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Tunisia is a little country with a big heart, a long history and endless surprises.
Through its deep historical background and everlasting charm, Tunisia transcends its tiny geographic space with a large, generous heart.
At the far north of the African continent, our country is the crossroads of the Mediterranean.
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At the far North of the African continent, our country is the crossroads of the Mediterranean.
We have seen it all: Phoenician seafarers started calling at our shores on the IInd Millennium BC, trading with the Berbers of the Nomadic Kingdom. For centuries, the wealth of the Punic cities of Utica, Kerkaouane, and Carthage was coveted by Rome. Once the Romans were able to take Carthage on the Second century BC, they built a majestic capital of nearly a million people.
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Today / Nowadays visitors marvel at one of the longest aqueducts in the Roman world, the sumptuous mosaics in the Bardo museum, the legacy of dozens of Early Christian and Byzantine churches and the splendid ruins of Roman provincial towns which dot/ ornament our beautiful countryside.
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| Zitouna Mosque in Tunis |
During the VIIIth Century BC, followers of the Prophet Mohamed founded the city of Kairouan, the fourth holy site in the Islamic World. This Tunisian City invites you, indeed, to witness its warm welcome, to discover the charm of its souks, to visit its Great Mosque and to admire its captivating Islamic engineering and urban planning.
In the XVIth Century, the Ottomans brought their rich urban heritage to Tunisia and with the Jews and Muslims from Andalusia, arts and crafts, agriculture and culture flourished in the countryside.
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