Tipaza
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Tipaza is in Northwest Algeria.
Understand
First a Punic trade post, the Romans expanded it into a military colony named Tipasa. The colony was destroyed by the Vandals in the 5th century and Arabs in the 8th, and the modern city of Tipaza was established there in 1857. Today the city of 25,000 inhabitants is one of Algeria's most popular tourist destinations thanks to its ruins.
Get in
Tipaza is about 50 km west of the capital Algiers.
See
Roman ruinsThe Romain ruins of Tipasa are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Tipaza Longwave mastThe second highest structure in Algeria, transmitting broadcasts to northern Africa and southwestern Europe.
Sleep
Hotel Club La Corne d'OrBuilt as a tourist village in the 1970s, the complex is a "modernist interpretation of the Mozabite vernacular architecture of Algeria". The hotel is apparently run-down and has received awful reviews on travel forums, so it is probably better to regard it as a sight rather than accommodation.
Go next
Tipaza Archaeological museumDisplaying artefacts found in the region.