One hour from Hammamet, Tunis takes you by surprise with its modern conference halls, hotels and banks, bright yellow taxis rushing passengers to a business lunch, all the hustle and bustle of a modern Mediterranean city. Steel and glass blend with the baroque, palm trees look down on chic boutiques, gardens and cafés.
The souks, virtually unchanged since the IXth century, overwhelm you with their heady smell, their chatoyant colours, which are the charm of a so delicious town life of the orient. The Medina of Tunis, considered as one of the most beautiful Medinas of the Mediterranean, will make you travel back in time and will incite you as it always did. Between its palaces and mosques, book-sellers and Zaouias (burial place of the town's patron saints), perfumeries and medersas (schools), jewellers… It will welcome you and will reveal you quite timidly its secrets.

Who has not heard of Hannibal and this city that dared brave the might of Rome? Now the ruins of both these great empires lay open to the sun and wildflowers. Declared a national monument the town of Carthage and nearby Salammbo abound in vestiges of the Punic and Roman empires, baths, dwellings, temples, shrines and the fabulous naval port of the Carthaginians. The hill of Byrsa, where in the 8th century BC, Carthage was founded by the legendary Princess Elissa-Dido, is a storehouse of history.

Newly restored, the former cathedral of Saint Louis, which crowns the hill is now a cultural centre and the nearby national museum of Carthage holds an impressive collection of Punic statues, steles and urns. How strange that this breathtakingly beautiful site should have been the theatre of such violence, as a Roman historian wrote of the fall of Carthage "the city was then razed and burnt to the ground and the accursed land covered with salt to ensure its barrenness."

As to "Sidi Bou" as the people of "Tunis" call it; it is all beauty and charm, serenity and freshness, delectation and pleasure. A saint protects it and since the beginning of the century a very appraised holiday palace. The magic village is full of treasures of architecture and decoration and represents by itself the whole Tunisian way of life. In the "Café Des Nattes" you can drink the famous peppermint tea and discover the nice shops and art galleries.

Cultural Events & Festivals :
- International Festival of Carthage (July/ August)
- Carthage International Festival of Film (October every 2 years)
- Carthage International Festival of the theatre (October every 2 years)
- Carthage-Byrsa Festival (exhibition) (July - September)
- Medina Festival - Tunis (during the holly month)
- Shopping - Tunis (August / September)
- International fair of cars (April - Every 2 years)
- The international fair of Tunis
- Mediterranean International Tourism fair MIT (Mai)
- Fish & Sea food Festival - La Goulette (August)
- Nights of El Marsa - La Marsa (July/ August)