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Overview

Tunisia's third-biggest city has three major drawcards: long sandy Boujaffar Beach, the Unesco-protected Aghlabid-era medina and the small but superb Sousse Archaeological Museum. All are visited and enjoyed as much by locals as they are by tourists.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Sousse, Tunisia - September 1, 2015: The painted medieval gates to the old fortress serving as archaeological museum.

    Sousse Archaeological Museum

    Sousse

    Located inside the 11th-century kasbah, this museum showcases an extraordinary collection of 2nd- and 3rd-century Roman mosaics, one of the best in the鈥�

  • Medina

    Medina

    Sousse

    Added to Unesco's World Heritage List in 1988, Sousse's 9th-century medina is an unusual and important example of Aghlabid military coastal architecture鈥�

  • Mus茅e Dar Essid

    Mus茅e Dar Essid

    Sousse

    In a quiet part of Sousse's medina, this privately owned museum shows off a beautiful old home, furnished in the style of a well-to-do 19th-century Sousse鈥�

  • Ribat

    Ribat

    Sousse

    This is the oldest monument in Sousse's medina, built in the final years of the 8th century AD as a fort. It was garrisoned by devout Islamic warriors,鈥�

  • Great Mosque

    Great Mosque

    Sousse

    This typically austere Aghlabid affair was built in AD 851. Its architect adapted an earlier kasbah (fort), which explains the mosque鈥檚 turrets and鈥�

  • Boujaffar Beach

    Boujaffar Beach

    Sousse

    Named somewhat incongruously after a local Muslim holy man, thIs sandy strip of beach is a popular playground where families picnic, beach shacks sell鈥�

  • Dar Am Ta茂eb

    Dar Am Ta茂eb

    Sousse

    Driven by passion and a healthy ego, local sculptor Ta茂eb Ben Hadj Ahmed has turned his large villa in a leafy residential neighbourhood into a gigantic鈥�

  • Kasbah

    Kasbah

    Sousse

    Standing at the high point of the medina, the kasbah was built onto the city walls in the 11th century. It incorporates the imposing square Khalef tower,鈥�

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