Hi, and you’re welcome:) That’s right, we didn’t visit that area – because it’s in the remote south and (afaik) a guide is mandatory and tbh, we just didn’t want to do the whole guide-and-itinerary thing at the time.

Hi, you’re welcome! We didn’t go back to Oran. From Ghardaia, we flew to Constantine (via Algiers). To get to Oran from Algiers in the first place, you can just easily take a share taxi.

Did you fly back to Oran from Ghardaia or somewhere else? And how did you get to Constantine?

Thanks! Don’t give up – the visa process is apparently getting less tedious all the time and I do think there are big variations in the tediousness depending on where you apply. We’ve been to Morocco but honestly so long ago it’s hard to say. Yes, Algeria is waaaaaay less touristed – and I guess it goes together with that but I feel like in Algeria it was easier to see people just going about their regular life, without all that tourist-crush in the way like you get in Morocco.

Have you been to Morocco, by any chance? And if so, how similar/different is Algeria (besides being much less touristed)?

Hi! The bathroom in our room there was perfectly clean, very basic. And so small as to be a bit awkward, but still fine to use. I didn’t see the others at the same place.

Sure, we went in April. Very comfortable temperatures at that time.