Algeria holidays
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As Libya launches a drive to attract tourists, we look at other countries that come with FCO warnings and the travel operators that offer a chance to explore them
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Few travellers visit Algeria these days but the country's capital – famous for its brilliant light – has a beauty that belies its recent violent history, says Horatio Clare
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Her new book took Carol Drinkwater on an epic journey around the Med, but she found the warmest welcome in north Africa
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Julian Glover wanders into the depths of Algeria's vast interior to be mesmerised by its largely unexplored and unfamiliar desertscapes.
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In 1888, as part of her Mediterranean journey in the yacht Vanadis, Edith Wharton travelled to north Africa. In this extract from her previously unpublished diary she describes Algiers.
Adventure holidays and trips for 2014: Africa
From kayaking the Nile and mountain biking in the shadow of Kilimanjaro to exploring Africa's amazing national parks