Location: Tunisia < Africa
Nearest Airport:
TUNIS CARTHAGE at 15
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Nearest Ferry:
LA GOULETTE at 10
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Nearest Motorway:
GP1 at 10
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 600.0
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Car: not necessary
Sidi Bou Said is a picturesque village graded by the UNESCO as a protected patrimony of Humanity. On top of a hill overseeing the bay of Carthage, the village offers a range of houses built in a typical oriental and andalucian architecture and a souk with colourful gift shops, narguile cafés, several art galeries . Down the hill, you are rewarded by the inviting cafés and restaurants of the yachting port of Sidi Bou Said. Nearby, you can enjoy the famous punic and roman ruines of Carthage with its world unique mosaic collection, the various archeological sites and museums, the Saint Louis cathedral and El Abidine Mosque, new address for islamic architecture.In the Baron d'Erlanger palace, Ennejma Azzahra museum offers ethnic music festivals. Jazz and symphonic festivals are organized in the Acropolium and the Roman theatre of Carthage along with other festivals throughout the year in Gammarth and La Marsa, famous residence of the last Beys of Tunisia.
