Algeria is blessed with an array of natural beauty spots and architectural wonders.
We know that Africa's largest country will make you fall in love. Here are 8 photos that explain why:
1. This!!!
Constantine in Algeria will leave you speechless!
The historical city of mountains and bridges was originally founded by the Phoenicians, who called it Sewa, or 'royal city'. Everything about it feels regal!
2. Yakouren surrounded by hills covered in snow
This town in northern Algeria can easily be mistaken for a small town in the Alps.
3. Notre-Dame d'Afrique
The 19th century Roman Catholic Basilica in Algiers can be considered to be the North African counterpart to the church of Notre-Dame de la Garde on the other side of the Mediterranean, in Marseille, France.
4. Bordj Bou Arréridj Province
Covered in a lush green landscape, this enchanting spot in the east of Algeria is at a crossroads between east and west, north and south, rural and urban traditions of the North African country, which inspired an outstanding culinary wealth.
6. Béjaïa
That's not a neighborhood in a European country, this is an old Jewish district in Béjaïa, Algeria, where you can see a colorful dome of a synagogue on a rooftop.
7. The Tuareg
Tuareg are a large Berber ethnic group living in the Sahara desert in North Africa, in a vast area stretching from southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.
8. The ruins of Timgad
Timgad was a Roman-Berber town in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria founded around 100 AD. This ancient and exceptionally well preserved Roman city slept under the Sahara sand for 10 centuries.
There you can see the Arch of Trajan, a temple dedicated to Jupiter, a large Byzantine citadel, a 3,500-seat amphitheater, a library, a basilica and four public bath houses.