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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli
In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles
Africa > Algeria > Algiers
When to go to Algiers ( Algeria ) ?
| Month | Sunlight (h/d) | Average T min (°C) | Average T max (°C) | Record T min (°C) | Record T max (°C) | Precipitations (mm) | Wet days | Rating |
| january | 5 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 111 | 11 |  |
| february | 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 31 | 83 | 9 | |
| march | 7 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 73 | 9 |  |
| april | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 38 | 40 | 5 |  |
| may | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 37 | 45 | 5 | |
| june | 9 | 19 | 27 | 13 | 39 | 14 | 2 | |
| july | 10 | 22 | 29 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| august | 10 | 23 | 30 | 18 | 43 | 5 | 0 | |
| september | 8 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 38 | 40 | 4 | |
| october | 6 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 39 | 78 | 7 | |
| november | 5 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 30 | 129 | 11 |  |
| december | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 136 | 12 | |
How to read the charts
For example: In january, you will get 5 hours of average sunlight in Algiers and the overall temperature will vary between 0 and 25 (Celcius) in this area of Algeria. Usually you shouldn't see more than 11 rainy days wich is representative of this part of Africa.
What to do in Algiers : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants
Algiers is a city of just over two million inhabitants, capital of the country, an important port in the Mediterranean, it is nicknamed Alger la Blanche. Built on the hillsides of the Sahel in shades of narrow streets and alleys, stairways traveled all sizes and shapes, it offers colonial-style buildings and other Islamic-style, mostly painted white , which gives color to the city. The sea extends north and east, and is the Bay of Algiers.
Life is very dynamic, both culturally and socially or economically.
Do not forget to visit the Casbah, the heart of the city raised many treasures, palaces, mausoleums and mosques. The Monument of Martyrs is another essential step: 92 meters high, it represents a place of worship dedicated to the memory of martyrs of the War of Independence. The oldest building in the city is the Great Mosque, dating from the 11th century. Other sites worth a visit: the Basilica of neo-Byzantine Our Lady of Africa, the Villa Abd-el-Tif, the Palais des Rais, the National Museum of Fine Arts, the People's Palace and Museum National Classical Antiquities and Muslim are examples among others.
