Historic sites

Medina of Tunis and the Bardo Museum

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Medina of Tunis and the Bardo Museum
Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Bardo has one of the world's finest collections of Roman mosaics, in a former palace. The medina of Tunis, a UNESCO site, has souks and the Zitouna Mosque.


Check opening; the Bardo has been closed at times. Sidi Bou Said and Carthage are a short train ride away.

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