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Blida

Blida is a city in Algeria.

Blida
Blida · Abdennour Ait (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The place

Blida is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of Blida Province, and it is located about 45 km south-west of Algiers, the national capital. The name Blida, i.e. bulaydah, is a diminutive of the Arabic word belda, city.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Blida

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Chrea National Park

    The Chréa National Park is one of the largest national parks of Algeria. It is located in Blida Province, named after Chréa, a town near this park.

    8.2 km · national park in Algeria · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Stade Mustapha Tchaker

    Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Blida, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches.

    2.7 km · stadium in Algeria · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Saad Dahlab University of Blida 1

    The University of Blida 1, also known as University Saad Dahlab of Blida, is a public university located in Blida, Algeria. Founded on June 20, 1977 and named after Saad Dahlab, a former Algerian political, the university did not commence operation until four years later on 8 September, 1981.

    5.5 km · university in Bilda, Algeria · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Stade Frères Brakni

    Brakni Brothers Stadium is a soccer stadium in Blida, Algeria, it has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people. It was replaced by the bigger Stade Mustapha Tchaker currently used mostly for football matches, and for the national team since 2006.

    2.7 km · building in Algeria · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Zoubir Zouraghi Stadium

    Zoubir Zouraghi Stadium is a soccer stadium in Blida, Algeria, it has a maximum capacity of 3,000 people.

    2.1 km · Football stadium in Blida, Algeria · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Place Toute is located in the center of Blida located near Bab Es-Sebt, Al-Kawthar Mosque, and the old market. Tourists and locals can enjoy the many cafes, pastry shops, ice cream shops, and other restaurants while their children play in the plaza. In April, the orange groves blossom. With over 50,000 trees it is a wonderful sensory experience.

  1. 01
    Chréa National Park

    One of the largest national parks in the country.

From Wikivoyage: Blida, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Mustapha Tchaker Stadium

    It is home to the Algeria national football team and the local Blida team.

From Wikivoyage: Blida, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Burgred

    20 Av.

  2. 02
    Navarro

    Creperie shop with delicious and plentiful offerings.

From Wikivoyage: Blida, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Blida

Airports
Houari Boumediene (ALG), 42 km · Chlef Aboubakr Belkaid (CFK), 136 km · Soummam–Abane Ramdane (BJA), 202 km
Stations
Blida Airport, 4.2 km · Boufarik Airport, 9.5 km
  • Algiers → Blida
    37 km · quickest by road, 58 min · $3.5–4.5
  • Chlef → Blida
    138 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · $13–18
  • Béjaïa → Blida
    204 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · $22–30
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Blida

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Blida. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    ChefchaouenMA

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    744 km
  2. 02
    Merzouga and Erg ChebbiMA

    8 ways of moving, 41 sources

    869 km
  3. 03
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    1,031 km
  4. 04
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    1,138 km
  5. 05
    HvarHR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    1,383 km

If you know how people move in Blida – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Blida

Blida is 37 km from Algiers, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.