Editing Algiers (section)

==Tourist attractions==

the most notable of which are [[Algiers Opera House]], the [[Algerian National Theater Mahieddine Bachtarzi]], [[Bardo National Museum (Algiers)]], the [[National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers]], The [[National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art]]; the "National Museum of Miniatures, Illumination and Calligraphy" located inside of [[Dar Mustapha Pacha]]; "[[Palais des Rais]]"; Algerian Admiralty Museum; the Central Military Museum adjacent to [[Maqam Echahid]] (Martyrs Memorial), a breathtaking [[monument]] that sits above the Martyrs National Museum. Other [[landmark]]s include [[Djamaa el Djazaïr]], the 3rd biggest [[mosque]] in the world; [[Botanical Garden Hamma]]; Culture Palace Moufdi Zakaria; [[Grande Poste d'Alger]], located adjacent to [[Kilometre zero]]; [[Ketchaoua Mosque]]; [[Notre-Dame d'Afrique]]; [[Emir Abdelkader]] Square as well as Martyr's Square. The city also contains a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]], the [[Casbah of Algiers|Casbah]] or citadel,<ref>[[UNESCO]], [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/565 ''Decision Text''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901172242/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/565 |date=2022-09-01 }}, World Heritage Centre, retrieved 21 July 2017.</ref> that is a prominent example of [[Casbah]] and Medina.

[[File:Algeri08.jpg|thumb|Panorama of the city as seen from [[Bologhine]] district]]

[[File:Algiers in the morning.jpg|thumb|Morning view of Algiers]]

Some {{convert|20|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} to the west of Algiers are such seaside resorts as [[Sidi-Ferruch|Sidi Fredj]] (ex-Sidi Ferruch), [[Palm Beach (Algeria)|Palm Beach]], [[Douaouda]], [[Zéralda]], and the ''Club of the Pines'' (residence of State); there are tourist complexes, Algerian and other restaurants, souvenir shops, supervised beaches, and other amenities. The city is also equipped with important hotel complexes such as the hotel Hilton, El-Aurassi or El Djazair. Algiers also has the first [[water park]] in the country. The [[tourism]] of Algiers is growing but is not as developed as that of the larger cities in [[Morocco]] or [[Tunisia]].