Algiers is very much a port city, but the waterfront is rather cut off from the city itself I found |
Fishermen's Harbor - Môle de Pêche, Alger |
Fishermen's Harbor - Môle de Pêche, Alger |
Fishermen's Harbor - Môle de Pêche, Alger |
Fishing Harbor with the Admiralty Lighthouse (Le Peñón), first fortified by the Spanish in the 16th C. |
Fishing Harbor with the Admiralty Lighthouse (Le Peñon) |
Fishermen's Harbor - Môle de Pêche, Alger |
Institut National Supérieur de Musique, |
Hippocampus Fountain in front of Bastion 23 |
Hippocampus Fountain, Algiers |
Unfortunately, the Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale on the other side of the square, so expect harassment with camera |
Hippocampus Fountain, Algiers |
Centre des Arts et de la Cutlure du Palais des Raïs (Bastion 23) |
Bastion 23, the restored Palais des Raïs |
Courtyard, Palais des Raïs |
Courtyard, Palais des Raïs |
Restored tilework, Palais des Raïs |
Restored tilework, Palais des Raïs |
Upper arcade, Palais des Raïs |
Cannon, Palais des Raïs - Bastion 23 was the name given by the French based on the position on the new ramparts |
Construction of the Palais des Raïs was begun in 1576 by Dey Ramdhan Pacha |
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Palais des Raïs, Alger |
The main building, Palace 18, was built 1750-1798 for Dey Mustapha Pacha |
The Ottoman rulers of Algiers moved their palace to the top of the Casbah after the 1816 British naval bombardment |
Palais des Raïs - Bastion 23 |
The Palais des Raïs (Bastion 23) has been meticulously restored |
Tiny windows facing the sea, Palais des Raïs |
Landward side, Palais des Raïs |
Interior courtyard, Palais des Raïs (Bastion 23) |
Interior courtyard, Palais des Raïs (Bastion 23) |
Palais des Raïs (Bastion 23) |
Palais des Raïs (Bastion 23) |
Palais des Raïs (Bastion 23) |
Cargo ship Pochard (St. Johns) anchored off Algiers |
Admiralty Lighthouse, Le Peñon d'Alger |
Seawall of Algiers from the Palais des Raïs (Bastion 23) |
Seaside Rue Icosium, named after the ancient Phoenician settlement ca 3rd C. BC |
Man with a recycled beach shelter in front of Bastion 23 |
Seaside Bab El Oued - Al Kany Square |
Piscine El Kettani, Alger |
Algiers Seashore - El Kettani (Bab El Oued) |
Rocky Mediterranean Coast, Bab El Oued - Algiers |
Breakwater with the Bologhine Hill and the Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Afrique |
Young Algerians playing in the sea |
Seaside Boulevard de l'Emir Khaled, Algiers-Malakoff |
Plage Deux Chameaux - no swimming, beach polluted and rocky |
Plage Deux Chameaux - Two Camel Beach |
Algiers coast at Plage Deux Chameaux |
Offshore rocks, Plage Deux Chameaux |
Beautiful seaside home in need of some love |
Algiers Seawall - Boulevard de l'Emir Khaled |
Rocky point with some old ruins, Algiers |
Rocky point with some old ruins, Algiers |
Algiers Seawall - Bologhine |
Stairs leading from street level to sealevel, Alger-Bologhine |
The local kids must love it here |
Houses built directly on the rocky shore, Algiers |
Plage Eden, Algiers |
Algerian guys on Plage Eden |
The north end of Eden Beach |
Plage Eden, Alger |
Fishermen's Houses, Plage Eden |
Fishermen's Houses, Plage Eden |
Fishing boats pulled up on the northern end of Eden Beach, Algiers |
Eden Beach, between Bab El Oued and Bologhine, Algiers |
Bathing Authorised - Eden Beach, Algiers |
Lifeguard hut, Eden Beach |
Rocks at the south end of Eden Beach |