| Biskra ((ar) بسكرة, (ber)(shy) ⵜⵉⴱⴻⵙⴽⴻⵔⵜ) | |
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| General view | |
| Information | |
| Country |  Algeria |
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| Regions | North-East Algeria wilaya of Biskra |
| Watercourse | Sidi Zarzour (wadi) |
| Area | 127,55 km² |
| Population | 204 661 hab. (2007) |
| Density | 1 604,56 inhab./km² |
| Postal code | 07000 |
| Spindle | UTC 01:00 |
| Location | |
 34 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ N 5 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ E | |
Biskra (in Arabic: بسكرة, in Berber and in chaoui: ⵜⵉⴱⴻⵙⴽⴻⵔⵜ) is a city of North-East Algeria.
Understand
The city is a good choice as a base from which to visit the region is a thousand-year-old city dating from the time of theRoman Empire. It is nicknamed "The queen of the oases" or "The door to the Sahara" because it connects the north to the south. Formerly, it was known to be a tourist resort attracting wealthy Europeans who spent the winter there spending lavishly at the casino, famous at the time.
Currently, it is best known for being an important center of date cultivation. deglet nour which also earned it the nickname "Sweet Biskra".
To go
By plane
- 1 Biskra Airport - Mohamed Khider (IATA : BSK) (8 km south of Biskra),
213 33 74 57 64
| Airline company | Destinations |
|---|---|
| ALG Algiers-H. Boumediene, Lilies Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, CDG Paris-Charles de Gaulle, ORY Paris-Orly |
| ALG Algiers-H. Boumediene |
last updated: Jan 2019
By train
- 2 Biskra Station – Train for Constantine.
By car
- The N3
- The Rn46
- The Rn83
- The Rn83
By bus
- Biskra Bus Station
Circulate
Speak
Majority: Arabic and French, it is still good to know a few words in Algerian Arabic (dardja)
minority: Berber chaoui.
See
- Date palms – spread all over the region.
- Balcony of Achane
- Tahouda Palace of Ancient King Koceila (at one of the entrances to the city)
- Ouled Djellal Mosque
- Ghoufi balconies
- House made of terracotta or stone
- El Kheir Cultural Center
- Mujahedin Museum
Make
A carriage ride.
Buy
Eat
The cuisine of Biskra and its region consists of many traditional dishes, many of them spicy but delicious.
- Chekhchoukha
- Doubara (dish par excellence made in all restaurants and hotels)
- Hassoua
- Tchicha (a dish originally from Tlemcen but a lot done in Biskra)
- Mahjouba
- Mhajeb same principle as Mahjouba except that we put other ingredients there eg: steak tuna mushroom etc.
- Boumehress (بومهراس)
- Couscous or Berboucha.
- Chorba Frik.
- Tomina
- douwara
- boutchiche
- Aîch
- Seffa
Have a drink / Go out
- 1 Blue crystal , 213 540 170402
open after 21 h. – All-male shisha bar.
open after Housing
Hotel les Zibans http://www.hotel-ziban.com
Bab Sahra Hotel
Hotel Necib
Royal Hotel
Hotel Diab
Hotel Ennakhil
Selami Hotel
Hotel Salim
Oasis Hotel
El Qods Hotel.
Around
- the Ksours
- Mount El Kahena
- El kantara gorges
- 1 Sidi Okba Mosque (مسجد سيدي عقبة)
- Roman bridge of El Kantara
- Zaouia El Othmania
- 2 Bouchagroune – Small village with its palm trees, its small stone paths, its mosque and its football field.
- The oasis of Tolga, birthplace of dates (Deglet Nour), one of the sweetest in the world.
- The village of Tahouda, there is the palace of the same name.
- the magnificent oasis of M'Chounèche, part of which is in the balconies of Ghoufi, a paradisiacal place and the Chaoui language is magnificently well guarded there.
- Sidi Okba and its famous mosque where the august Oqba Ibn Nafi Al Fihri rests in a mausoleum (zaouia) as well as other Islamic cultural places which attract many Muslim scholars from all Arab countries.
- Ouled Djellal and its mosque with its mausoleum (Zaouia) Mokhtaria.
- El Kantara nicknamed "the red village" contains many treasures, including the famous Roman bridge which is threatened with demolition, the abandoned houses made of terracotta, its beautiful mosque, its red rocks and its greenery.
- Chetma is ancestral water point.
- Ain Zaatout and its traditional terracotta and stone houses.
- Djemorah planted in the mountains where greenery reigns.
- Lichana, a small town full of ruins with its old and new mosques.
- And further south, Oued Souf, the superb city known as the thousand domes.
