Bulla Regia
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Borj el
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Roman Colosseum
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Dougga
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Souq de la Laine
Close to the Zaytouna Mosque, the narrow Souq de la Laine, the Wool Souq, is now packed with silver shops.
French Embassy Building
Grand structures such as the French embassy, built in 1856, were designed for the colonial power to assert its authority.
Flipper Aquapark
A water park in Hammamet Nord, Flipper Aquapark has winding slides and splashy features for small and big kids. It gets pretty busy.
National Library
The National Library, once a barracks, was built in 1814 by Hamouda Bey to house Berber soldiers whod been recruited after an Ottoman mutiny.
Tunis Zoo
Tunis Zoo is a child-friendly hit, in a shady, peaceful park with some interesting animals including monkeys and colourful parrots, though cages look cramped.
Souq des Libraires
Leading from Zaytouna Mosque is the 13th-century Souq des Libraires, the Booksellers Souq, lined with medersas (Quranic schools) and a hammam (public bathhouse).
Souq Étouffes
Souq Étouffes runs alongside the Zaytouna Mosque, and was once the elegant cloth market, wide, with green-and-red striped columns; it still sells cloth and clothes.
Zaytouna Mosque
At the medinas heart lies this beautiful mosque, its forest of columns scrounged from Roman Carthage. Non-Muslims can only enter the courtyard, but its still deeply impressive.
La Marsa Beach
La Marsa beach is the best, and less crowded than those at La Goulette, Sidi Bou Saïd and Carthage (but note the patch nearest the presidents palace at Carthage is quite pristine).
Dar el
Dar el-Bey was the Husseinite rulers city pad, but the beys (provincial governors) preferred the Bardo, so it was used as an official guest house until 1881, when the French arrived.
Hôtel Majestic
Fabulously ornate façades dot the city. Supreme examples include the Hôtel Majestic, a splendid almost-edible confection - currently closed for renovation though not a lot seems to be happening.
Roman Circus
The Roman circus, used for chariot racing, is around 1km south of the amphitheatre and cisterns, and once seated 70,000, but only the barest outline can be discerned today. It was later a cemetery.
ONAT Museum
The ONAT Museum houses a collection of rugs. It could be missed, although these are the people who accredit all carpets sold in Kairouan; if you plan to buy one, look here at the various styles.
Dah Dah Happy Land Park
The entertaining Dah Dah Happy Land Park is an amusement park with lots of rides. Its part of the developing, trendy district of Berges de Lac, and theres a lively corniche (coastal road) to wander up and down.
Tapis
The 18th-century residence of the former beys of Kairouan is now a carpet shop. It’s worth enduring the carpet spiel to see an exquisitely restored medina house and witness the women rug weavers at work.
Clock Tower
Resembling a much younger cousin of Londons Big Ben, a burnished metal clock tower forms a glimmering landmark towards the western end of ave Habib Bourguiba. It was erected to commemorate Independence Day (7 November).
