Location: Algiers
Top Things to do in Algiers
The 10 Best Things to Do in Algiers, Algeria
Nestled between the Mediterranean and the steep, forested hills that form its backdrop, Algiers is a city whose rich history can be seen in its architecture, from its Moorish mosques, Ottoman-style palaces and the Kasbah, a designated UNESCO World Heritage site, to its Berber fortifications, French colonial houses and modern boulevards. The city is home to numerous attractions, including the Great Mosque, the National Library, Martyrs Square, the Bardo Museum and multiple monuments and forts.
Restaurants in Algiers
1. Basilique Notre-Dame d'Afrique
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 571 reviews
Cathedral in Algiers.
Reviewed By 竣譯 侯
The church located on the cliff, overlooking the cities and Mediterranean Sea. It's the great position to feel Algiers with beautiful view. When time approaches sunset, the mixture of red and blue creates the romantic purple above the sea level, great experience! 座落在懸涯上的聖母教堂，眺望山城和地中海。這絕對是觀看阿爾及爾的好位置！當時間接近日落，紅與藍撞擊出醉人的紫色，美的好浪漫！
2. Le Bastion 23 - Palais des Rais
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 136 reviews
Reviewed By Omar Elfarouk Z
Even if i am a local it's still very nice place to visit & very informative for tourists that are interested in history
3. Le Jardin d'Essai du Hamma
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 668 reviews
Reviewed By Sheri L - Carcassonne Center, France
Jungle or Gardens, you decide. Situated right next to Sofitel Hotel at least you can go and refresh afterwards!
Disappointing and as Algeria lacks tourism these days it seems little effort is expanded by the governor. It makes relief from the piles of garbage and plastic bottles dumped everywhere else!
4. Kasbah of Algiers
Overall Ratings
4 based on 322 reviews
The upper old part of Algiers has interesting Moorish houses, minarets and old Citadel.
Reviewed By Sheri L - Carcassonne Center, France
No comparison with the casbahs and souks of Morocco for visual interest. Everyone warned against pick-pockets and we saw them everywhere from the centre of town near the Grand Poste (one of the few historic buildings under renovation) to the alleys of the Casbah, but were with a local. We were shown the old Dar close to the entrance beneath the old walls. The rest was falling apart and filthy. People just leave their trash and plastic bottles in any vacant corner and it is sure piling up.
5. La Grande Poste d'Alger
Overall Ratings
4 based on 297 reviews
Reviewed By Sheri L - Carcassonne Center, France
Hard to see the building for the drapery while it goes restoration - rare in this decaying city. Only the centre seemed to be receiving some long overdue attention while entire suburbs moulder in disrepair and garbage. Truly a frightful state for grand French buildings. The Grand Poste will be saved.
6. Musee National du Bardo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 113 reviews
Reviewed By nothe2le - Shanghai
The Bardo houses a collection of neolithic finds, but nobody goes there to see old flint stones fragment but to see the beautifully ornamental moorish palace complex. Shame there is not much information about the people that once build it and lived in it but at least there are explanations (in french) what the rooms were used for and how the restoration was done. A must see!
7. Memorial du Martyr
Overall Ratings
4 based on 405 reviews
Reviewed By ardenvalia - Carlsbad, California
If one watches the classic film "The Battle of Algiers," one has the background of the Algerians struggle for independence from the French. The Martyrs Museum richly depicts this struggle, and most everybody living in Algiers today have grandparents that fought in this bloody struggle.
See the famous painting, where the Dey of Algiers threw his face fan into the face of the French Ambassador after he said that France was welching on paying its debt, which launched 130 years of hostilities between the two nations.
Algeria first fought off the British, and with the Algerians badly exhausted with this struggle it was easy pickings for the French to then swarm in and make Algeria its colony. Algiers was basically a fishing town, but the French essentially sealed off the residents of the "casbah" from access to the sea, making them dependent for starving wages from the French.
The French are depicted in this museum as blood-thirsty barbarians. There is a depiction of the guillotine used to execute many Algerian freedom fighters. In another scene, there are wax figures of French soldiers torturing hapless Algerian fighters. Indeed, the film "The Battle of Algiers" depicts how the French successfully infiltrated the system of conspirators in the casbah by arrests and torturing of captors.
8. La Rue Didouche Mourad
Overall Ratings
4 based on 210 reviews
Reviewed By nothe2le - Shanghai
This is a tree rimmed avenue where people sit in walk way cafes and sip tea to see and be seen. Belle Epoque Haussmanian facades let you feel like being in Paris. All sorts of sportswear, garments, shoes and some local arts and crafts are available - at european price levels, mind you!
A variety of restaurants from cheap eats to mid range as well as cafes and ice cream parlors will serve your bodily needs.
Avoid afternoon rush hour as the noise and the fumes of traffic can be annoying.
Not a sight - this is a life style!
9. Le Musee National Des Beaux Arts
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 66 reviews
Reviewed By Hexy - Gloucester, Massachusetts
My sister-in-law took us for a visit at the Musee. Don't turn around if you arrive at a closed gate, the small door to the right is open and once we peeked in and said bonjour, the gate was opened for us. A lovely, polite gentleman admitted us and gave us a brief overview. He reappeared from time to time to show us the library and beautiful outside sculpture gallery with amazing views of a botanical garden and the sea. The art collection was extensive and remarkable. At the end I selected 2 postcards but the gentleman would not take my money and instead gave me more free cards. It was a wonderful visit!
10. Le Port de Sidi Fredj
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