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4WD trekking 74, 192, 198 dangers 112 books 56, see also literature planning 70, 71 drinking 114 architecture 52 8 May 1945 129 food 114 culture 40, 41, 42, 43, 55, 78 history 110 environment 61, 62, 64 A tourist information 112 history 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36 Abdelkader, Emir 30 travel to/from 115 Islam 26, 46, 47, 52 accommodation 196, see also travel within 115 Sahara 67, 78 individual locations Arabic language 227-34 border crossings 211-12 auberges 196 Arak 183 Borj Cheikh el-Hadj 160 INDEX camping 68-9, 197 Arch of Caracalla 134 Bou Noura 162 hostels 197 Archaeological Museum 130 Boudiaf, President Mohammed 35, 110 hotels 197 archaeological sites, see rock art, Boumedienne, Colonel Houari 34 activities 197-8, see also 4WD Roman ruins Bouteflika, Abdelaziz 36 trekking, camel-trekking, hiking architecture 51-2 bridges & other individual activities arts 51-8, see also individual arts Mellah Slimane Bridge 119 Adrar 167-9, 168 Assekrem 188-9, 5 Sidi M’Cid Bridge 119 Ahaggar National Park 64 Atakor 188 bus travel 214, 216 AIDS/HIV 221 Atlas Mountains 60-2, 162 business hours 198 air travel ATMs 203 airlines 208-9 auberges 196 C carbon offset 209 camels 75, 8 to/from Algeria 208-11 B camel-trekking 75-6, 198, 8 within Algeria 213-14 Barbarossa 28, 29, 87, 112 camping 68-9, 197 Aïn Fouara 131 Bardo Museum of Prehistory & Camus, Albert 139 Aïn Sefra 162-4 Ethnography 96 car travel 214-16 Akba Aghoum pass 195 bargaining 205 desert driving course 74 Algiers 86-107, 88-9, 6 Basilica St Augustine 113-14 driving licences 215 accommodation 99-100 bathrooms 206 hire 215 activities 97 Batna 123-4 insurance 215 attractions 92-7 beaches road rules 216 Casbah 52, 90, 92, 93 Chataibi 115 road safety 200 dangers 92 Les Sables d’Or 107 carpets 159, 205 drinking 102 Oran 142 Fête du Tapis 158 emergency services 91 Palm-Beach Plage 107 Carthage 23-4 entertainment 102 Ras el-Hamra 115 casbahs food 100-2 Béchar 164 Algiers 52, 90, 92, 93 history 87-90 ben Bella, Ahmed 34 Oran 139 information 91-2 Beni Abbès 166-7 Ouargla 177 medical services 91 Beni Isguen 160-1, 157 cash 203 money 91 Beni Ounif 164 Cathedral of St Louis 144 tours 99 Benjedid, Colonel Chadli cathedrals, see churches & cathedrals travel to/from 102-3 34-5 cell phones 205-6 travel within 103-4 Berbers 24, 26-8, 40-1, 7 censorship 44 Ville Nouvelle 95 Bey’s Mosque 112 Chataibi 115 walking tour 97-9, 98 Bey’s Palace 142 Cherchell 106-7 Allouache, Merzak 54 bicycle travel, see cycling children, travel with 198 animals 62-3, 190 birds 63, 64 Christianity 113 Annaba 110-15, 111 black market 203 churches & cathedrals accommodation 114 boat travel 212-13 Basilica St Augustine 113-14 attractions 112-14 Boha Mar 176 Cathedral of St Louis 144 INDEX cycling 76,197-8 customs regulations 199 Dar HassanPacha 94 BentEl-Bey94 Dar Aziza dangers 15,36-7,69,72,200 D culture 22,38-59, credit cards203 courses Cours delaRévolution112 costs 14-16 consulates 200-1 Constantine 117-22, conservation climate 14,67-8,199 citadels 119 Museum Cirta 170 Circuit deSebkha cinema, churches &cathedrals 250 000 000 Spanish 146 43 Jewish books 40,41,42,43,55,78 Arabic 40 population trouble spots110,181 62,73,225-6 snakes scorpions 62,73,190,225 road safety 200 hitching 216 200 earthquakes 199-200 crime Spanish 141 74 driving desert tours120, walking travel within122 travel to/from122 information117 tourist shopping 122 food 122 119-20 attractions accommodation 120 84-5 rock art environment 62-3,64-5,71-2 history 81 149 Mechouar Algiers 95 95 Notre Damed’Afrique Eglise Saint-Joseph 171 Church ofSantaCruz142

