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What to see and do — Médéa

Médéa, perched on the eponymous plateau, has been inhabited since antiquity. Under the Romans, it was the station of Lamida (or Medias) on the road from Caesarea (Cherchell) to the south. In the Middle Ages it came under the Hammadids then the Tlemcen Zianids. Under the Ottomans (16th century), it became capital of the Titteri beylik, one of the three great beyliks of the Regency of Algiers — administering a vast interior territory. This period lasted three centuries: Médéa grew rich, its palaces, mosques and madrasas were built. The French took it in 1830 and made it an administrative and military center. During the independence war, the Médéen Atlas was a major FLN maquis (Wilaya IV). The wilaya was created in 1974. Today, Médéa remains a prosperous administrative and wine center (AOC wine production, colonial legacy still active).

• 📍Old Médéa Medina — Winding Ottoman alleys, 18th-century mosques and beylical palaces
• 📍Chiffa Gorges — Spectacular defile 60 km north, famous wild Barbary macaques along the road
• 📍Tamesguida Pass — 1,100 m pass with panoramic views over the Mitidja plain and the Atlas
• 📍Ghrib Reservoir Lake — Tourist body of water south, leisure base, hiking and picnics
• 📍Bey Palace — Former 18th-century beylical palaces, partly restored, memory of the Ottoman era
• 📍Hanafia Mosque — Historic medina mosque, founded in the Ottoman era