Djerba

Djerba is first and foremost known for its exceptional beaches and scenic landscape as well as its filming location for the Tatoine’s Mos Eisley exterior scenes in the famous Star Wars movie. The main tourist zone is situated on the east side, along Sidi Mahrez and Seguia beaches (around Midoun). Touring the island is affordable. Wherever you go, you will never be more than thirty minutes from your hotel, and you will be surprised by how splendid Djerba is in its diversity. The main centre is the city of Houmt Souk, with its beautiful lively markets and traditional hotels with vault rooms – the 'funduqs'. Most of the hotels have been built around courtyards and are very atmospheric. The rest of the island is a series of villages and small places, often ignored by tourists, yet authentic and picturesque — such as Guellala, which houses a huge pottery and ceramic production centre. You will be amazed by the atypical mosques, some very old and built like fortresses, and the traditional architecture of the 'menzels', farms made up of square whitewashed houses.