Bejaia

Algeria

Béjaïa is a port city on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, in the Kabylie region east of Algiers. Founded in antiquity and known in the Middle Ages as Bougie, a center of learning and trade, it sits beneath the peaks of the Babor mountains. Sights include the Spanish fortress above the harbor, the 16th-century Casbah and Bab el Bahr gate, Cape Carbon's lighthouse and monkey reserve, and the beaches and coves of the Gouraya National Park.