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What to do and see in Tunis, Tunis Governorate: The Best Free Things to do
Founded by the Berbers in the 2nd millennium BCE, the city of Tunis has been controlled by Phoenicians, Romans, Arab Muslims, the Ottomans, the Spanish, the French and the Germans, finally achieving independence as the capital of Tunisia in 1956. This history has made Tunis a mélange of ancient and modern cultures. The medina is a network of narrow alleyways, mosques, mausoleums, palaces and a souq where shoppers haggle over the price of everything from filigreed gold to inexpensive souvenirs.
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1. Marche central de Tunis, Fondouk El Ghala
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4.5 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By yns_10 - Sydney, Australia
It was fun to explore the fabulous fresh produce and spice section of the central market, especially when it was such a hassle free experience.
2. The doors of the medina
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4.5 based on 70 reviews
Reviewed By yns_10 - Sydney, Australia
The yellow, blue and green doors are beautiful and many are quite intricately decorated. They add to the atmosphere of the medina.
3. Medina of Tunis
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4.0 based on 1,756 reviews
The city’s old quarter hearkens back to the opulence once prevalent from the 12th to the 16th century.
Reviewed By Ironsides2014 - Gladstone, United States
This was truly an Amazing place. So much to witness and experience in one place. You see narrow streets, mosques, historic buildings, vendors with food, jewelry, carpets and much more. You can go to the rooftop and view lots of the area. Highly recommend.
4. Zitouna Mosque
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4.0 based on 379 reviews
This mosque dates back to around 860.
Reviewed By yns_10 - Sydney, Australia
This is the oldest mosque (foundation dates back to 732AD) in Tunis and is enormous consisting of the prayer room, courtyard, galleries, university, ancillary rooms and outbuildings. As non-muslims, we could not enter but did get good views from the rooftop terraces of a few shops.
5. Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul
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4.0 based on 331 reviews
Reviewed By Joe_AR1087 - Chicago, United States
Wonderful cathedral in which I had the chance to go in and see. They had mass which of course is in French and to get in there is security to make sure you don’t have weapons which I assume to protect from extreme terrorists who don’t like non Muslims. Definitely check it out and it shows some history in there.
6. Mosque Sidi Youssef
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4.0 based on 55 reviews
Reviewed By yns_10 - Sydney, Australia
This was the first Ottoman style mosque built in Tunisia and its lovely octagonal minaret with the green tiles makes it a good orientation point in the medina. The mosque is open to muslims.
7. Bab El Bhar
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4.0 based on 378 reviews
Reviewed By yns_10 - Sydney, Australia
This is one of the gates to the medina, located at the end of Ave Habib Bourguiba on Place de la Victoire. Whenever we walked here there were always street performers entertaining a small crowd.
8. Avenue Habib Bourguiba
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4.0 based on 75 reviews
Reviewed By yns_10 - Sydney, Australia
Being on this avenue on a Sunday evening in October gave us one of this trip's highlights. The results of the presidential run-off had just been announced and thousands came here to celebrate. Very special to happen to be here at that time.
9. Place de L'Independance
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4.0 based on 35 reviews
Reviewed By tgafl10 - Tunis, Tunisia
every visitor to the capital Tunis should visit this place,plenty of pictures are waiting for you to take,the statue of ibn khaldoun ,the cathedral are a must for photographers.
