Algeria

Hammam Essalihine

Where an ancient bath is still part of local life Seven kilometres from Khenchela, the road reaches El Hamma and a spring whose history stretches back to Roman North Africa. Hammam Essalihine is a rare kind of archaeological encounter: water remains central to the place rather than surviving only as a channel on an excavator’s plan. The visitor meets a working thermal station beside protected remains. That distinction matters. The old basins tell one story;…...