2 days

The Quiet Sahel

Villages and small ports, away from the hotel zones

Hergla and Takrouna on their hills, the lake of Sebkhet Kelbia, then Monastir, Lamta, Salakta and Mahdia along the coast.

The stops

1. 1HerglaSousseA fishing village on a cliff
2. 2TakrounaSousseA Berber village on a rock
3. 3Sebkhet KelbiaSousseThe country’s second wetland
4. 4Ribat of MonastirMonastirA fortress on the edge of the sea
5. 5Lamta (Leptiminus)MonastirA Phoenician port and its small museum
6. 6SalaktaMahdiaA Roman port on a quiet beach
7. 7MahdiaMahdiaWhite sand on a Fatimid peninsula