Arrive in Algiers, transfer to your hotel (20 minutes by car). Walk with your guide to explore the
surroundings of your hotel located in the center of town. (No meal included). Overnight in Algiers.

One-day trip to Algiers. Departure from the hotel at 8:30 am for a day tour of the capital, “Algiers la Blanche”. We start the visit by the Casbah (classified as a World Heritage Site), the Citadel, the residence of Dey in the upper Casbah, then crossing walk through the narrow streets, stop at artisans, the house-museum of the heroes of the “Battle of Algiers” (1957), the Ketchaoua mosque (outside), the Pasha palace built-in 1798 in the lower Casbah, is an exceptional architectural wealth. It houses the museum of miniature, illumination, and calligraphy and the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions (domestic life, housing, clothing …).

Continuation to the basilica of “Notre Dame d’Afrique”, a great panorama of the city and the bay. Then departure for lunch either at the Casbah in a guest house or in a restaurant in the modern quarter of the capital around the “Grande Poste” (neo-Moorish architecture), the most emblematic monument of Algiers.

In the afternoon, visit the Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Arts located in Liberty Park, which is the oldest museum in Algeria. It covers the history of art in Algeria for 2500 years, then the Bardo museum (a former residence built in the 18th century) and the Moorish villa- a museum of prehistory and ethnography.

Continuation of the visit to the Monument dedicated to the martyrs of the Algerian revolution (1954-1962), and nearby the army museum which traces the history of the country from the Numidian era to the present day. If time permits, before returning to the hotel, stop at the El Djazair ex Saint Georges hotel for a tea break on the terrace overlooking its botanical garden, dinner, and overnight in Algiers. (B, L, D)

In the morning transfer to the airport to take your flight to Constantine, Capital of the East of the country. Just arrival in this atypical city, a fortress built on the edge of a canyon, and famous for its cliffs and bridges. Meeting with copper craftsmen (brassware being the local specialty), visit of the Cirta museum and the Bey Palace with its recently renovated gardens (1835), and visit of the oldest bridge “El Kantara. Crossing the Sidi M’Cid suspension bridge, visit the monument dedicated to the Constantine fighters (Christians, Jews and Muslims) who died during the 1st World War, and the Emir Abdelkader mosque, an architectural gem. Lunch, and continue the visit in the Historic Sites, meeting with copper craftsmen (brassware being the local specialty) and transfer to your hotel, dinner and overnight in Constantine.         (B, L, D)

One-day excursion to Cherchell-Tipasa: After breakfast, depart at 8.30 a.m. to Cherchell, 100 km west of Algiers, ancient Cesarea, was founded in the fourth century BC by the Phoenicians and from 40 AD, it was the capital of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesarean section, which extends to the Atlantic Ocean. Visit the museum and a part of the ruins. Continue to Tipasa, a Roman city by the sea 70 km west of Algiers, the Phoenicians founded a counter to the fifth century BC. The city experienced its rise as the Numidian king Juba II and becomes Caesaria (current Cherchell) one of the centers of Greco-Roman culture in North Africa. After the lunch (fish meal), visit the museum and walk in the archaeological park classified as world heritage by Unesco: amphitheater, theater, large basilica … and among the ancient tombs, a stele has been erected in memory of Albert Camus, philosopher, and Nobel laureate, born in Algeria who dedicated admirable pages to Tipasa “Noces” (Wedding).

Return to Algiers, stop on the road to visit the Mausoleum Royal Mauretania (some historians believe that this is a royal mausoleum built by King Juba II who reigned from 25 BC. to 23 AD. and his wife, Queen Cleopatra Selene), dinner and overnight in Algiers. (B, L, D)

Your trip ends today. After breakfast, check-out, and transfer to Houari Boumediene International Airport 3 hours before the time of the departure flight. (B)

We wish you a pleasant flight!