When to go
The circuits in the Sahara are possible in winter when the heat is bearable. The season runs from late October and early May, however it can be very hot in April. The climate of the Algerian coast is pleasant throughout the year.

Security
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Single Woman
For a woman, it is wise to be cautious during the ballads. It is better to be accompanied and have a decent dress. Apart from these basic rules, with a straight behaviour and clothes, everything happens for the best!


Population
The Algerian people are charming and incredibly welcoming. They are friendly, hospitable, and have their hearts on the hand. They  open their doors to who wants to enter, they deprive themselves to give you ...
Get ready for your trip like you would for any other destination, take the usual precautions, but do not put your bags in ignorance, unfounded fears, prejudices and distrust exacerbated. Give to Algeria the opportunity to show you who she is, you come back enriched with a thousand and one ways!

Languages Spoken
Arabic (official and national), Tamazight (national since 2002). The French is spoken or understood by much of the population. Most signboards and notices are written in Arabic and French.

The Arab world
The Tunisian, Mauritanian, Moroccan visas are exempt..

Other
If you are an EU citizen, you need an entry visa for Algeria. You must submit to the Consulate of Algeria.

NB No trace of passage in Israel on the passport.
It is forbidden to enter the country with binoculars or a GPS.
In the case of transit in Algeria, you should be able to justify a Go/Return ticket or continue (with visas or residence permits for the country of return or continuation if necessary)
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Rahhala Estimation
Algeria prices are relatively low. If one does not travel in an organized staying, we can expect a minimum budget of € 20 per day per person. For the double, you can cover the stay.
A meal in a normal restaurant: less than 800 DA (less than 9 €).
A classic distance bus in the city: Inexpensive, equipped with meters. It takes roughly 100 AD for 100 kms, but it can vary especially in the Deep South.

Lodgings & Costs
Outside the cities and tourist sites in the Sahara, the hotel infrastructure is almost non-existent. Needless to try to stay in youth hostel: they are rare and poorly maintained. Only Tamanrasset in the Hoggar (South) has to correct. Make a cross on your tent, a few dispersed campsites along the coast are not really adapted and wild camping is prohibited.

Hotels
There are generally three types of hotels in Algerian cities: small institutions inherited from the colonial era, the state built hotels there are more than thirty years by the architect Fernand Pouillon and luxurious buildings belonging to international hotel chains .
Very cheap: less than 600 DA (less than € 7).
Cheap: 600 to 1 000 AD (7 to 11 €).
Average prices: from 1 000 to 3 000 DA (11 to 33 €).
Chic: 3 000 to 6 000 DA (33 to 67 €).
Very chic beyond 6 000 DA (above 67 €). .

Change
1 € = 85.590 DA.
1 Dollar = 60.513 DA.

Flights to Algeria
Air Algeria operates flights between France and several cities. Air France offers flights from Marseilles to Algiers and Paris.

Events & most important Festivals
Day of African Unity on 25 May 2008.
Algiers International Fair from 7 to 12 June 2008.
Independence Day July 5 2008.
Day jewel Ath Yenni from 27 July to 4 August 2008.
Festival of Raï Oran from 4 to 10 August 2008.
World Tourism Day on 27 September 2008.
Lailat al-Qadr (the festival of the revelation of the Koran) on 28 September 2008.
Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) on 2 October 2008.
National Day on 1 November 2008.
Eid-el-Kebir (Eid al-Adha or Tabaski) on 9 December 2008

Algeria activities: Trekking, hiking, culture...
The Sahara has been experiencing a few years a new fad among the marchers. Southern Algeria is at the forefront of the re-conquest of Algeria by the tourism.
Treks in the south of Algeria are not reserved for big walkers. However, they require a good physical condition.
Amazing stories of rock art were discovered in the Saharan region of Tassili n'Ajjer at the south-east. Revealed for the first time in 1934, these works from the Neolithic representative of many animals testify to the wealth moved from the Saharan ecosystem. They are ranked on the list of world heritage by UNESCO.

Music, books, movies, and more
Music: While subtle changes in lute music of the Arab-Andalusian musical repertoire anchor Algerian tradition, modern raï symbolizes renewal. Its leading figures are Safi Boutella, Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami, now world famous.
Movies: The film is particularly through the works often involved some kabyles directors. Let us first Azzedine Meddour (La Montagne de Baya, 1997) and Abderrahmane Bouguermouh, author of The Forgotten Hill (1997), the first film shot in Tamazight language.
Books: The main figures of contemporary literature are Algerian Rachid Boudjedra (The Renunciation), Rachid Mimouni (River diverted), Mohammed Moulessehoul (What dream wolves under the pseudonym of Commissioner Llob and Fall of chimeras, in the name of Yasmina Khadra) and, more recently, Salim Bachi (Le Chien d'Ulysse). .

History of Algeria
Prehistory: (- 1.8 Ma to - 7 500 years), site of Aïn El Ahnech, The Tighennif, the Aterian.
Protohistory: (-7500 to -2000 years) Capsienne civilization.
Antiquity: (-1250 to the year 250), Algeria Getulism, counters Phoenicians in Algeria, Sahara Garam, the rule of Numidia, Roman Period, Vandale Domination Domination Byzantine.
647 to 776: Period Islamization of Algeria.
736 to 947: Kharidjisme Berber.
776 to 1512: Muslim Dynasties Period Berbers and Arabs.
1515 to 1830: Ottoman Period.
1830 to 1962: French colonization.
Since 1962: time period of the Algerian Republic.
In 1996: Time of the Constitution.