Mediterranean balcony
Above the port.
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Oran's best-known promenade, a broad boulevard on the cliff edge above the port running along the seafront of the city centre, with palms, benches and cafés, the meeting place of Oran's people and visitors on summer evenings. The promenade gives a wide view of the port, the ships and the sea, and of Mount Murdjajo and Santa Cruz Fort to the west, with elegant early-twentieth-century buildings with iron balconies lining it behind, so it feels like the city's balcony on the Mediterranean. In the evening the seafront fills with families, young people and sellers of ice cream and roasted peanuts, lights come on over the harbour, and in summer celebrations and festivals are held around it, best known the raï music festival. Strolling is free at any time, and after sunset is loveliest. It pairs with nearby Place du 1er Novembre and the old Sidi El Houari quarter on a walk.
Above the port.
Families and vendors.
To the west.
Boulevard de l'ALN, central Oran
Place du 1er NovembreOran's historic central square, once called the Place d'Armes, ringed by the cit10 minutes walk4.3
Ahmed Zabana National MuseumThe largest museum in Oran and western Algeria, named after the martyr Ahmed Zab19 minutes walk4.2
Santa Cruz FortA historic stone fort on the summit of Mount Murdjajo, nearly four hundred metre23 minutes walk4.7After sunset on summer evenings, when families fill it and the harbour lights come on.