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Top 7 Sights & Landmarks in Jendouba Governorate, Jendouba Governorate

Discover the best top things to do in Jendouba Governorate, Tunisia including Bulla Regia, Fort Genois, The Needles, Mosquee Beni M`Tir, Mosquee Al-Fateh, Mosquee Jamie Al'imam Alghazali, Bin Aris Mosque.

What to do and see in Tabarka, Jendouba Governorate: The Best Things to do

Tabarka (Arabic: طبرقة‎  ṭbarqa, Berber: Tbarga or Tabarka, Phoenician: Ṭabarqa, Latin: Thabraca, Θαύβρακα in Ancient Greek also called Tbarga by locals) is a coastal town located in north-western Tunisia, at about 36°57′16″N 8°45′29″E / 36.95444°N 8.75806°E / 36.95444; 8.75806, close to the border with Algeria. It has been famous for its coral fishing, the Coralis Festival of underwater photography and the annual jazz festival. Tabarka's history is a colorful mosaic of Berber, Phoenician, Hellenistic, Roman and Islamic-Ottoman civilizations. The town is dominated by an offshore rock on which is built a Genoese castle. Nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba, later to become president of post-independence Tunisia, was exiled here by the French colonial authorities in 1952..