Aéroport de Tunis Carthage |
Matar Tunis Qartaj |
"Tunis" ... no one knows what the extra mark is over the س |
Boulevard du Leader Yasser Arafat, Tunis |
Characters from a Tunisian anti-litter campaign? |
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South towards Tunis Centre and Sousse |
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Tunis La Kasbah |
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The Medina of Tunis - World Heritage Site |
Mausoleum of Farhat Hached, a key figure in the Tunisian independence movement assassinated in 1952 |
Government building off Place de la Kasbah |
Tunis - Place de la Kasbah - the old Kasbah was destroyed by the French in 1883 |
Mosquée de la Kasbah 13th C. |
National Monument on Place de la Kasbah, Tunis |
National Monument on Place de la Kasbah |
National Monument on Place de la Kasbah |
National Monument on Place de la Kasbah |
National Monument on Place de la Kasbah |
Tunisian flags flying over Place de la Kasbah with the minaret of the Kasbah Mosque |
Tunisian flag |
Tunisian flags with the minaret of the Kasbah Mosque |
Tunisian flag |
Place du Gouvernement, Tunis |
Ministry building, Place du Gouvernement |
Official Mercedes parked on Place du Gouvernement |
Guesthouse of the Dar el Bey, now the Prime Minister's office |
Rue de la Kasbah leading from the Place du Gouvernement |
Rue de la Kasba |
Dad inquiring if the P.M. is available for tea |
Door to the Prime Minister of Tunisia's office |
Premier Ministere, Tunis |
Place du Gouvernement |
Place du Gouvernement, Tunis |
Place du Gouvernement, Tunis |
Place du Gouvernement |
Rue de la Kasbah with the minaret of the Hammouda Pacha Mosque |
Rue de la Kasbah with the minaret of the Hammouda Pacha Mosque |
Souk el-Bey, Medina of Tunis |
A man in traditional garb, Souq el-Bey |
Souk el-Bey and minaret of the El-Zitouna Mosque |
Dar el-Bay |
Dar el-Bay |
Dar el-Bay |
Souk el-Berka, Tunis Medina |
Souk el-Berka, Tunis Medina |
Tunisian handicrafts for sale in the Tunis medina |
Souq el-Leffa |
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Tunis medina |
Tunis medina |
Where are we? |
Tile map of the Tunis medina with a walking tour |
Blue door, Tunis medina |
Cafe on Rue Sidi Kaday el-Houaydj |
Rue Sidi Kaday el-Houaydj |
Impressive door, Tunis medina |
Tunis medina |
Grand entry to a traditional home in the Tunis medina |
Grand entry to a traditional home |
Tunisian tilework |
Tourbet el Bey, mausoleum built during the reign of Ali Pasha II (1758-82) |
Green fish-scale dome of the Tourbet el-Bey |
Entrance to the Tourbet el-Bey, Tunis |
Tourbet el-Bey courtyard |
Tourbet el-Bey |
Tombs of the Beys, the Ottoman rulers of Tunis |
Tomb in Tourbet el-Bey |
Domed ceiling, Tourbet-el Bey |
Tourbet el-Bey - tombs of the Beys' wives |
Tourbet el-Bey |
Tourbet el-Bey |
Tunis medina, Rue Sidi Essourdou |
Doorway in the medina |
Doorway in the medina, Rue Sidi Zahmoul |
Doorway in the medina, Rue Sidi Zahmoul |
Tunis medina |
Tunis medina |
Tunis medina |
Doorway in the medina |
Rue el M'bazz |
Star of David on a blue door, Tunis Medina |
Dar Othman, 17th C. |
Door to Dar Othman |
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Ragged mother cat and kitten, Tunis Medina |
Doorway to the Medersa Slimanya, Three Medersas Complex |
Medersa Slimanya, Three Medersas Complex |
Medersa Slimanya, Three Medersas Complex |
Medersa Slimanya, Three Medersas Complex |
Medersa Slimanya, Three Medersas Complex |
House across from the Medersa Slimanya, Rue el Khomsa |
Colonial looking building in the Tunis medina |
Colonial looking building in the Tunis medina |
Boy selling perfumes near the Medersa Slimanya |
El-Kachachine Hammam, a traditional Turkish bath, Souq des Libraires |
These barberpoles denote a Hammam |
The Grand Mosque of Tunis, Mosqée El-Zitouna (Mosque of the Olive Tree) 9th C. |
Minaret of the Mosqée El-Zitouna |
The new minaret of the Mosqée El-Zitouna was built in 1834 (44m) |
Minaret seen from a terrace above the Palais d'Orient a gift shop in Souk el-Trouk |
View of southern Tunis from the medina terrace over the Palais d'Orient |
Tunis medina |
A boy in the Tunis medina |
Minaret of El-Zitouna Mosque |
Restaurant Dar Hamouda Pacha, 56 Rue Sidi ben Arous |
View from the terrace of the expensive 4 star Dar El Medina hotel |
View from the terrace of the expensive 4 star Dar El Medina hotel |
Satellite dish, Tunis medina |
Stray cats digging in to left over couscous in the Tunis medina |
Tunisian license plate |
Avenue Bab Jedid |
Leaving Tunis on the main highway south towards Hammamet |
Mountain south of Tunis |
These mountains are the site of lead and zinc mines |