Hi there, we use cookies to improve your experience on our website. You can update your settings by clicking the Privacy policy link at the bottom of the page. I want to warn all the people considering independent travelling in Algeria.
Been to 83 countries including for example Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen I found Algeria the most dangerous and uncomfortable to travel. Especially if you're a single female traveller, think twice.
Within two weeks I have been attacked twice. In Alger I was thrown a stone from a car. The hit was so hard that I was in blood. In Constantine I was attacked by a group of teen age guys. Probably the didn't mean to harm me but to tease. I was kicked in my angles and pushed; tried to make fall.
In all the provincial cities I have visited Setif, Annaba, Constantine I have been mistaken for a prostitute. Or at least I have been called repeatedly a Russian or even a prostitute. Algerian men have turned out to be the worst in the world. In these two weeks I have felt myself often uncomfortable in the public places.
Every where I go there are men following me. The men seldom make stubborn approach, though, like in Tunisia. I was also made approach by a man whose family showed me hospitality and saved me from trouble once.
