Algeria, A Tourist Destination

The Algerian Cuisine

The traditional dish of Algeria, Couscous
Discovering Algeria doesn’t end by just visiting the historical and significant places and beautiful sceneries of the country. Algeria has a lot to offer to its tourists to make their visit a superb one. To complete and to experience an extraordinary stay in Algeria, it’s a must to try the traditional Algerian cuisine that will surely captivate your heart and stomach.

Algerians are very hospitable and encourage family and friends to share their food and they’re very much warm to their guests. Just like other countries, Algerians offer coffee or tea to their visitors, and also they believe that cooking is a woman’s duty.

In Algeria, all meals which are normally three a day are leisurely and sociable, although there are varying degrees of structure and polite behavior. Food is normally eaten by Algerians using the thumb, forefinger and middle finger of the right hand. They’re not using their left hand for eating because they consider it as unclean and to use the five fingers in eating, they considered it as a sign of over-eating and should be avoided.

Traditional Algerian food shows the historic influences of Arab, Berber, French and Turkish tastes. It can be either mild or very spicy and packed with flavorful seasonings. In Algiers and other popular towns tend to have a wide variety of restaurants, particularly French, Italian and Middle Eastern cuisine; even classic dishes will have an inimitable Algerian quality.

Algerian prefer lamb, chicken or fish to be places on a bed of a warm couscous, their national dish, along with cooked vegetables such as carrots, chickpeas, tomatoes and spicy stews.

The Algerian meal wouldn’t be complete without bread, usually a long French loaf.

When it comes to beverages, tea is usually offered to their guests, and another option, Algerians also serve flavored coffee with cardamom.

Traditional Berbers, in particular, prefer drinks made from goat milk, although cow milk is now available.

The sale of alcohol is only available in more expensive restaurants and hotel. Algeria produces some good wines but very few of them seem to be served in the country itself and the major hotels have a reasonable cellar of European wines.

As a legacy of French rule, refreshing, golden-colored mint tea and strong, sweet coffee are drunk wherever people gather to talk and relax. 


Exploring Algeria
Algeria
Algeria is a large North African country rich in historical significance in shaping Africa as a continent. The country has so much to offer to the world especially in terms of historical evidence coming from its ruins. Masonries and great mosques can be seen in Algeria, an attestation of its affluent culture that people across the globe must see.

Beneath the Mediterranean climate of Algeria, astounding historical landmarks rests in the heart of the country. Great masonries and mosques make Algeria an eye-catching nation that could melt the heart of the people visiting the country.

Algiers, Algeria
Algiers is the capital city of Algeria in North Africa, located on a bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is also called as El-Bahdja and Alger la Blanche meaning “Algiers the White” this is because of the sparkling and lustrous white color of its buildings that seems rising high up in the sky from the sea. Downtown, the city looks modern, but behind the up-to-the-minute appearance of it, interesting sights in Algiers are roaring from the old part of the city known as Casbah, a small city built on a hill that goes down towards the sea.

Casbah, Algiers
Casbah or the Citadel is also known as Al-Djazaïr Al Mahroussa which means “Well Kept Algiers”, is based on the antediluvian ruins of ancient Icosium and can be divided into two parts like the high city and the low city. Masonries and mosques of the 17th century such as the Ketchaoua mosque, constructed in 1794 and possesses two minarets; mosque El Kébir, the most historical one of all the mosques; mosque el Djedid, constructed in Turkish era in 1660; and the mosque Ali Betchnin can be found in Casbah.

Amazing and striking labyrinth of houses and lanes in Casbah will surely astound sightseers.

Bab El Oued, Algeria
Another must-see place is the Bab El Oued also known as “The River’s Gate.” 

Bab El Qued is a neighborhood in Algiers and well-known for the square which has three clocks and market triplets.

Other prominent district are Kouba, El Harrach, Bouzareah, El-Biar, Ben Aknoun, Hydra and the heart of the capital which is the street of Didouche Mourade; bordered by many restaurants and shopping store and covers the park of Galland, the Crowned Heart, the Faculty of Algiers and place Audin.

Wide agglomerations of monuments are also in the city, and one of the most popular is the Notre Dame d’Afrique or “Our Lady of Africa. It was completely designed in a Neo-Byzantine form way back 1872. A religious building that serves the purposes of a church, elevated at the height of about 407 feet and it dominate the Algeria Bay.

Martyrs Memorial, Algiers
An additional worth-visiting attraction of the city is the Martyrs Memorial. It is shaped as the three leaves of a palm and an “Eternal Flame” lies under it. Inaugurated in 1982 and it symbolizes the efforts and bravery of those courageous heroes who were killed during the war of Independence of Algeria.

Other must-see places are The El Jedid mosque, Place of the Emir Abd-el-Kader, Grand Post Office, Villa Abd-el-Hair, Riadh El-Feth, National Library and The Great Mosque of Algiers.

Algeria has a lot to offer to world. Exceptional and amazing landmarks are waiting to be visit by tourists across the globe. Experience the beauty in the heart of Algeria, offering the extraordinary, unique and mesmerizing life that only Algeria can bid.

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