Chenini is a ruined Berber village in the Tataouine district in southern Tunisia. Located on a hilltop near a modern village of the same name, Chenini was a fortified granary, or ksar. Like other ksour...

The moonscape surroundings of the Chott el Djerid are a storybook panorama brought to life; filled with shimmering mirages on the horizon and jigsaw puzzle pieces of blindingly white cracked land...

With mosques, madrassas and tombs aplenty, Kairouan has more than its fair share of monuments as the fourth most important city for those of the Muslim faith.     The Arabic...

Tunisia has no shortage of Roman ruins but Bulla Regia near Tabarka is one if the country's most interesting and intriguing sites. Here, the Roman inhabitants coped with the harsh summer climates by...

Tunisia's vast Sahara covers much of the country's interior though, the most beautiful corner of the desert is the field of sand dunes known as the Grand Erg Oriental. These poetically beautiful dunes are...

Hammamet is all about the beach. This is Tunisia's top sun-and-sea resort; a dreamy place dotted with pristine white buildings set beside a bright blue sea. The relaxing charms of this town woo all who...

The Bardo National Museum is a museum of Tunis, Tunisia, located in the suburbs of Le Bardo. It is one of the most important museums in the Mediterranean region and the second museum of the African...

Once Rome's major rival, Carthage was the city of the seafaring Phoenicians forever memorialized in the Punic wars. The atmospheric ruins of this ancient town now sit beside the sea amidst the suburbs of...