Plan a trip to Tunisia

Places to see in Tunisia

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  KairouanUNESCO

  القيروان

  City · Kairouan Governorate

  Kairouan or Kairwan, also spelled El Qayrawān, is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: View of Kairouan from the Minaret of the Great Mosque - Tunisia - 1899.jpg (Public domain). Map

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  DjerbaUNESCO

  جربة

  Island · Medenine Governorate

  Djerba, also transliterated as Jerba or Jarbah, is a Tunisian island and the largest island of North Africa at 514 square kilometers (198 sq mi), in the Gulf of Gabès, off the coast of Tunisia. Administratively, it is part of the Medenine Governorate.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: ISD highres ISS002 ISS002-749-82 3.JPG (Public domain). Map

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  Sidi Bou SaidUNESCO

  سيدي بو سعيد

  Town · Tunis Governorate

  Sidi Bou Saïd is a town in northern Tunisia, located about 20 km northeast of the capital, Tunis.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Habib M'henni (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Amphitheatre of El JemUNESCO

  Ruins · Mahdia Governorate

  The Amphitheatre of El Jem is an oval amphitheatre in the modern-day city of El Djem, Tunisia, formerly Thysdrus in the Roman province of Africa. It has been listed by UNESCO since 1979 as a World Heritage Site.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  DouggaUNESCO

  دقة

  Ruins · Béja Governorate

  Dougga or Thugga or TBGG was a Berber, Punic and Roman settlement near present-day Téboursouk in northern Tunisia. The current archaeological site covers 75 hectares.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Emna Trabelsi (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  KerkouaneUNESCO

  كركوان

  Ruins · Nabeul Governorate

  Kerkouane or Kerkuane is the site of an ancient Punic city in north-eastern Tunisia, near Cape Bon. Kerkouane was one of the most important Punic cities, with Carthage, Hadrumetum, and Utica. This Phoenician city was probably abandoned during the First Punic War and was not rebuilt by the Romans.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Kerkouane1.JPG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Medina of TunisUNESCO

  مدينة تونس العتيقة

  Park & nature · Tunis Governorate

  The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Raspail (Public domain). Map

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  Ichkeul National ParkUNESCO

  المحمية الوطنية إشكل

  Park & nature · Bizerte Governorate

  Lake Ichkeul is a lake in northern Tunisia, located 20 kilometres to Bizerte, the northernmost city in Africa on the Mediterranean Sea. The lake and wetlands of Ichkeul National Park are an important stopping-over point for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds each year.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jalou111 (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Tunis

  تونس

  City · Tunis Governorate

  Tunis is the capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. As of 2020, it was the third-largest city in the Maghreb region and the fifteenth-largest in the Arab world.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Citizen59 from Tunis, Tunisie (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  Sousse

  سوسة

  City · Sousse Governorate

  Sousse, Sūsah, or Soussa, is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located 140 km (87 mi) south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: BishkekRocks 15:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC) (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Great Mosque of Kairouan

  جامع القيروان الكبير

  Religious · Kairouan Governorate

  The Great Mosque of Kairouan, also known as the Mosque of Uqba, is a mosque situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan, Tunisia and is one of the largest Islamic monuments in North Africa.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: weetoon66 (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  Utica

  أوتيك

  Ruins · Bizerte Governorate

  Utica ; was an ancient Phoenician and Carthaginian city located near the outflow of the Medjerda River into the Mediterranean, between Carthage in the south and Hippo Diarrhytus in the north. It is traditionally considered to have been the first colony founded by the Phoenicians in North Africa.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: GIRAUD Patrick (CC BY 3.0). Map