The remarkable ruins of five ancient cities uncover over five hundred years of Roman occupation in northern Algeria. Tipaza and Cherchell Wealth and power flowed into northern Africa across the Mediterranean from 200 BC to…
Constantine is known as the City of Bridges for it needs at least nine bridges to traverse. But it could just as well be called the City of Ravines for the chasms traversed by the…
Algeria is a large country which seems at first divided into two zones, a coastal landscape and vast desert. We found that Algeria offered much more diverse ecologies and terrain than this simple division. In…
We made a special trip to Annaba on the northeast Algerian coast for one reason, to walk the old pathways of Hippo Regius, the home city of Saint Augustine (354 to 430 AD). (To read…
Our month in Algeria brought us to three cities on the Mediterranean in addition to Algiers itself. Annaba held special significance for us as the home of the religious philosopher St. Augustine (Click here to…
We traveled far from the Mediterranean into the Great Western Erg, a vast expanse of Saharan desert in Algeria. Creamy, wind-blown sands dominate the landscape. For millennia, though, the town (Tim) of Mimoun, or Timimoun,…
Almoravid to Zianide via H & M Much attention is given to the remarkable remains of Roman and Byzantine cities within Algeria. In visiting three locales around the country, we became just as enthralled by…
In brief: In the midst of salt flats and arid desert, palmy oases around Tozeur have long sustained intriguing towns. You travel for hours through Saharan desert or drive very straight along an endless causeway…
In brief: A millennium ago, Berbers built storage bins for grain or added protected caverns to mountain tops, spaces that villagers have used for homes ever since. We were not surprised to discover that the…
In brief: Tunisia harbors a treasure of antique mosaics, displayed in its museums and in situ at resurrected villas. Here’s a lush sample. The artist conceives a design to fit the interests of a patron…