Troglodyte Berber homes dug into the ground around courtyards; one, the Hotel Sidi Driss, was Luke Skywalker's home in Star Wars. Further south, Douz is the gateway to the Sahara dunes, and Chott el Djerid salt lake shimmers with mirages.
Check travel advice for the border areas.
An island with beaches, whitewashed villages, the El Ghriba synagogue, one of the oldest in Africa, and Djerbahood, a village covered in street art.
One of the largest Roman amphitheatres in the world, built around 238 AD, remarkably intact, with space for 35,000 spectators, a UNESCO site.
A holy city, a UNESCO site, with the Great Mosque of Uqba founded in 670, one of the oldest in Africa, and the Aghlabid Basins.
The Bardo has one of the world's finest collections of Roman mosaics, in a former palace.
A clifftop village of white houses with blue doors above the Gulf of Tunis, with the Café des Délices.
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