Photograph pages pages Map Index (C-H) see film see also 118 continued 121 people, dune skiing 198 dune skiing driving, 201 drinks Djemila 132-6, 94 Djemaa Ketchoua 93 Djemaa el-Kebir Djemaa el-Djedid93 142 Djebel Murdjadjo Djanet 191-4, disabilities, travellerswith206 Charles33 de Gaulle, de Foucauld,Charles171,189 Dar ZaidAissa99 PachaDar Mustapha 99 exchange rates, events, Essendilène Canyon194 Erg Admer194 environmental issues62-4,71-2,209 emergencies, embassies 200-1 202-3 email services El-Oued 172-5, El-Goléa 171-2 El-Ghessant 190 196 electricity El-Atteuf 162 Eglise Saint-Joseph 171 economy 39-40 Isabelle163 Eberhardt, 200 earthquakes E food 59,201 FLN (National LiberationFront)32-4 Five Pillars ofIslam46 film 16,53-4 festivals 16,201 Fatimids 27 F wine 149 travel to/from136-135 Roman ruins133-5 food 135-6 accommodation 135-6 internet resources 63 books 61,62,64 language 230,236 Sebiba 193 Sebiba S’bou deTimimoun 170 Le Tafsit 186, Fête duTapis 158 Festival NationaldelaChansondu Rai d’Oran144 Rai see see festivals cartravel see insidefrontcover 192 134 173 see insidefrontcover 4 hermitages hepatitis 221 French language234-7 ofSantaCruz142 fort football 43-4 Guelma 116-17 Great Mosque(Ghardaïa)157-8 Grande Poste(Algiers)97 27,148 Grand Mosque(Tlemcen) Grand Mosque(Constantine)119 76,153,172-8, Grand ErgOriental Grand ErgOccidental76,153,162-72, Grand Baths(Djemila)134 golf 97 Ghazaouet 151-2 Ghardaïa 20,155-60, geology 81 geography 60-5 gay travellers202 gardens 25-6 Gaeseric G health 218-26, Plateaus)60-2 Hauts Plateaux(High 178 Hassi Messaoud Hammadids 27 H Pères Blancs158 Assekrem 188-9 women’s 226 vaccinations 219,224 traditional medicine226 72-3 risks planning 218 internet resources 219 insurance 218-19 books 219-20 services 154 travel within159-60 travel to/from159 shopping 159 156 medical services information 155-6 food 159 156-8 attractions 156-8 activities accommodation 158 Tin Tarabine 190 Tassili duHoggar189 El-Ghessant 190 Jardin d’Essai97 Beni Isguen161 see also 157 medical ,

6 154 House ofBacchus134 hotels 197 Hôtel del’OasisRouge169 hostels 197 holidays 201,202 Hoggar NationalPark 179 Hoggar Mountains77 HIV/AIDS 221 hittistes hitching 216 history 23-37 squares historic historic buildings, historic 113 Regius Hippo 74-5 hiking Plateaus(HautsPlateaux)60-2 High In Salah 181-2, In Salah In Guezzam 190 immigration 208,211,224 Illizi 191 Ibadis 48 I Vandal 25-6 Roman 21,24 Phoenician 23 28-9 Ottoman Islamic 26-7 internet resources 24 French 29-33 Byzantine 25-6 books 27,29,30,31,33,34, Berber 27-8 148 place MohamedKhemisti 148 place EmirAbdelkader place du1Novembre 141 place desSévères 134 167 place desMartyrs Temple Family oftheSeveran 135 NationalduMoudjahid Musée 124-5 ofMedracen Mausoleum House ofBacchus134 Hôtel del’OasisRouge169 Grande Poste97 Dar ZaidAissa99 PachaDar Mustapha 99 Dar HassanPacha 94 BentEl-Bey94 Dar Aziza el-Hadj160 Borj Cheikh monuments tours 75 safety 73 planning 68 36 96, 97 38 182 see also palaces, itineraries 11,17-21, itineraries Islam 26-7,40,44-50 internet resources 15-16 internet access202-3 insurance Mansourah 150 Mansourah 222-3 malaria 96 Echahid Makam delaCulture 186 Maison M literature, lesbian travellers202 legal matters203 Le Tafsit 186, language Lambèse-Tazoult 125 La Source166 L 193 Ksar Azellouaz Kheireddin, Ali35 Kafi, K jewellery 54-5 Jardin d’Essai97 Jabbaren 195 J Sunni 49 46,201 Ramadan Quran 45-6 mosques 46-7 Mohammed 44-5 Five Pillars ofIslam46 