A week in Algeria
Seven days across Algeria: Tébessa, Constantine, Béjaïa, Algiers, Oran and Tlemcen. Each day is a walk through the best-known places in one city, and the cities follow in the order that keeps the travel between them short.
Day 1: Tébessa
- TébessaArchaeological site · On the map
- ThevesteArchaeological site · Next to Tébessa · On the map
- Arch of CaracallaMonument · 0.8 km on from Theveste · On the map
3 stops, 0.9 km on foot along the streets: about 11 min of walking.
Day 2: Constantine
One day in Constantine, Algeria
- Sidi Rached ViaductBridge · On the map
- Great Mosque of ConstantineMosque · 0.4 km on from Sidi Rached Viaduct · On the map
- Hassan Bey MosqueMosque · 0.2 km on from Great Mosque of Constantine · On the map
- CirtaArchaeological site · Next to Hassan Bey Mosque · On the map
- Pont Sidi M'CidBridge · 0.6 km on from Cirta · On the map
- Pont El KantaraBridge · 0.5 km on from Pont Sidi M'Cid · On the map
6 stops, 2.5 km on foot along the streets: about 38 min of walking.
Day 3: Béjaïa
- Great Mosque of BéjaïaMosque · On the map
- SaldaeArchaeological site · 0.3 km on from Great Mosque of Béjaïa · On the map
- Aïn Berber MosqueMosque · 1.5 km on from Saldae · On the map
- Casbah of BéjaïaCastle · 0.4 km on from Aïn Berber Mosque · On the map
4 stops, 3 km on foot along the streets: about 39 min of walking.
Day 4: Algiers
- Ali Bitchin MosqueMosque · On the map
- Djamaa El Kebir of AlgiersMosque · 0.3 km on from Ali Bitchin Mosque · On the map
- Djamaa al-DjedidMosque · 0.1 km on from Djamaa El Kebir of Algiers · On the map
- Ketchaoua MosqueMosque · 0.2 km on from Djamaa al-Djedid · On the map
- Ben Farès MosqueMosque · 0.2 km on from Ketchaoua Mosque · On the map
- El Barani MosqueMosque · 0.3 km on from Ben Farès Mosque · On the map
6 stops, 2 km on foot along the streets: about 29 min of walking.
Day 5: Algiers
- Botanical Garden of HammaGarden · On the map
- National Museum of Fine Arts of AlgiersMuseum · 0.4 km on from Botanical Garden of Hamma · On the map
- Martyrs MemorialMonument · 0.2 km on from National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers · On the map
- Central Army MuseumMuseum · Next to Martyrs Memorial · On the map
- Zawiyet Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine (Algiers)Monument · 0.6 km on from Central Army Museum · On the map
5 stops, 4.4 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 3 min of walking.
Day 6: Oran
- Hassan Pasha MosqueMosque · On the map
- Imam el-Houari MosqueMosque · Next to Hassan Pasha Mosque · On the map
- Bey's PalacePalace · 0.5 km on from Imam el-Houari Mosque · On the map
- Abdallah Ibn Salam MosqueMosque · 0.6 km on from Bey's Palace · On the map
- cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'OranCathedral · 0.4 km on from Abdallah Ibn Salam Mosque · On the map
- Ahmed Zabana National MuseumMuseum · 0.5 km on from cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Oran · On the map
6 stops, 2.8 km on foot along the streets: about 38 min of walking.
Day 7: Tlemcen
- El Mechouar PalacePalace · On the map
- El Mechouar MosqueMosque · 0.1 km on from El Mechouar Palace · On the map
- Sidi Bel Hasan MosqueMuseum · 0.3 km on from El Mechouar Mosque · On the map
- Great Mosque of TlemcenMosque · 0.1 km on from Sidi Bel Hasan Mosque · On the map
- Sidi El Haloui MosqueMosque · 0.5 km on from Great Mosque of Tlemcen · On the map
- Agadir MosqueMosque · 0.7 km on from Sidi El Haloui Mosque · On the map
6 stops, 2.7 km on foot along the streets: about 35 min of walking.
More for Algeria
- Things to do in Algeria · 40 places to see, led by Tassili n'Ajjer and Timgad
Photo credits
- Tébessa: Takiva, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Theveste: Neurdein brothers: Etienne & Louis, Public domain
- Arch of Caracalla: Mabrouk boutagouga, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sidi Rached Viaduct: Maghnia-algeria, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Great Mosque of Constantine: Lilith108, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hassan Bey Mosque: Séraphin-Médéric Mieusement, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cirta: Ghirlandajo, Public domain
- Pont Sidi M'Cid: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0
- Pont El Kantara: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0
- Great Mosque of Béjaïa: Général L., Public domain
- Saldae: Kazvorpal, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Aïn Berber Mosque: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0
- Casbah of Béjaïa: Zil, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ali Bitchin Mosque: Dziri16, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Djamaa El Kebir of Algiers: Brahimpic, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Djamaa al-Djedid: Lamine Bensaou, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ketchaoua Mosque: Rachid Hamatou, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ben Farès Mosque: Getty Research Institute, Public domain
- El Barani Mosque: Yves Jalabert, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Botanical Garden of Hamma: Khaled zouaoui, CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers: Zinou2go, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Martyrs Memorial: Poudou99, CC BY 3.0
- Central Army Museum: US Army Africa, CC BY 2.0
- Zawiyet Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine (Algiers): Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- Hassan Pasha Mosque: Oxbow3131, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Imam el-Houari Mosque: Fazo BELKHAMSSA, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bey's Palace: Bachounda, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Abdallah Ibn Salam Mosque: DZ-WahranUser, CC BY-SA 3.0
- cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Oran: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0
- Ahmed Zabana National Museum: Maya-Anaïs Yataghène, CC BY 2.0
- El Mechouar Palace: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0
- El Mechouar Mosque: Oxbow3131, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sidi Bel Hasan Mosque: Noureddine Gori, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Great Mosque of Tlemcen: Tonowari, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sidi El Haloui Mosque: Patrick, CC BY 2.0
- Agadir Mosque: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.