2 days

The Bizerte Lagoon and Capes

Beaches and villages of the north-east coast

Utica, the lagoon village of Ghar El Melh, the beach of Rafraf, the cape of Sidi Ali El Mekki, then the old port of Bizerte. The coast Tunisians like for their weekends.

The stops

1. 1UticaBizerteWhere Roman Africa had its first capital
2. 2Ghar El MelhBizerteOttoman forts on a quiet lagoon
3. 3RafrafBizerteA long beach below the vineyards
4. 4Sidi Ali El MekkiBizerteA beach at the foot of a hermit’s cave
5. 5BizerteBizerteA northern port that kept its old harbour