Algeria / Tlemcen / The City

An important imperial city from the 12th to 16th centuries. It stands in the wooded foothills of the Tellian Atlas and is a pleasant retreat from the stifling heat of high summer. The city is still set amidst olive groves and vineyards in one of Algeria's most beautiful regions and is redolent of its traditional heritage, marked by vestiges of Islamic architecture and the memories of the many great Algerian scholars and saints who lived and died there.