Northern Tunisia is an area in Tunisia.

Regions

Northern Tunisia encompasses the governorates of Ariana, Bèja, Ben Arous, Bizerte, Jendouba, Mahdia, Monastir, Nabeul, Siliana, Sousse, Tunis, and Zaghouan.

Cities

• 1 Tunis (تونس‎ , Tūnis) — the laid-back capital of Tunisia with easy access to Carthage and a very authentic souk
• 2 Bizerte (بنزرت‎ , Benzart)
• 3 La Goulette (حلق الوادي‎ , Ḥalq el-Wād)
• 4 Hammamet (حمامات‎ , Ḥammāmāt)
• 5 Kairouan (القيروان‎ , Qeirwān) — a major site for Islamic pilgrimage
• 6 El Kef (الكاف‎ , Il-Māf) — Byzantine and Ottoman architecture in this small town in the northwest
• 7 Kelibia — a coastal town with a fishing port and the Fort of Kelibia
• 8 La Marsa (المرسى‎ , Il-Marṣā)
• 9 Mahdia (المهدية‎ , Al-Mahdīya) — former capital
• 10 Monastir (مـنسـتير‎ , Monāstīr / Mīstīr) — ancient city with a history back to Phoenecian times; these days home of the main charter flight airport in the country
• 11 Port El Kantaoui ( مرسى القنطاوي ) — a popular tourist destination in Tunisia, north of Sousse.
• 12 Sidi Bou Said (سيدي بو سعيد‎ , Sīdi Bū Sɛīd) — picturesque seaside town of white houses with blue doors and shutters.
• 13 Sousse (سوسة‎ , Sūsa) — the town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its architecture, and also a popular beach resort option
• 14 Tabarka (طبرقة‎ , Tbarqa) — Old Phoenician/Roman port city near the Algerian border in far northwest Tunisia.

Other destinations

• 1 Carthage — Phoenician colony, biggest trade metropolis of the antique world; famously razed by the Romans; remnants now encased in a museum; site easily reached by train from Tunis.
• 2 Dougga (دڨة , Doggā) — impressive ruins of a remote Roman city
• 3 El Jem (الجمّ , Il-jām) — one of the best preserved Roman amphitheaters in the world.
• 4 Kerkouane (كركوان , Karkwān) — remnants of the sole untouched Punic settlement which is a UNESCO World Heritage site
• 5 Ichkeul National Park – an important reserve for the local birds in the area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Understand

Mosque of Kairouan

Get in

By plane

Tunis–Carthage International Airport (Aéroport de Tunis-Carthage, مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي‎) (TUN ^IATA)

See

• Menzel Bourguiba town which name is translated as "House of Bourguiba", as it was named after the first president of independent Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba.
• Quamart — a purpose built beach resort just south of Tunis.

Go next

• Central Coastal Tunisia
• Saharan Tunisia