Sfax.. a city worth visiting in Tunisia

Arabiaweather.com - Ismail Kacimi - Sfax is one of the famous tourist cities in Tunisia , located 270 km south of the capital, and we will take you in this report among the most important tourist attractions in it.

The wilaya is generally famous for olive cultivation and fishing in addition to tourism. It has Thyna International Airport and the largest ports in Tunisia, in addition to a long coastline of Sfax of 235 km.

Among the most important tourist attractions in the city of Sfax is the Archaeological Museum, as well as the city hall on Habib Bourguiba Street, which hosts in its lower hall an impressive collection of mosaics that were found in the Roman cities in the region such as Tabarora and Thenai.

As for the Kasbah, which you must find in most of the ancient Tunisian cities, it is in Sfax, located in the southwestern corner of the city, and it was a military garrison during the French campaign, and the French occupier removed most of the buildings there.

Today, the Kasbah hosts hunting, construction and religious architecture shows, and there is the Hamdouni Mosque, in which you can learn about a number of documents in an underground room, and from the towers you can see wonderful panoramic views of the Kasbah and parts of the city.

In Dar Jalouli, known as the ruler's palace, you will get acquainted with a wonderful example of traditional architecture, where the building consists of two floors, often with an open courtyard in the middle, and the entrances to the rooms are from the balconies surrounding the courtyard on the four sides.

There are shows in the house of the cultural elements that make up the city, fashion shows, examples of traditional cooking, Arabic calligraphy, embroidery, perfume distillation, and a number of traditional furniture models.

The Diwan Café is a desirable place to visit, as it was originally one of the important towers that were in the Kasbah. It was called the Al Resachi Tower and is located between Bab al-Kasbah and Bab al-Diwan. It had a great military function when the French arrived.