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Best Attractions in Tunis (2026)

The sights of Tunis fall into three groups: the medina, the Bardo National Museum and the coastal suburbs of Carthage and Sidi Bou Said. The Medina of Tunis, founded in 698 and listed by UNESCO, is best explored on foot over a full day. Start at Bab el Bhar, climb to the Zitouna Mosque, whose prayer hall is open only to Muslims, and continue south to Tourbet el Bey, the restored mausoleum of the beys, and Dar Ben Abdallah, a palace that now shows how notable families lived. The Cathedral of St Vincent de Paul marks the meeting point of the old and new cities on Place de l'Indépendance.

Give the Bardo National Museum a separate morning. Its Roman mosaics are among the finest anywhere, and seeing them first adds meaning to a visit to Carthage, where the seafront Antonine Baths and the reopened Musée Romain et Paléochrétien at Dermech are the main stops while the National Museum of Carthage is closed for rehabilitation. The TGM train links Carthage with Sidi Bou Said, so spend the afternoon in the village and stay for sunset. There is little shade at the ruins, so go early in summer, and check opening times locally before you set out.

9 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 attractions in Tunis

  1. Bardo National Museum Archaeology museum, Le BardoTunisia's oldest and most important museum, set in a former beylical palace and home to one of the world's great collections of Roman mosaics.
  2. Medina of Tunis Historic old town, MedinaThe walled old city of Tunis, founded in 698 around the Zitouna Mosque and listed by UNESCO, with around 700 monuments, souks and palaces.
  3. Zitouna Mosque Historic mosque, MedinaThe great mosque at the heart of the Tunis medina, founded around 698 and rebuilt in the ninth century, once one of the Islamic world's leading centres of learning.

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3. Zitouna Mosque

Historic mosqueMedina

The great mosque at the heart of the Tunis medina, founded around 698 and rebuilt in the ninth century, once one of the Islamic world's leading centres of learning.

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5. Sidi Bou Said

Historic villageSidi Bou Said

A whitewashed clifftop village above the Gulf of Tunis, famous for its blue doors, old cafés and links with painters and writers.

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6. Tourbet el Bey

Royal mausoleumMedina

The eighteenth-century mausoleum of the Husainid beys in the southern medina, the largest funerary monument in Tunis, reopened in 2023 after restoration.

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