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    A wonderful visitor-friendly destination
     
    Get lost in the maze of Tunis and Sousse’s medinas, relax on the beautiful beaches of Jerba and discover unique Phoenician and Roman remains.

    		Population: 10,4 million
    Capital: Tunis
    Currency: Tunisian dinar
    Language: Arabic
    Size: 163,610 sq km
    Time Zone :UTC+1








    Medinas
    Don’t hesitate to get lost when visiting the medinas of Tunis or Sousse and discover beautiful Islamic architecture.
     
    History
    Carthage: to discover Phoenician and Roman ruins and mosaic.
    National Museum of Bardo
     
    Deserts
    Sahel area and Sahara desert




    		Museums

    National Museum of Bardo: Discover an impressive collection of some of the finest Roman mosaics in the world. 
    Carthage Museum: presenting Punic, Roman, Christian and Arab displays.
    Sousse Museum, Dar Jellouli Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions in Sfax, El Jem Museum, Raqqada Museum.

    		Historical

    Phoenician Sites of Carthage: amphitheatre, baths, romans villas, Byrsa Hill and Cathedral of St Louis.
    Kerkuane and its ruins of a Punic town.
    Bulla Regia site and its roman underground villas.
    Amphitheatre of El Jem.
    Utica Punic site.
    Fortress-granaries “ksar” of Haddada and Ouled Soltane.
    Sbeitla and Roman site of Sufetula.
    Roman city of Dougga.
    Aghlabids Basins in Kairouan.

    		Cultural

    Many beautiful mosque’s minaret in towns like Great Mosque of Bizerte, Sidi Youssef and Great Mosque and Kasbah Mosque in Tunis, Great Mosque of Nabeul, Zaouia Zakkak Great Mosque in Sousse, Kairouan’s Great Mosque.
     

    Kasbah (area in which citadel are located) in Bizerte, Sousse, Sfax (Kasbah now the Museum of Traditional Architecture).

    Local arts and crafts: Pottery, Carpets, Copper and Brass Products, Leather Goods, Mosaics, birdcages

    		Natural

    Many beaches and resort area are available in Tunisia, eg in La Goulette, Hammamet, Port el-Kantaoui, Sousse, Monastir or on the Island of Djerba.
    Sahara desert, oases, salt lakes like Chott el-Jerid.

    		Cities

    Hammamet, Houmt Souk, Kairouan, Monastir and Ribat fortress, Nabeul and its ceramics, Sbeitla, Sousse, Sfax, Sidi Bou Said and its blue door houses, Tabarka and its Needles, Tamerza, Tozeur, Tunis-Carthage.

    		UNESCO

    Amphitheatre of El Jem (1979)
    Dougga / Thugga (1997)
    Kairouan (1988)
    Medina of Sousse (1988)
    Medina of Tunis (1979)
    Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis (1985)
    Site of Carthage (1979)
     
    Natural
    Ichkeul National Park (1980)


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