ALGERIA

The first guide to focus on the renascent Algeria. After a decade ofisolated but brutal civil unrest, peace is holding and tourism is emerging.From the northern coastal strip with bays reminiscent of southern Italy tothe desert towns of the south, Algeria has a great deal to offer visitors.Algeria's World Heritage sites are free of thronging crowds. There issignificant evidence of the country's Roman past; the ruins of Timgad areamong the best-preserved in the world, while those at Tipasa overlook theMediterranean Sea and are within easy reach of the capital, Algiers. Thedesert holds 8,000-year-old cave paintings and the wonderful HaggarMountains. . Full range of travel options, including desert safaris in the Sahara andstaying with the Tuareg . Detailed coverage of the capital, Algiers, andits intriguing Kasbah (a World Heritage Site), now safe after more than adecade out of bounds . Algerian culture with coverage of the Tuareg,Berber, Arab areas