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Algiers
Capital and largest city of Algeria

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.

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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.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Martyrs' Memorial

    An iconic concrete monument commemorating the Algerian war for independence.

  2. 02
    National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers
  3. 03
    Grande Poste

    A masterpiece of neo-Moorish architecture built in 1910 by the French.

  4. 04
    Palais des Raïs

    A classified historical monument.

  5. 05
    Jardin d'essais
  6. 06
    Djamaa el Djazaïr

    Large mosque with tallest minaret in the world.

Do

Things to do

Taking a stroll along the beach promenade and park at

  1. 01
    Sablette
  2. 02
    Marina Palm

    Beach club.

Eat

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.

  1. 01
    Al Boustan Restaurant
How locals move

Getting around Algiers the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Algiers, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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