Informations

It's at 80 kilometers in the south of the golf of Hammamet and on the Mediterranean, at 24 km of Monastir . It is described as 'Pearl Of the Sahel', region of which it is the capital. A town of xx km of surface and account Surroundings 200.000 inhabitants in 1991.

      History :

   Known before under the name of Hadramaout and founded with in the IXI' E century before JC.
   By phenicians sailors .  After, the site knew several civilization whose Vandals, the Romans, the
   Byzantins and Arabic, along all this period the city preserved its importance.

  It is noticed clearly that the city is divided into 3 dimensions :
  Old side  with its various monuments,...
  Touristic side :  the city radiate by a wide fine sand landscape
  over the length of the coasts accompanied by a sun present
  almost during all the year, a modern chain of hotels and a very
  varied tourist attractions.
  Modern side :  illusttrated by it's significant industrial activity,
  university and by a large fishing port near of the old medina.

   - The Catacombs : extend on five kilometers, 240
 funerary galleries preserved  better than those of the
 catacombs of the town of Rome.
 (Address : ' Street 25 Juillet 1957 ')

   - Médina  :  the old Arab, Vast and  closed city of
 an imposing enclosure, consisted walls of xx meters
 length and 8 meter height containing several historic
 sites.

   - Tower Khalef Al Fata, a headlight builds into 859
 and which dominates the kasbah. from the top of it's
 30 meters, the visitor can admire the panoramic sight
 on the suit town and the back country.

   - El Ribat , is a fortress dating from the Almoravide
 time at the VIII century, in charge of defense against 
 the invaders.

   -  the museum of Sousse, near the Khalef Tower,
 contains a large collection of mosaics.

   - The Great Mosque,  with the gross round towers :
 it was built by the Emir Aghlabide Abou Il Abbés
 Mohamed into 85.

   Addresses And Useful Informations :

 -  Regional Office Of Tourism:  Avenue Habib Bourguiba, Sousse.
                                  Phone  :  (+216-73) 225-157 / 225-158.
                                  Fax  :  (+216-73) 224 262.