Informations :

   Is located at the center of the country in the south of Sousse  and Monastir  and on the
   coast, it is to 230 km in the south of the Tunis capital.
   The city counts 40.000  Inhabitants approximately.

  History:

     The Name of the city, comes from Mahdi (' the Well Directed ' in Arabic), nickname of el Kalifah
  Obayd Allah the chief of the Fatimides and which selected this city in 916 as bases for forwardings
  towards the East.  At the XVth century the Spanish troops of Charles Quint seize Mahdia.
  At the XVIIth century the knights of Malta plunder and set fire to the city, and at the beginning of the
  XXth century;  under French protectorate;  the city know a great activity thanks to its fishing port
  (the n°1 in Tunisia) and its farms like olive of the Sahel, salt...

   Mahdia is a calm city, which kept its simplicity and its charm. it  
   is an ideal place for those which like (' the return to the sources').
   - Médina
   - Skifa el-Kahla
   - the Mosque of Mustapha Hamza
   - El Borj el-Kebir
   - Borj Erras
   - the Large Mosque : on the Street Ali Bey:  The not Moslems
     are allowed in the court outside of the time of prayers.
   - The Fishing port

  Addresses And Useful Informations :

   - Regional Office Of  Tourism : Street El Moez. (Phone : (+216-73) 681 098)