Discover this Gem of Tunisia ; a citadel originally founded by the carthaginians 2500 years ago and rebuilt in the sixteenth century, situated on a rocky promontory 150 meters high overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and the city of Kélibia in the Governorate of Nabeul, on the northeast coast of the Tunisian peninsula of Cap Bon.

The caves of El Haouaria are, in fact, ancient quarries whose exploitation began at the latest in the 7th century BC. Sandstone was used for a long time in the construction of the monuments of Punic and then Roman Carthage. The method of exploitation of this quarry was quite original and rare, the technique of which consisted of extracting the stone from the inside of the mass to bring it to the surface by means of square ascent shafts.

A special opportunity to explore the only punic site of the world that has never been occupied by the romans later . With its museum and huge archaeological site , visiting Kerkouane will give you a true sense of what it must have been like living in Tunisia all those centuries ago.

At 2, 500 years old the oldest Tunisian olive tree is located at Echraf, a village close to Haouaria. What makes it impressive is that its roots cover a surface area which is approximately 16m2 and its trunk perimeter is 6,000 mm circumference…