Mahdia - Mahdia

Mahdia is a city of Northern Tunisia.

To know

Located along a beautiful coast with a blue sea, as well as a historic city full of tradition.

How to orient yourself

How to get

By car

• From Sousse, follow the RR 82 road, south-east, from Sahline, Bennane, Moknine is Bekalta.
• From Monastir, take the RR 94 southbound to Khniss and then the RR 92 along the coast. TO Sayada it joins the RR 82 road, which you follow towards the south-east.
• From Al-Kairouan, take the RN 12, heading east (towards Sousse). About 4 km later Ghabghoub, turn right (east) onto the C 100th street to M'Saken. Here, turn right (south), on the RN 1 road, which we leave, for the RR 88 road (south-east direction), for Bourjine. TO Jemmal, take the road on the right (south-east) which leads to Goods Hassen is Menzel Fersi.
• From Sfax, the fastest is to take the A1 motorway north (direction Tunis). At junction 18, Bou Merdes / Mahdia, it joins the RR 96 road, which we take to the east.

On the train

• 35.50083311.0645441 Mahdia Station (Mahdia races). There are regular train services from Tunis, Sousse and Monastir, all north, operated by SNCFT.  

By bus

• 35.500311.052 Bus station. 
• 35.49788811.0531373 Louage station. 

How to get around

What see

• 35.5052611.0763111 Fort Bordj el Kebir. 8 DT (Oct 2019) with admission also to the Mahdia Museum. From Oct 16 to May 31: 9: 00-16: 00. From 01 Jun to 15 Sep: 09: 00-17: 00. During Ramadan 9: 00-16: 00. Ottoman fort.  

• 35.50389611.0720542 Great Mosque of Mahdia (الجامع الكبير في المهدية al-Jāmiʿ al-kabīr fī al-Mahdiyya). Located on the southern side of the peninsula on which the old city was located; built in 916 AD, after the founding of the city within the walls built by the Fatimid Caliphate on an artificial platform reclaimed from the sea.  

• 35.5039111.068593 Skifa Kahla. Gateway to the old city.  
• 35.50725311.0819484 Bab El Bhar (Along the promontory of the city, towards the end of the sea). Remains of an ancient door. 

• 35.5059211.0758445 Dar Sghir Museum (دار صغير), rue Saïda Mannoubia, ☎ 216 73 691 878. 
• 35.50805611.0802786 Mahdia Lighthouse. This lighthouse is located in a very beautiful coastal area of ​​the city, next to the lighthouse itself there is an Islamic cemetery made up of characteristic white tombs not to be missed.  
• 35.503811.06887 Mahdia Museum (متحف المهدية, Musée Mahdia), Avenue Farhat Hached (Next to the door). 8 DT (Oct 2019) with admission also to Forte Bordj el Kebir. Tue-Sun Sep 16 to May 31: 09: 00-16: 00. From 01 Jun to 15 Sept: 09: 00-16: 00. During Ramadan 9: 00-15: 00.  
• 35.50341311.0714348 Tahar Sfar Mausoleum. 
• 35.50480311.0705179 Église Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel de Mahdia. Church of 1861 now deconsecrated and used as an exhibition hall.  
• 35.50333211.06803610 Sidi Mtir Mosque. 
• 35.50452711.07122811 Slimane Hamza Mosque. 
• 35.5054311.07146412 Zawiya Sidi Abdessalem. 
• 35.5056511.0793513 Fatimid port.  
• 35.50418111.07066114 Mustapha Hamza Mosque. A small mosque with a graceful minaret. 

Events and parties

What to do

• 35.5151811.048381 Beach (along the tourist route and Tahar Sfar Avenue). free access. 

Shopping

• 35.50150511.0641731 Monoprix (On the waterfront). Supermarket with a small parking lot. 

How to have fun

Where to eat

• Chapati
• Lablabi

Moderate prices

• 35.50423811.0741281 Café Sidi Salem Elghar, rue de Borj Othmani, ☎ 216 23 583 563. Café with a spectacular view of the sea. 

Where stay

High prices

• 35.51287611.0496111 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 center. 

Safety

How to keep in touch

Around

• 35.5824910.95521315 Sebka of Moknine. Salt lake not far from Mahdia. 
• Sousse - Beach, medina and archaeological museum.
• Monastir - Seaside resort e ribat.
• al-Kairouan - Important religious and historical center.
• El Jem - Very well preserved Roman amphitheater, world heritage.

Other projects

• Wikipedia contains an entry concerning Mahdia
• Commons contains images or other files on Mahdia

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