Mahdia
Mahdia is a city in Northern Tunisia, set along a superb coastline with a blue sea, as well as historical town full of tradition.
Understand
[edit]Get in
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Map of Mahdia
By train
[edit]There are regular train services from Tunis, Sousse and Monastir, all to the north, operated by SNCFT.
- 1 Mahdia railway station (Gare Mahdia).
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- 1 Bordj el Kebir Fortress.
- 2 Great Mosque of Mahdiya. Located on the southern side of the peninsula on which the old city was located; built in 916 CE, after the founding of the city within the walls built by the Caliphate on an artificial platform reclaimed from the sea.
- 3 Skifa Kahla. Also known as Bab Zouila, the gate is part of the ancient ramparts built in the 10th century by the Fatimids.
Do
[edit]- Morning running on the beach
- Artistic workshops in Beit El Makhbar
Buy
[edit]- Fresh fish from the local market
Eat
[edit]- Chapati
- Lablabi
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Iberostar Royal El Mansour & Thalasso, Route de la Corniche, B.P 217. One of the largest resort hotels in Mahdia, located reasonably close to the city centre.