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I have been intending to go to El Jem for quite some time but being up in Bizerte it was always a bit far away for a day trip, so I was very happy when the wife agreed to make the significant detour on the way back from Mahdia so that we could visit. El Jem is probably the last place you would expect someone to build a wonder of the ancient world. Although the area...
One of the stars attractions in Tunisia and certainly the most famous attraction in Monastir is the Ribat which is both an historical monument and somewhat of a movie-star having been in a number of movies the most famous being the Life of Brian and Jesus of Nazareth. No doubt high in the list criteria was to find something that looked both ancient and also could...
Takrouna is a small village in the Tunisian Sahel region, located about six kilometers west of Enfidha, towards Zaghouan. It’s built on a high rock 200 meters above sea level overlooking the surrounding plain, overlooking the Gulf of Hammamet, with Sousse & Hergla to the east, Djebel Zaghouan to the north & Kairouan to the South. Historic Takrouna...
Located at the top of the Cap Bon El Haouaria is a bustling small town and offers an authentic slice of the genuine Tunisian Mediterranean life. El Haouaria is on the northernmost tip of Cap Bon on the Sidi Abioud Mountain. It is a fairly sleepy coastal village of around 9,000 residents with a very remote air about it. It is also known by its Roman name of...
This is an article to show you the project Tunis financial harbour. Tunis Financial Harbour On the Tuesday 9th June, 2009 the president of Tunisia laid the foundation stone for the latest project which promises to make Tunis a key financial centre for the region. What promises to make this project special is that, in addition to its size, is the focus it has on...
Port El Kantaoui is located about 10km north of Sousse and can easily be reached along the coast road leading to Hergla or from the busier GP1. This area has some of the most popular tourist resort destinations and inevitably there has been a conflict between preserving ancient villages such as Sidi Bou Said, or developing more modern centres to cater to western...
There are several places in Tunisia which have been used for the making of the Star Wars movies. The landscape and the Berber architecture has inspired George Lucas in many ways. When making scenes from Mos Espa for The Phantom Menace, he may have run out of ready-made locations, and created his own city scenes here instead. Many years on, the place in such good...
A great trip for those wanting to escape from the summer heat of Tunisia’s cities to the cooler Atlas Mountains in southern Tunisia is to ride on the Red Lizard train, known locally as Le Lezard Rouge. It was given as a gift by the French in 1940 to the Bey of Tunis for him to travel conveniently from Tunis to his summer palace in Hammam Lif. In 1995, the train was...
Korba, ancient Curubis, is a little town in Tunisia situated on the on the eastern shore of the Cap Bon between Nabeul and Kelibia. It was the place of exile of the Carthaginian bishop Cyprian in the year leading up to his martyrdom. Modern Korba is in the Nabeul Governorate is tranquil and scenic and had a population of 34,807 in 2004. It’s a large...
La Marsa is an upscale suburban coastal town in far north eastern Tunisia near the capital Tunis. In 2006, the population was estimated as 65,742. La Marsa, apart from being the most northern one of the sea side suburbs of Tunisia, is the old summer capital of pre-colonial Tunisia, and is today a popular vacation spot totally dominated by numerous affluent Tunisians...