Things to Do in Sousse

Medina ramparts at sunset

Climb the corner tower by Bab el Gharbi and you'll see terracotta roofs blush pink while the Atlantic wind whips your hair. The call to prayer drifts up from six different mosques, mingling with the clang of blacksmiths below and the sweet scent of shisha smoke curling from nearby cafés.

Dar Essid Museum house

This 18th-century mansion hides behind an unremarkable wooden door in the southern medina. Yet inside you'll inhale cedar paneling, run fingers over silk-weave cushions, and peer into a kitchen where preserved olives still give off a faint tang of bay leaf and brine.

Catacombs of the Good Shepherd

Descend the spiral near the Grande Mosquée and the temperature drops ten degrees. Chalk walls sweat, bats click overhead, and your footsteps crunch on centuries-old pottery shards while the smell of damp earth fills your nose.

Boujaafar Beach horse ride

At dawn local trainers lead sure-footed Barb Arabs across wet sand; you'll taste salt spray, hear harness bells jingle, and watch the sun lift behind hotel towers while kids chase kites above the tide line.

Port El Kantaoui marina dinner stroll

White-and-blue façades reflect lantern light on the water, engines thrum as skippers hose down decks, and the air carries grilled harissa shrimp competing with waffle-cone sweetness from nearby gelato windows.

Medina core - riads tucked behind studded doors, rooftop breakfasts with fig jam

Boujaafar seafront - 70s hotels on the sand, kids' clubs, balcony sunrise

Port El Kantaoui - yacht-view apartments, calmer nights, golf fairways

Akkouda suburb - budget guesthouses near the university, café-lined streets

M'saken road - business hotels, cheaper cab rides to clubs

Chott Meriem villas - residential feel, bigger pools, ten-minutes drive to clubs