Oran, Algeria - Santa Cruz Fort

Oran, Algeria

Belle Epoque boulevards and rai music, warm breezy spring on the sea

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Best time to go
April, May, June, September and October
Budget
Budget
Good for
Culture, City
Don't miss
Santa Cruz Fort

Still under the radar: Oran hasn't hit the mainstream circuit yet.

Why it made the lists

The Mediterranean port city, immortalized in the opening of "Casablanca" and Camus's "The Plague," offers Belle Epoque architecture and the birthplace of rai music as Algeria opens further to tourism.
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