Algeria Solo Female Travel Safety Tips and Advice

On this page you will find first-hand, unbiased, and real safety tips, advice and reviews from women traveling solo, submitted directly from their personal experiences in the country.

Their opinions are unfiltered and submitted independently as part of the Solo Female Travel Safety Index, a ranking of 210 countries and regions based on how safe they are for women traveling solo.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers.

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Algeria Country data

We have compiled a few data points below that can help you better understand Algeria and have more context when thinking about travel safety.

Official country name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

Etymology: The country name derives from the capital city of Algiers.

Capital: Algiers.

Independence / foundation: Algeria has known many empires and dynasties starting with the ancient Numidians (3rd century B.C.), Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, over a dozen different Arab and Berber dynasties, Spaniards, and Ottoman Turks.

It was under the latter that the Barbary pirates operated from North Africa and preyed on ships beginning in roughly 1500, peaking in the early to mid-17th century, until finally subdued by the French capture of Algiers in 1830.

The country was heavily colonized by the French in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A bloody eight-year struggle culminated in Algerian independence in 1962.

Population: 45 million.

Currency: Algerian Dinar (DZD)
1 USD = 134 - 135 DZD
1 EUR = 145 - 147 DZD

Time zone: UTC+1

Languages spoken: Arabic (official), French (lingua franca), Berber or Tamazight (official); dialects include Kabyle Berber (Taqbaylit), Shawiya Berber (Tacawit), Mzab Berber, Tuareg Berber (Tamahaq).

Religions: Muslim (official; predominantly Sunni) 99%, other (includes Christian, Jewish, Ahmadi Muslims, Shia Muslims, Ibadi Muslims) <1%.

Climate: Arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer.

Real GDP (ppp – purchasing power parity): $503 billion.

Real GDP per capita (ppp): $11,200.

Main airports: Algiers Houari Boumediene Aiport, Oran Ahmed Ben Bella Airport and Constantine Mohamed Boudiaf Airport.

World heritage sites in Algeria

There are over 1,100 world heritage sites spread across more than 165 countries. New ones are added every year, and some may be removed from the list for various reasons.

Number of UNESCO listed sites: 7.

Top world heritage sites:

- Tipasa.
- Kasbah of Algiers.
- M'zab Valley. - Djemila - Tassili n' Ajjer. - Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad. - Timgad.

Interesting facts about Algeria

- Algeria is the largest country in Africa and the 10th in the world. The Sahara desert covers more than 80% of the country's total area.

- There are 2 famous Algerian people who are Nobel Prize winners. Albert Camus won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997.

- The fennec fox is Algeria's national animal and it's the world's smallest fox. It also probably the cutest national animal in the world.

- Algeria has a mosque with the tallest minaret in the world, The Djamaa El Djazair mosque. The mosque has a 265 m-high minaret which was completed in 2019.

Further reading: https://www.britannica.com/place/Algeria#ref46503

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About the Solo Female Travel Safety Index

Safety matters to solo female travelers, you told us so in our annual Solo Female Travel Survey, where year after year, women prove that this is their most important concern when traveling solo.

We wanted to do something about it, so we built these country-specific pages where you can find reviews and scores for 7 key variables affecting the safety of women traveling solo.

How to use the Safety Index

On this page, you will find the country score and the personal opinions on safety of other women traveling solo.

You can sort the comments by:

• The level of experience traveling solo of the reviewer (beginner = <5 trips solo, Intermediate = 5 to 10 trips solo, Experienced = >10 trips solo).
• The age of the traveler.
• Whether they are a visitor or local.
• The date they were posted.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers. 

Thus, the lower the score, the safer the country.

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