Shopping in Algiers
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Institut National de Cartographie et de Télé-Détecion
The Institut National de Cartographie et de Télé-détecion is the state mapping agency and produces excellent 1:7500 large-scale sheet maps of the city. You usually have to buy them in sets of six, but Sheet 1.5 covers all of central Algiers, from Bologhine in the north to beyond the transport hubs at Sidi Mohamed in the south (and with a larger-scale inset of the Casbah). The INCT maps may also be available, or can be ordered, in some bookshops. Agir-Plus Edition has used these maps in its pocket-size Guide et Plans d’Alger (DA750), also packed with practical information.
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Librairie des Beaux-Arts
A small but excellent shop on one of the main shopping streets, with staff who know books and are happy to help. It has a good selection of books in French about Algeria, including guides, history, fiction and picture books.
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Librairie du Tiers Monde
A larger store than the Beaux-Arts, it doesn’t have much more of a selection when it comes to French or English books. Although it does have a larger French-language fiction selection.
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Les Puits d'Amour
If you need some serious French baked goods, look no further than this retro patisserie.
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