customs 47-8 books 26,46,47,52 83,84 rock art history 24 film 53 environment 63 travel 202 health 218-19 car 215 French 234-7 Arabic227-34 Algerian travel 15,35,66-7 55-6 Algerian western oases19 sites21 Unesco WorldHeritage 18 Sahara 21 Roman Algeria 20 eastern Algeria best ofthecoast17 see also see 4 Barbarossa books see also planning mountains motorcycle travel214-16 mosques 46-7 monuments money 14-16,203-4, Mohammed 44-5 mobile phones205-6 conversions, metric 119 SlimaneBridge Mellah 161-2, Melika medinas, 220, medical services 149 Mechouar measures 196 124-5 ofMedracen Mausoleum duDjurdjura60 Massif del’Aurès60 Massif markets maps 69-71,203 Saharan AtlasMountains 60-2,162 Saharan duDjurdjura 60 Massif del’Aurès 60 Massif Hoggar Mountains77 Souk el-GhazalMosque119 Sidi el-HadjAli176 Pasha’s Mosque142 Mosque ofSidiSalem174 Mosque ofSidiel-Houar143 112 Mosque ofSidiBouMerouane Mosque ofSidiBelHassan148 30,120 Mosque ofEmirAbdelkader Mosque &TombofSidi Great Mosque(Ghardaïa)157-8 27,148 Grand Mosque(Tlemcen) Grand Mosque(Constantine)119 94 Djemaa Ketchoua 93 Djemaa el-Kebir Djemaa el-Djedid93 Djemaa AliBitchine93-4 Dar HassanPacha 94 Bey’s Mosque112 place desSévères 134 Monument totheDead120 96 Echahid Makam Arch ofCaracalla134 Aïn Fouara131 front cover Marché Africaine (Tamanrasset) 185 (Tamanrasset) Africaine Marché (BeniIsguen)160 àlaCriée Marché Tlemcen 148 Tamanrasset 185 Oran 141 Ghardaïa 156 Algiers 91 Boumediene 149 see casbahs Index (H-M) 157 see insidefrontcover see also see also

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251 INDEX INDEX oasis towns13,19 O national parks63-4 ofAntiquities96 National Museum National LiberationFront(FLN)32-4 Napoleon III31 N museums, 96,97 NationalduMoudjahid Musée NationalAhmedZabana142 Musée duTassiliMusée 192 177 duSahara Musée dul’OPNA185 Musée duHoggar185-6 Musée 97 desBeauxArts Musée Communale171 Musée Mozabites 160 252 Notre Dame d’Afrique 95 Notre Damed’Afrique newspapers 196 M’Zab Valley 155-62, music 16,56-8 000 000 M’Zab Valley 155-62, El-Oued 172-5 El-Goléa 171-2 Beni Abbès166 Tassili N’AjjerNationalPark 20,21, Hoggar NationalPark 179 Ahaggar NationalPark 64 Tuareg 57-8 57 Rai 56 Kabylie internet resources 56 149 Tlemcen Museum ofAntiquities96 National Museum & ofPopular Arts Museum NationalAhmedZabana142 Musée duTassiliMusée 192 177 duSahara Musée dul’OPNA185 Musée duHoggar185-6 Musée 97 desBeauxArts Musée Communale171 Musée delaCulture 186 Maison 119 Museum Cirta ofPrehistory & Bardo Museum 130 Archaeological Museum

Photograph pages pages Map 64, 77-8,83-4,190-1,194-5, Traditions 94 Ethnography 96 Index (M-S) see also historic buildings historic 7 7 5 Ouargla 176-8 Oran 139-46, opening hours198 oil 39-40 palmeraies palaces painting 58-9 P people, 208, passports Pasha’s Mosque142 population 22, plants 63 planning 14-16,66, 148 place MohamedKhemisti 148 place EmirAbdelkader place du1Novembre 141 place desSévères 134 167 place desMartyrs pirates 29,93 pieds-noirs photography 204 phones 205-6 Pères Blancs158 walking tour142-4, walking travel within146 travel to/from145-6 shopping 145 141 medical services information 141 history 139 food 144-5 festivals 144 145 entertainment 141 attractions accommodation 144 Timimoun 169, Taghit 165 Timimoun 170, Beni Isugen161 Palais 95 desRaïs Palace ofAhmedBey119 Bey’s Palace 142 Tuareg 32,41-2,68,77,179, pieds-noirs Mozabites 160 43 Jews Berbers 24,26-7,27-8,40-1, Arabs 40 transport 74 transport 72,110,181 security holidays 202 health 218 people see also 42-3 140 42-3 see also see also culture, population 