Tunisia Holidays

Hammamet’s ten-kilometre stretch of sands wends its way around the Cap-Bon Peninsula and is a haven for sun-worshippers, the adjoining seas are perfect for water sports, and the Medina’s souks, spice markets, hammans, riads, and the Great Mosque and Kasbah just beg to be explored. Yasmine Hammamet combines pedestrianized streets and boulevards lined with seafood eateries and lively bars with pristine sands, a marina, and also vibrant clubs on the outskirts. Port El Kantaoui reveals golden sands, a café and restaurant-lined luxury marina and fountain-filled square, and Golf El Kantaoui’s 18-hole The Panorama and The Sea Courses. Skanes sits on the eastern coast close to Monastir and Sousse and brings together luxury hotels with a white sandy beach with water sports, golf at the 18-hole Palm Link Golf Club, and retail therapy at Safari Shopping Centre.

Tunisia’s capital city of Tunis is a haven for ancient sites and attractions; from the beautiful mosaics at The National Bardo Museum and the Medina with its vibrant Ech-Chaouachine, El Attarine, and El Berka souks, Umayyad-era Olive Tree Mosque, and Dar Hussein Palace to nearby Carthage with its atmospheric ancient ruins of baths, theatres, and villas. The historic city of Monastir rests on the Gulf of Hammamet and leads to white-sand beaches, a palm-tree lined promenade, a marina, and the Medina’s Ribat of Monastir, Mausoleum of Habib, and Bourguiba Mosque. Sousse is Tunisia’s third-largest city and mixes modern hotels and windsurfing and jet-skiing at Boujaafar Beach with a UNESCO-listed Medina and the Ribat of Sousse. The Sahara Desert to the south of Tunisia is your gateway to activities galore from riding a quad bike or sand surfing through the dunes to camel tours and desert safaris.

There’s plenty to tempt your taste buds food and drink-wise in Tunisia’s towns and cities. Traditional dishes to sample include Couscous (with fish, seafood, or lamb and dried fruit); Brik (pastry packets filled with potatoes, eggs, or tuna); Harissa (spicy paste of hot chilli peppers and garlic); Keftas (meatballs or fish with onion, egg, and parsley), and Ojja (eggs and merguez spicy lamb sausage in a savoury tomato sauce); with Madmouja (puff pastry stuffed with dates and coated with geranium perfumed sugar syrup) and Baklava (puff pastry filled with almonds and dried fruits and coated with rosewater) for afters. Mint Tea served hot or over ice with pine nuts floating on top is also popular, as too is Boukha spirit made from figs and Muscat, Sidi Saad, Gris de Tunisie, and Chateau Mornags Rose wines.