The official site for tourism for both the country of Algeria and its capital Algiers is not all that helpful—there are many bad links, and pretty much everything is in French, and while it would be advisable to know French or Arabic before coming to Algeria (as most there will not know English), if you do not speak this language this site is hard to navigate.

To find information regarding government in Algiers, check here .

Algeria.com leads to some fairly decent information on the country, in English, and is particularly helpful when regarding safety and getting around .

Prior to visiting the city, it would be most advisable to know the status of current political events in the region, as the country is still reeling from the effects of a relatively fresh civil war.  A good place to go for news and current events would be the online portal for the Algerian Press Service .  Algerian radio is an option as well.

Valuable offices to visit in person, or contact over the phone, would include the following:

Ministère du Tourisme
Route Nationale 36, Ben Aknoun, Algiers, Algeria
Telephone: 21-792-301-7.
E-mail: mtazm@wissal.dz

Office National du Tourisme
2 rue Smail Kerrar, 1600, Algiers, Algeria
Telephone: 21-713-060.
E-mail: ont@wissal.dz

Embassy of the United States of America
4 Chemin Cheikh Bachir El-Ibrahimi, Algiers, Algeria
Telephone: 21-691-255/186/425.
E-mail: coltoneo@state.gov