Here in Douz, which begins with the Grand Erg Oriental ocher dunes of fine sand. Leave behind the palm trees loaded with dates brackish waters of Chott el Jerid and pink mountains of Jebel Tebaga. In Douz Oasis fight against the desert advancing inexorably. As Zaafrane, 12 km from Douz where some ghostly ruins testify to a... 

Arriving in Nabeul on the main road coming from Hammamet you will fall on the roundabout emblematic of Nabeul. A huge orange pottery crowned. For let us not forget that the region of Cap Bon (governorate of Nabeul) produces three quarters of the citrus production in Tunisia. Nabeul is also a great craft center where they are... 

La Marsa is part of the string of towns along the Gulf of Tunis . After Goulette Carthage and Sidi Bou Said , La Marsa is another pleasure in the suburbs of Tunis . Less touristy than the latter it offers a more authentic glimpse of life around the capital. This is the ambassador of France to his home and home to many expatriates.... 

The fort (Kasbah) is located in the western corner of the Medina overlooking the sea Old almost 7 centuries, it is still beautifully preserved. The fort was built on the orders of Bel Hadj Hamouda Fraj in 1474 to strengthen the defenses of the city and the same foreign invasions. VN:F [1.5.7_846]please wait...Rating: 0.0/10... 

Ah, the Tunisian doors! Red, yellow, green, white and blue but mostly as Sidi Bou Said . Tunisian doors you will see them everywhere with three handles. VN:F [1.5.7_846]please wait...Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)VN:F [1.5.7_846]Rating: 0 (from 0 votes) Read More →

Tunisians know their country has an ancient history. Many names of hotel and restaurant reminiscent of the way Ulysses, Hasdrubal, Hannibal and his elephants and especially, Elyssa “adventuress”. Elyssa is the Phoenician name Dido, the queen who founded Carthage 814 BC according to Virgil’s version of it. VN:F... 

At about 6 km from the Medina of Tunis a former palace houses the Bey National Museum of Bardo. Hundreds of Roman mosaics are preserved in the museum’s largest and most famous of the Maghreb. Opened in 1882, the Bardo Museum consists of several departments from the Punic civilization in the Arab-Muslim art. In the rooms... 

If you ever get to Tunis by the sea the elms of Charles V you will land in La Goulette. The real interest of this city of sea is history. Alternately Spanish bastion prison for Christians place of arrival of migrants La Goulette is a place of cultural mixing. A century ago thousands of Italians prefer the Tunisian port to America.... 

“And the smell of jasmine in his hands he held at the Cafe des Delices … “Who does not know the song? The coffee is delicious here in Sidi Bou Said the blue and white village overlooking the Gulf of Tunis . “Sidi Bou” is almost as famous as its neighbor Carthage . The perfect place to sip a mint... 

Modern and dynamic the Tunis look like a European city. The Tunisian capital is a city of 1 200 000 inhabitants more than 10% of the Tunisian population. Since independence the administrative center of the city is again the Bey’s palace government headquarters in Medina but the city now extends to touch the residences...