Batna Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Local transport

Taxi

Taxis collectifs (shared taxis) leave from the parking beside the new gare routière on the outskirts of town. Destinations include Algiers (DA850, eight hours), Annaba (DA450, two to three hours), Constantine (DA200, 1½ hours), Sétif (DA200, two hours) and Biskra (DA200, one hour).

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Land

Bus

The old gare routière in the centre of town now only handles local buses. The new gare routière is several kilometres from the centre (local bus 5 and 15, DA10, or taxi DA80 to DA100), right on the outskirts of the sprawling suburbs. There are regular departures to most cities in Algeria including Algiers (DA600), Annaba (DA250), Constantine (DA100), Sétif (DA100) and Biskra (DA130).

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Air

Aéroport Mostafa Benboulaid (033 868543) is 15km from the centre. Air Algérie (033 870305; www.airalgerie.dz; rue des Frères Maazouzi) flies to Algiers and also direct to Paris, Lyon, Nice and Marseille.

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