TUNIS, CARTHAGO, SIDI BOU SAID, 
             NORTH COAST, TABARKA     

Tunisia is a country of superb beaches, spectacular desert scenery of Great Sahara, 
and a wealth  of historical sites dating back 2500 years ago, when the ancient city of Carthago 
dominated the Mediterranean area. Besides Romanic and Punic archeological sites, 
masterpieces of Arab-Islamic architecture attract the visitors. 
Our 'home' was our own Mitsubishi Pajero, equipped with navigation tools (GPS and computer), 
which we took by ferry to Tunisia. Our Hungarian plate number was unique, and also not many 
foreign car occurred on the streets.

Our first picture in Tunisia. It was taken in town Soliman. We were 'brave enogh' to go to a coffeeshop for a coffee. (Those places are only for men!)

Midan '7 Nov 1987'. This was the date when the current president, Ben Ali seized the power from his predecessor, Habib Bourguiba, whose statue he changed to a big clock. The clock is a symbol of passing time.

Sharia Habib Bourguiba.
The avanue has a wide walking are in the middle, framed by green trees on both sides.

The National Theater of Tunis.

Parc du Belvedere.
A fascinating tree!

Museum Bardo in Tunis.

The finest musem in Tunisia, which is famous of its superb collection of mosaics between the 2nd and 4th century AD.

A famous and fine mosaic:

Ulysses, the wandering hero, tied to the mast of his ship, in order to resist the songs of the Syrens.

Coca Cola is popular in all over Tunisia.

IBM Tunisia is located in an attractive modern building.

Carthago. Sanctuary of Tophet. (next to our nice hotel) A sad place, where more than 20.000 children were sacrificed to the gods.  

Carthago.
The two-level Antonine Baths (2nd cenury) was the third largest one in the Roman Empire. It was destroyed by the Vandals in 439 AD.

Sidi Bou Said is a picturesque little whitewashed village on a cliff overlooking the Gulf of Tunis.

Sidi Bou Said.
Blue arched doorways, small courtyards filled with germanium and buogainvillea.... 

Sidi Bou Said.
Panorama to the Gulf of Tunis.

Sidi Bou Said has narrow, cobbled streets, with blue gates and windows.

 Cultivated lands, animals are characterizing the landscape west from Tunis.

 


Normally the storks from Africa come to Europe for the summer....  but many of them STAYS in Tunisia.
Mediterranean Coast.
This was the most beautiful sunset (or one of those?) we have ever seen.
Mediterranean Coast.
Sand dunes and sunset.

Mediterranean Coast.
Sand dunes and sunset.

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Tabarka is a small resort on the North Coast, close to the Algerian border. Practically a place with no tourists. In 1952 it was a suitable place of exile for Habib Bourguiba.