Itinerary

1. Inside the Casbah Tour

   • The Casbah was founded on the ruins of the old Icosium in the 10th century. 
   • It was a city built on a hill, stretching towards the sea, divided into the "High city" and the "Low city. 
   • The Casbah was the essential location of the “Battle of Algiers” in 1957. 
   • The film (La Bataille d'Alger)  was shot in the Casbah with a hand-held camera, and surviving fighters from the 1957 "Battle of Algiers" served as technical advisors.

2. Inside Le Palais des Raïs Tour

   • The Palais des Raïs is one of the most important historical monuments in the city of Algiers. 
   • Moreover, it represents one of the last witnesses who physically attest to the extension of the Casbah of Algiers towards the sea until the 19th century.

3. Inside the National Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions Tour

   • The National Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions occupies the palace known as Dar Khedaoudj el Amia in Algiers. 
   • It dates back to the 16th or 18th century. 
   • It is located in the lower Casbah. 
   • The palace had several owners before it was established as a National Museum on September 29, 1987.
   • The museum aims to introduce people to the rural and traditional heritage of Algeria. 
   • The works kept at the museum are dedicated to daily life such as clothing, jewellery, carpets, pottery, basketry, goldwork, ceramics, embroidery, brassware, miniatures, furniture as well as several other exceptional pieces of Algerian crafts. 
   • In addition to ethnographic objects, there is a documentary collection of more than 20,000 photos at the museum that is divided between old photographs and black and white photos. 

4. Inside Basilique Notre Dame d'Afrique Tour

   • The Basilica Notre-Dame-d'Afrique is one of the minor basilicas of the Catholic Church, which is located on a promontory overlooking the sea at an altitude of 124 m.
   • It was built in the Roman-Byzantine style and was consecrated on July 2, 1872.
   • The exterior is characterized by a high dome, that is fixed on a cylindrical drum. This basilica has the particularity of having the apse in the southwest rather than in the east as usual.
   • It is considered “the twin sister of the Marseille basilica Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde2. 
   • The basilica is nicknamed “Madame l'Afrique ” or “Lalla Myriem”1 by the local residents, and it constitutes a “symbol of cultural mixing and religious cohabitation for 160 years”
   • This is evidenced by the famous inscription in the choir: “Our Lady of Africa, pray for us and Muslims” as well as another sentence written in French, Arabic and Kabyle: “Brotherly love comes from God. He is God himself."

5. Inside the Martyrs' Memorial Tour

   • The Martyrs' Memorial or Maqam Echahid is a concrete monument commemorating the Algerian War. 
   • The monument was opened in 1982, thus paying tribute to the 20th anniversary of Algeria's independence. 
   • It is fashioned in the shape of three standing palm leaves, which shelter the "Eternal Flame" under it. 
   • At the edge of each palm leaf is a statue of a soldier representing a stage of Algeria's struggle for independence.

6. Inside the Botanical Garden of Hamma Tour

   • The Botanical Garden of Hamma  (in French: Jardin d'Essai du Hamma) is a 32-hectare botanical garden (38 hectares of gardens and 20 hectares  of arboretum). It was established in 1832.
   • It is estimated that there are currently around 1,200 different species of plants in the garden.
   • The film 'Tarzan' was filmed in the Botanical Garden of Hamma.
   • In 'Tarzan', Johnny Weissmuller who played Tarzan had to go and shoot certain scenes in Algiers in the botanical garden. 
   • This incredible location served as the setting for several shots in the film. Moreover, the Tarzan tree is still present even today.