Cherchell (Things to do - Places to Visit) - CHERCHELL Top Tourist Placesbr Town in Algeriabr Cherchell is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, 89 kilometers west of Algiers. It is the seat of Cherchell District in Tipaza Province. br br Under the names Iol and Caesarea, it was formerly a Phoenician, Carthaginian, and Roman colony and the capital of the kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania.