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Travel to Algeria

Flying to Algeria

The national airline is Air Algérie (AH) (www.airalgerie.dz).

Flight times:

From London to Algiers is 2 hours 15 minutes.

Departure tax:

None.

Travel by rail

There is one daily train connecting Algiers with Tunis in Tunisia via Constantine and Annaba. The train has a buffet car and couchettes and a reservation is required for this route. Another daily train runs between Algiers and Marrakech in Morocco. Stops en route are Oran, Fès, Mèknes, Rabat and Casablanca. Reservations are required and a supplement is charged. Air-conditioned coaches and light refreshments/buffet car are available. At present, services are interrupted owing to the closure of the border between Algeria and Morocco and through trains are not operating.

Driving to Algeria

Please note that many desert 'roads' are up to 10km- (6-mile-) wide ribbons of unimproved desert and are suitable only for well-maintained 4-wheel drive vehicles.

By road note:

Please note that many desert 'roads' are up to 10km- (6-mile-) wide ribbons of unimproved desert and are suitable only for well-maintained 4-wheel drive vehicles.

Getting to Algeria by boat

Main portsAlgiers , Annaba, Béjaia, Oran and Skikda.

Ferry operators:

Regular shipping lines serve Algiers from Mediterranean ports. Algérie Ferries (www.algerieferries.com) runs passenger services connecting Algeria to Marseille (France) and Alicante (Spain).

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