🇩🇿 Oran’s Crown Jewel: Fort Santa Cruz

"Perched above Algeria’s ‘Little Shanghai’, this Spanish fortress offers soul-stirring views—and life lessons in resilience." 🌊🏰 📍 Why Fort Santa Cruz? ▪️ Panoramic payoff – "The entire city + Mediterranean sprawls below!" ▪️ Literary lore – Camus’ The Plague called Oran "soulless"... he was wrong. ▪️ Cultural contrast – "Where miniskirts and hijabs share sidewalk space" 👗🕌 ⚠️ Raw Truths ▪️ The climb – Cobblestones eat high heels for breakfast ("Wear sneakers!") 👟 ▪️ The ghosts – "My first taste of human darkness happened here... but so did my fiercest growth." 📸 Photo Ops 1️⃣ Spanish Fort (16th-century) "Crumbling walls whisper centuries of conquests" 2️⃣ White Chapel "Like Algiers’ Notre Dame... but lonelier + more cinematic" 💬 Local Banter "‘Is Oran better than Algiers?’ Every cab driver lives for this debate!" 🚖 #Oran #Algeria #TravelDeep