Hotel Emir Algiers

... on the 3rd floor. The room was very good but it had one flaw..The roof of the hotel lobby is up to 2nd floor and my room was just on it. So all I could view from my window is a huge grey roof in front of me. However, upon my request, the room is now changed to 11th floor so I have a better view now. From the official sources we learned that, it may not be possible for them to extend my visa from inside Algeria. I have to extend my visa before our planned ...

... The food staff are good but in my opinion they are not value for money. Yesterday we went to the downtown. Our office has provided us with a car to take us there. The driver parked the car at one end of the city and we visited the city on foot as much as we could in four hours. The city center is nice and full of people and activity. Algiers is a hilly city .. at one side it has the sea and on the other it has hills so the roads are elevated to different levels accordingly.

... one for sea food etc We went for the grills and the food war faboulous. After the dinnr, we went for a mini city trip in Amars' Fiat. We then went to the Icecream district to have some icecream. On the way to hotel Amar screamed "Look out" and we saw a Big wild boar run accross the road . By the way, Algiers is a hilly city with lots of Woods and Girdens and wild animals thrive there. We returned to the hotel at 12:00 AM and I slept instantly..

... in our flash multistar hotel heading to the disco after spending the rest of our dinars on Algerian red wine...due to the fact that they are impossible to change back into foreign currency in Algeria. Apparently they forgot that its their own %$#ing currency. Off to the bottle....and my tourmates...stay tuned for more later. : )

Accueil à l'aéroport sans aucun panneau - dans un pays réputé pour ses pb de sécurité, ça commence bien... Passage par un bureau de passage au siège de la société. Rien à faire qu'attendre "l'escort" 2 heures de route au Sud d'Alger, sous escort: un business entretenu pour les sociétés internationales par les autorités locales sans doute. Des flics partout - jamais vu autant

... schools), souks (markets), Kasbah (old buildings of high red hearth walls). There are a lot of bars where the youngsters sit at their table all day long, sipping their mint tea and smoking, watching the people walking and awaiting to find a job or to expatriate to Europe. Giant photos of the king are everywhere. Wherever you go, you are always followed by someone who hopes to get commissions when you buy something. Sometimes they are very helpful, particularly young ...

Hi, in autumn 1989 I made an interesting trip in Algeria in a group of about 15 italian people with an algerian student who was our guide We visited the beautiful capital of Alger, with its high white french styles houses, an arab center old town (medina), the museum of the Revolution of 1960 against France and outside the city some roman ruins and mosaics. We took our airflight to Tamanrasset at more than 4 hours ...