5 5 see also visas culture, 143 itineraries 4 7 , 7 rock art 80-5,166,190-1,194-5, rock art responsible travel71-2 religion 44-50 Beard, Red el-Hamra115 Ras 46,201 Ramadan 57 Rai radio 44,196 R Quran 45-6 Q sand dunes61,198 St Augustine113 AtlasMountains60-2,162 Saharan 61-2, Sahara S Rustamid 27 Route duTassili N’Ajjer190-5 Route duHoggar180-90 Roman ruins13,21 rock-climbing 198 pottery 205 204 postal services Tassili N’AjjerNationalPark 20, 83 periods paintings 81-3 locations 83-4 internet resources 83,84 history 80,81 discovery 80-1 82,84 conservation 81-3 carvings Islam 44-50 49 Christianity Grand ErgOccidental 76,153, Erg Admer194 Djanet 194 travel within74-9 travel to66 literature 66-7 environment 67 climate 23,81 books 67,78 Tipaza 104 Timgad 126-8, 113-15 Regius Hippo Guelma 116 Djemila 133-5 190 Tinakachaker 194-5, 21, 64, 162-72, see 180 5 77-8, 83-4,190-1, Barbarossa 154 8 5 swimming 97,142,151, Sufism 49 43-4 sports Souk el-GhazalMosque119 solo travellers205 soccer 43-4 62,73,225-6 snakes silver jewellery54-5 119 Sidi M’CidBridge Sidi el-HadjAli176 Sidi Boumediene149 shopping 204-5 Sétif 128-32, 195 Sefar security, security, Circuit170 Sebkha 193 Sebiba scorpions 62,73,190,225 S’bou deTimimoun 170 Tankena 191 Tan Zoumaitek195 Tamrit 195 Tamelhat 176 Tamdjert 191 Tamanrasset 180-1, 183-9, Taghit 165 Tagharghart 194 T beaches travel within132 travel to/from132 information129 tourist food 131-2 130-1 attractions accommodation 131 1945129 8 May In Salah 181 In Salah 76,153,172-8, Grand ErgOriental travel to/from187-8 tours 185 information185 tourist shopping 187 185 medical services history 183 food 187 festivals 186 185-6 attractions 185-6 activities accommodation 186-7 154 see dangers 130 see also 184 travellers cheques204 213-17 travel withinAlgeria 208-13 travel to/fromAlgeria 76-7 Highway Trans-Saharan train travel217 tours 78-9,217 information206 tourist 175-6 Touggourt toilets 206 149 Tlemcen Museum Tlemcen 146-51, Tipaza 104-6 190 Tinakachaker Tin Tarabine 190 Timimoun 169-71, Timgad 126-8, Timenzouzine 195 time 206 Tim 194 Ras Tiddis 122-3 199-200 theft Temple oftheSeveran Temacine 176 Tell region 60 44,196 television 205-6 telephone services Tassili N’AjjerNationalPark 20,21,64, Tassili N’Ajjer77-8 Tassili duHoggar189-90 Tassili d’Immidir182-3 train 217 tours 217 shared taxi216-17 motorcycle 214-16 216 local transport hitching 216 car 214-16 bus 214 air 213-14 sea 212-13 land 211-12 air 208-11 75 hiking camel 76 Algiers 99 information148 tourist 148 medical services 148 attractions accommodation 150 Family 135 77-8, 83-4,190-1,194-5, 126 147 5 ,

8 5 TV 44,196 TV turbans 68 trekking, trekking, Tuareg 32,41-2,68, 77,179, Zirids 27 Zirids Zéroual, President Liamine36 Z walking, W visas 206-7, video 204 travellers59 vegetarian Valley oftheCypresses 195 vacations 201,202 V sites21,155 Unesco WorldHeritage U watersports 198, watersports water 65 wars 35-6 War ofIndependence32-4,129 tours walking world timezones254-5 women travellers207 50-1 women inAlgeria wine 149 wildlife 62-3,190 weights 196 websites, weather 14,67-8,199 music 57-8 jewellery 54-5 camel-trekking Tipaza 104 Timgad 126, Tassili N’AjjerNationalPark 20,21, M’Zab Valley 155, Djemila 132 (Algiers)52,90,92,93 Casbah Al-Qal’a ofBeniHammad21 health 226 swimming Oran 142-4, Constantine 120, Algiers 97-9, resources 64, 77-8,83-4,190-1,194-5, see see see hiking see also hiking, 4WD trekking, trekking, 4WD hiking, internet Index (S-Z) 143 8 98 see also passports 121 7 beaches, 4

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