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We made shortstop in Lambèse on the way to Setif. The remains of the Roman town and camp are dominated by a praetorium (commandant’s house) dating from 268, the rest of the archeological site are ruins of two triumphal arches, temples, an aqueduct, an amphitheater, baths, and many private...
Late afternoon, we have finally arrived in Timgad – one of the finest Roman sites listed in UNESCO. Since the Archeological site was just closing, we took a local tasty pea soup and some barbecue (600 DZD) in a nearby fast-food restaurant. We saw, that some police officers have...
On the way to Timgad, we made a short stop at The mausoleum of Medracen (entrance 80 DZD). It is located 25 kilometers north of Batna in northeastern Algeria. It is a beautiful massive conical structure set on top of a 20-meter-high drum that is nearly 60 meters in diameter. An entrance...
After a long drive, we have reached Constantine, it was not easy to decide, where to park, but local police sent us to the huge busy bus station for an overnight. After that, we made some walk around the city during sunset and took our first local fast food dinner (2 meals and lemon juice...
In the afternoon, we took a curvy and narrow road through the hilly and forested landscape to reach the coast of the Gulf of Stora. There is a long sandy beach along the natural Mediterranean coastline near Skikda. It is still a bit abandoned area with very little touristic infrastructure...
We have changed some money (100 EUR / 19000 DZD) and bought a local sim card (4500 DZD / 40 GB data). On the highway to Annaba, we took our first diesel and paid fascinating 23 DZD / liter (0,12 EUR)! But Algerian driving conditions are a bit different from Tunisia, we met already quite...