Our tour of Roman Algeria begins in Albert Camus' Tipasa, nestling undisturbed amongst palm trees on the Mediterranean, before moving inland to Timgad, the "Pompeii of Africa", and Djemila, Algeria's very own rival to Leptis Magna.

Algeria now has seven sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list, all of which can be visited on tours operated by Expert Algeria: Beni Hammad, Djemila, the M'Zab Valley, the Tassili, Timgad, Tipasa and the casbah of Algiers. More >

Sounds unlikely? Well, it's true: Ali has been tending his garden in the furthest reaches of the Sahara - not far from Tamanrasset - for over thirty years. More >

Isn't is strange that a gigantic country with some of the most beautiful coastline on Earth, a luminous hinterland of mountains vast and deserts idle, crowned with the most alluring capital city I know, should be just three hours from London and almost unvisited by travellers? More >

The rock arches, gueltas and immense dunes of the Tadrart occupy the deep south of Algeria; the kingdom of the M'Zab, with the town of Ghardaia at its heart, lies hundreds of miles to the north... yet both belong to the great undiscovered Algerian Sahara - what is it that makes these vast expanses so special? More >