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Land of fabulous legend and ancient tradition it’s the
queen of the Tunisian South, situated on the Tunisian East-Coast,
hairdressed by palm trees, olive trees filed, fig trees, grenade
trees... This legendary Oasis Island and the solely on the
Mediterranean, seduces the visitors with the oasis silence,
the sheet sand of the beach, the crystallin sea. It is a sea
flooding garden. It’s really the fifth season of the
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ON THE TRACK OF THE TIME
There are many remains to make you reflect on the invasion
weaving past of this peaceful Oasis (see Borj El Khébir,
Borj Kastil). Visitors will see that some of the mosques in
this region unlike their traditional tall thin style, are
built rather squat. In fact they were used than fortresses
against invaders.
There are two villages in the middle of Djerba Island : Hara
EL Kébira and Hara Séguira where the presence
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LEISURE AND RELAXATION
Tennis, water skiing, riding, scubadiving, cultural festivals
and discovering palm-groves whole panoply of activities are
open in all of variety.
Put to sea with the fishermen in search of natural sponges,
pull up wriggling fish-traps with the fish men of Houmt-Souk
and Mellita in their fixed fishing-grounds, the neighbouring
palm grove of Lella Hadhria undulates at your feet.
The Midoun community will invite you to watch the old African
"Gougou" dance, a wonderful piece of local tradition.
And the pink flamingoes on the sand banks of the Ras El R’mel
coast, are a sight that you will never forget.
SHOPPING |
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The roots of the region’s arts and crafts lie in the
deep layers of the Mediterranean civilisation. The techniques
used in the waving workshops where the famous Djerba blankets
maded in Houmt-Souk, dated back of the time of Hannibal. The
underground oil mils at Meninx, the matting workshops at fatou
and the basket-ware workshops at Mellita and Ajim have not
lost this precious ancestral skill.
Don’t forget to visit the very ancient corporation
of jewellers.
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