Ancient Iol-Caesarea, capital of King Juba II of Mauretania: an amphitheatre, Roman baths and one of the finest collections of ancient statues in North Africa, in a quiet port town.
About 30 km west of Tipaza, the port town of Cherchell was Iol, a Punic harbour, before King Juba II made it his capital around 25 BC and renamed it Caesarea in honour of Augustus. Juba, a scholar raised in Rome, and his wife Cleopatra Selene — daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony — filled the city with Greek and Roman art. Under Rome it became the capital of the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
Cherchell is offered within tailor-made trips — ask us.
Algiers
Seven easy days around Algiers: the Casbah and its palaces, the museums and botanical garden, Tipaza and Cherchell by the sea, the western coast and the Chiffa gorges.
Numidian kings, Roman colonies and Byzantine walls: five ancient sites that show why Algeria holds some of the best-preserved ruins of the Mediterranean.
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