Mediterranean, almost entirely European, but tangible Arab and a little African, Tunisia annually receives millions of tourists from all over the world . Its fertile climate and diversity of landscapes were first opened by the French - and gladly began to travel to the overseas territories of their protectorate . Generally , if we talk about "where we have got" tourism in Tunisia, to start from the Roman times - the legionaries who undermined health in battles for the empire were sent to sanatorium treatment in the Provincial province of Africa, At that time vast territories were called in the southern Mediterranean, including, in addition to Tunisia, parts of modern Algeria and Libya . From that ancient tourist period, we have reached, for example, sessile marble baths in the hot springs of Korbus or the ruins of the term almost in every city on coast - from the famous Carthage to today's unheard-of Shebbi . Following the French, the taste of Tunisia resort was rife with the closest neighbors in Europe - Germans and Italians, and then, since 1995, and citizens of countries of the former socialist camp . What attracts Thelen for us to Tunisia today and what opportunities for recreation it has to offer?

Let's start with the default options, of course : the sea and the sun . Thanks to the subtropical climate, in which the heat is softened by the sea breeze, it is possible to luxuriate in the sun even in the "top of the summer" . Of course, you do not need to abuse UV, but stay under the umbrella comfortably and at lunchtime when the column of the thermometer creeps well over +35 ° C . Importantly, the humidity is moderate: swimsuits and towels dry out at once . Beaches - a special pride of Tunisia . The gentle sandy shores of Hammamet, Mahdia and the island of Djerba would not be worth conquering the "blue flag" : here light beige fine sand, a wide coastline and the purest, gently turquoise sea . Let the opportunities for diving in Tunisia not too luxurious, but then there is hobbling along the bottom of the octopus, "jellyfish" jellyfish, and around the body will swirl striped fishes .

"Excursion" - the second wealth of Tunisia . Whoever did not enter the paths of history to these lands: Phoenicians and Romans, Byzantines and Spaniards, Ottoman Turks and Frenchmen - and they all left their mark: the ruins of Carthage, the ancient Roman cities of Dugga, Sbitla, Bela Reggia, Shetmu, the remnants of the majestic basilicas and the remarkably preserved baptisteries-fonts, the Andalusian towns of Testure and Rafraf, the puppet Sidi Bou Said, the Spanish military forts on the coast, the magnificent Turkish palaces near the capital and the elegant colonial mansions of Bizerte . to the human fade in your eyes before the greatness of the planet Earth, welcome to the glorious Saint-Exupery Sahara, to the expanses of the dried salt lake of Schott El Jerid, in the almost Russian thick coniferous and cork thickets of Ain Draham, to the top of the dining-place of Mount Yugurt or to the lunar landscapes of the mountains of Matmata .

Thalassotherapy is another raison d'etre of Tunisia tourist . @ The inventors (or rather, the popularizers) of the treatment by the sea are the restless French (long before Plato, Euripides, Hippocrates and Ibn Sina spoke of the healing power of sea water) successfully introduced thalassotherapy technologies on the Maghreb soil, and today the most modern thalassocenter . works here @ Of the pleasant features of Tunisian procedures - the use of the most that neither is the natural ingredients: algae are processed into magical "smudges" on special marine farms, dirt almost every day are going to eat and clean sea water comes through pipes directly to the pools and treatment rooms .

And finally, rest in Tunisia is an opportunity to eat fresh seafood and fish before the snack, to purchase authentic goods - from Berber handmade rugs work and fragrant olive oil to gold jewelry and antiques almost every degree of antiquity, and many more interesting things that Tunisia, like any self-respecting eastern "thing", keeps away from the occasional curious eye.

Ancient City of Tuburbo Majus

Hammamet Coastline

Carthage