Tipaza and Cherchell Roman Heritage Tour
Get picked up at your hotel at 8:30-9:00 am by your Algerian tour guide.
Drive to Tipaza.
Make a stop at Cherchell (extra option) and see the antique museum. Phoenicians from Carthage founded a town at Cherchell around 400 BCE, in an area on the northern Maghreb littoral 100 km west of Algiers. Established as a trading station, Cherchell became part of the Kingdom of Numidia under Jugurtha, who died in 104 BCE. It served as a key city for the polity's Berber monarchy and generals.
Afterwards, head to Tipaza port.
Enjoy grilled fresh fish for lunch.
Explore Tipaza. When it was part of the Roman Empire, it was called Tipasa. The modern town was founded in 1857 and is chiefly remarkable for its ancient ruins and sandy littoral. Tipasa, as the city was then called, was an old Punic trading post conquered by Ancient Rome. It was subsequently turned into a military colony by Emperor Claudius to conquer the kingdoms of Mauretania.
Drive back to Algiers and get dropped off at your hotel at 5:00-5:30 pm.
