Kairouan, Tunisia Travel Blogs

Carpet-ville
Jan 16, 2007 (59 photos)

We did buy some pieces - just three.

North African road trip.
Nov 10, 2007 (30 photos)

... be the highlight of the trip. With pretty good and more or less empty roads, it did not take us long to reach the city of Kairouan. We just stopped for a couple of hours, but really enjoyed the place. Then we continued on to the town of El Jem (or El Djem ...

A Holy City
Jan 18, 2007 (63 photos)

... tourist thing. The main reason for being here is the Mosque here is the oldest in the country. As Kairouan was where Islam first took hold in Tunisia, this makes it special. Some people say that if you visit Kaitouan seven times, it is the equivalent of ...

Kairouan
Mar 17, 2005

Visita a Kairouan

Day 88 - Kairouan
Nov 2, 2007 (3 photos)

... get back to Europe.  I want to be home now.   I did see chilli-ville.  Just outside Kairouan.  More chillis than a penguin popsicle party.  Literally covering all the houses of just this one town,  Enough ...

Kairouan Photo Essay Only
Apr 1, 2009 (31 photos)

Posts are getting difficult to catch up with so this one is a Photo essay only. Enjoy.

Tunisia's Holy City
Apr 3, 2009 (12 photos)

... white/sandstone streets and structures of each town. These are a couple of little examples of what I mean... Our departure from Kairouan was a little delayed due to carpet buying - it made me laugh how it was perfectly fine to delay the trip for ...

Kairouan
Apr 4, 2005 (47 photos)

     

Kairouan
Feb 7, 2003 (10 photos)

... include the ville nouvelle from French colonialism. Everything here seems ancient. The domed buildings throughout Tunisia are plentiful in Kairouan. A row of these whitewashed minarets mark the buildings surrounding the outdoor market that hugs the medina ...

Oct 27, 2009
Oct 27, 2009 (2 photos)

Kairouan
Aug 10, 2007 (1 photos)

Our final stop was the holy city of Kairouan Kairouan is Tunisia's holiest city, with more than 50 mosques within the medina. Kairouan is the 4th most important city in the Islamic World after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. The grande Mosquee de ...

Smooth Landing into Tunis
Dec 8, 2008 (5 photos)

... flight to Tunis at 10:30am. When we finally reached Tunis, it was already 1:03pm! Turkey is behind Singapore by 6 hours. Tunisia, on the other hand, is 7 hours behind Singapore!! The Tunis Carthage Aeroport withstood time the very well, as it looked ...

Do You Remember When We Were In Africa
May 21, 2008

We were actually planning to go to Morocco. In fact, I wanted Africa and the Mediterranean, she wanted Greece. So Tunisia  it was.

Kairouan
Jul 18, 2002

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Return to Tunis
Nov 13, 2006

When he goes: Monday 13th November 2006. Who he goes with (from): Frank (UK), Rebecca (UK), Tim (Nigeria), Neil (UK). How he gets there: Updated data on their way... Where he stays:   Updated data on their way... Build-up our ...

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Dec 15, 2006

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