Tunis

City steeped in history but resolutely dynamic, past and present are mixed, Tunis seduced by its Mediterranean charm. The capital of Tunisia is made of three overlapping cities: Medina and a modern city.
the historic core: Medina
It is a city within the city, the Medina, listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, is a vast tangle of undulating streets, vaulted passages, full of life souks. Beautiful studded doors, framed in carved stone, sometimes open on wonderful palaces like Dar Ben Abdallah (Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions) or Dar El Jeld that bear testimony of the Tunisian architectural taste, and where the colorful ceramic paneling meet the carved stone, the marble inlay and finely carved plaster.

The Medina, is the historic heart of Tunis remarkably preserved. She kept her overall appearance for over five hundred years. Several remarkable monuments retrace the long history of this influential city in the Mediterranean. The Aghlabid emirs of Kairouan have appreciated, building it in the ninth century the prestigious Zitouna Mosque.

Almohades and their successors, the Hafsids, gave the medina its rank of capital and endowed the beautiful monuments, some still visible until today. Then the Beys, rulers of Turkish origin, helped to embellish mosques and magnificent buildings like the Bardo Palace, part of which now houses the famous Archaeological Museum.

the city "European" built in the early twentieth century - the center of the present city - and a crown of new neighborhoods that grows continuously, giving the conurbation considerable extent and a modern look.