottoman history.
Heritage
Mosquée Ketchaoua
At the foot of the Casbah, Ketchaoua illustrates the religious changes of Algiers. Mosque, then cathedral during the colonial period, it regained its Muslim function after independence. Its architectural history includes important reconstructions, not just a name change.
Heritage
Djamaâ El-Djazaïr
In the Mohammadia district, this great contemporary mosque is recognized by its monumental minaret. It is a separate landmark from the historic mosques of the Casbah and shows another scale of architectural composition in Algiers Bay.
Museum
Musée national du Bardo d’Alger
Bardo d'Alger occupies an old Moorish villa now integrated into the city. Its prehistory and ethnographic collections allow to link objects exposed to Algerian territories; the building itself constitutes part of the discovery.
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