Destinations

The Medina of Tunis | Fraser Harrison | Tunisia, Tunis and the North Coast, Tunis

Not so long ago, before the French colonial period, the Medina of Tunis was Tunis. Now it is a city within a city, an oval labyrinth of winding, narrow streets which forms a self-contained unit

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Painters in North Africa | Barnaby Rogerson | Tunisia, Tunis and the North Coast, Tunis

Travelling through North Africa you do not need paintings. The streets are so triumphantly full of life, the markets so full of colour and the land so filled with light that you come indoors for a visual rest

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Tunis for the Weekend | Barnaby Rogerson | Tunisia, Tunis and the North Coast, Tunis

Tunis, ah yes. Well, I have always longed to see the ruins of Carthage. And so they should. Tunis is one of the great cities of the Mediterranean and if you live in Europe it is just a short flight away

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Through a Glass Darkly: North Africa as seen through English travel writing | Barnaby Rogerson | Tunisia, Tunis and the North Coast, Tunis

For the reader of English there is a well-established body of North African travel writing which remains in print, cheaply and easily available in paperback

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