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<text>
<title>
Algeria: Travel
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<article>
<hdr>
Background Notes: Algeria
Travel
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<body>
<p> Customs: US citizens need a visa to enter Algeria. Travelers
should clearly stipulate the intended date of entry and planned
duration of stay on their visa applications.
</p>
<p> Visitors are permitted to bring in any amount of foreign
exchange, provided it is declared at customs. A special currency
form is provided at the frontier; complete and retain it after
authentication by airport customs authorities. Foreign currency
can be exchanged at all banks, seaports, and airports and in
some hotels and vacation villages. Unused foreign currency is
reexportable, provided it was properly declared upon entry and
amounts were duly recorded by the exchange authorities on the
currency form.
</p>
<p> Climate and clothing: The coastal areas have a mild climate,
hot in summer and cool and rainy for several months in winter.
Winter clothing is worn almost continuously from November until
April, particularly at night, and rainwear is advisable. Rooms
are not always warmly heated in winter.
</p>
<p> Health: No vaccinations are required for entry. Typhoid,
tetanus, polio, and cholera inoculations are recommended.
Tapwater is not potable; bottled water is available.
</p>
<p> Transportation: The domestic airline serves Oran,
Constantine, Annaba, and many of the Saharan cities, including
Tamanrasset. There is railway passenger service between the
major northern cities and bus service to many of the smaller
cities and towns. Good paved roads, one of which links Morocco
and Tunisia, cover the northern region and connect some oases.
The Trans-Saharan Highway is surfaced from Ghardaia to
Tamanrasset. Rental cars are available but expensive.
</p>
<p> Telecommunications: There are international airmail,
telegraph, telex, and telephone services to the US and Europe.
Long-distance calls may be made from any post office, but it is
not possible to reverse charges or to use a credit card. Algeria
is five time zones ahead of eastern standard time.
</p>
<p> Tourist attractions: Obtain information on Saharan travel
from the Algerian Tourist office (ONAT), 25-27 rue Khelifa
Boukhalfa, Algiers; Algerian consulates; and the Amicale des
Sahariens (Paris: 33, rue Paul Valery, 16e, tel. KLE 20-24;
Algiers: 14, Avenue du ler Novembre, tel. 62-22-02).
</p>
<p> Algiers has a chronic shortage of hotel rooms, so make
reservations in advance.
</p>
<p> National holidays: New Year's Day, January 1; Labor Day, May
1; Independence Day, July 5 (National Day); Anniversary of the
Outbreak of the Revolution, November 1, Islamic holidays, which
follow the lunar cycle and (and advance roughly 10 days
annually): Id al-Fitr (end of Ramadan),May 28-29 (1987); Id
al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), August 5-6 (1987); Islamic New
Year (First of Muharram), August 25 (1987); Achoura (10th of
Muharram), September 4 (1987); Mawlid an-Nabi (Prophet's
Birthday), November 4 (1987).
</p>
<p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
November 1988.
</p>
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</article>
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