Algiers
Algiers, officially Capital City of Algiers, is the capital and largest city of Algeria, located on the Mediterranean Sea in the north-central portion of the country.
Algiers, officially Capital City of Algiers, is the capital and largest city of Algeria, located on the Mediterranean Sea in the north-central portion of the country. In 2025, an estimated 4.325 million people resided within the urban area. Algiers is the third-largest city on the Mediterranean, the tenth-largest city in the Arab world, and the 19th-largest city in Africa by population. Algiers is the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many communes without having its own separate governing body. It extends along the Bay of Algiers surrounded by the Mitidja Plain and major mountain ranges. Its favorable location made it the center of Ottoman and French influences for the region, shaping it to be a diverse metropolis.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Martyrs' Memorial
An iconic concrete monument commemorating the Algerian war for independence.
- 02National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers
- 03Grande Poste
A masterpiece of neo-Moorish architecture built in 1910 by the French.
- 04Palais des Raïs
A classified historical monument.
- 05Jardin d'essais
- 06Djamaa el Djazaïr
Large mosque with tallest minaret in the world.
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Things to do
Taking a stroll along the beach promenade and park at
- 01Sablette
- 02Marina Palm
Beach club.
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Where to eat
There are several restaurants in the Bois des Arcades area. This is the hill 500 m southeast of the big Martyrs memorial. Particularly good views over Algiers and the coast can be found from here. The hill is also a woodland, so is a nice area for walking too.
- 01Al Boustan Restaurant
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Getting to Algiers
- Airports
- Houari Boumediene (ALG), 12 km · Chlef Aboubakr Belkaid (CFK), 166 km · Soummam–Abane Ramdane (BJA), 177 km
- Chlef → Algiers169 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · $16–22
- Béjaïa → Algiers178 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · $19–26
- Tahir → Algiers250 km · quickest by road, 5h 21m · $27–37
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Algiers
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 Algiers. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are regular ferry services to Algiers from Marseille and Alicante.
- Get inAlgérie Ferries has the most destinations, but there are a few other shipping companies.
- Get inThe ferry terminal is located in the centre of the city, next to the railway station.
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Next door to Algiers
Algiers is 37 km from Blida, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.