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Tunis Medina and Civic Landmarks

Tunis Medina and Civic Landmarks

Tunis · Tunisia

14 stops11 km2 h 10 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Tunis’s medina, pausing at a mausoleum, a mosque, and the city’s distinctive souks. The route then connects the old-city attractions with Bab al-Bhar, Kasbah Square, and the Central Market. See one clock tower, one cathedral, and one major avenue as the walk moves between historic and civic landmarks. It is a varied way to experience Tunis through its religious buildings, markets, gateways, and public spaces.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Hammouda Pacha Mausoleum

    Hammouda Pacha Mausoleum

    Hammouda Pacha Mausoleum, an attraction in Tunis, Tunisia.

  2. Zitouna Mosque

    Zitouna Mosque

    Tunis’s oldest mosque, rebuilt by the Aghlabids and turned into a major centre of learning.

  3. Souks of Tunis

    Souks of Tunis

    Les souks de Tunis are a tourism attraction in Tunis, Tunisia.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Tunis Clock Tower

    Tunis Clock Tower

    Tunis Clock Tower, an attraction in Tunis, Tunisia

  6. Medina of Tunis

    Medina of Tunis

    A living old city built around Zitouna, where gates, souks, and power still meet.

  7. Grand Souk des Chechias

    Grand Souk des Chechias

    Grand Souk des Chechias is an attraction in Tunis, Tunisia.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.