Hi there, we use cookies to improve your experience on our website. You can update your settings by clicking the Privacy policy link at the bottom of the page. I want to warn all the people considering independent travelling in Algeria. Been to 83 countries including for example Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen I found Algeria the most dangerous and uncomfortable to travel. Especially if you're a single female traveller, think twice. Within two weeks I have been attacked twice.
In Alger I was thrown a stone from a car. The hit was so hard that I was in blood. In Constantine I was attacked by a group of teen age guys. Probably the didn't mean to harm me but to tease. I was kicked in my angles and pushed; tried to make fall. In all the provincial cities I have visited Setif, Annaba, Constantine I have been mistaken for a prostitute. Or at least I have been called repeatedly a Russian or even a prostitute. Algerian men have turned out to be the worst in the world.
In these two weeks I have felt myself often uncomfortable in the public places. Every where I go there are men following me. The men seldom make stubborn approach, though, like in Tunisia. I was also made approach by a man whose family showed me hospitality and saved me from trouble once. This was an ugly scene. In all the cities I have been warned on wandering alone. Especially after dark which I didn't obey with described consequences. The warnigs have included:.
Annaba: market area, from Annaba center to the corniche, from Hippo Regius to the cathedral. I was also warned on taking photos in the Concurs de Revolution. Constantine: from the viewing point back to the city. Alger: In Cashbah, in the neighbourhoods on hills east of Cashbah. In Alger though I prefered these neighbourhoods instead of the seaside neighbourhoods. Place de Martyrs, Pl Port Said, seaside promenades and the main shopping street I have all found uncomfortable.
They are not residential areas but areas where people wander without doing anything. Areas where people live are safer on my opinion. Totally I have spent a week in Alger so I have had time to make my opinion. Alger in general is the most welcoming of the Algerian cities. I have seen very few independent travellers. I have felt as if being the only traveller in the country. For example in Djemila I was the only tourist some locals wandering in the ruins though.
