Djerba
Djerba is an island off the south east coast of Tunisia, reached by a Roman bridge, that reflects the slow pace of island life. UNESCO inscribed it in 2023. Its main town, Houmt Souk, is the economic heart of the island and one of the best places in Tunisia for shopping.
- Time on our journeys
- Two nights
- Region
- Djerba
- UNESCO World Heritage
- Inscribed in 2023 as Djerba: Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory.
- On our journeys
- Two of our six private journeys
Visiting Djerba
Djerba is an island off the south east coast of Tunisia, and the sheets describe it as reflecting the slow pace of island life. The journeys reach it from the mainland by the Roman bridge. The island has a diversity of mosque architecture that differs from the architecture of the cities, and that varies a good deal within the island itself. Our guide to Tunisia adds sandy beaches, Berber villages with whitewashed houses and narrow streets, and local arts and crafts.
Houmt Souk, the main town, is the economic heart of Djerba. It is small and easy to walk around, and one of the best places in Tunisia for shopping, with markets, traditional handicrafts and historic buildings. Guellala is a town known for its pottery, and there is a relatively new private ethnographic museum there. Djerba is also home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, which dates its presence on the island to more than 2,000 years, and to the Ghriba synagogue. Djerbahood, a village of street art, is on the island too.
The eleven and twelve day journeys spend two nights on the island, at the Radisson Blu Djerba, or similar. The first day is given to Guellala, the Ghriba and the souk at Houmt Souk, and the next morning is unstructured: your guide, driver and vehicle are there for any exploring that sounds interesting. The twelve day journey then drives back to Sousse, and the eleven day journey flies back to Tunis in the late afternoon. Djerba lies inside the path of totality of the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027.
What to see
- Houmt Souk and its souk
- Guellala and its pottery
- The private ethnographic museum at Guellala
- The Ghriba synagogue
- Djerbahood and its street art
- Mosque architecture that varies across the island
- Sandy beaches
Journeys that include Djerba
Two of our seven journeys visit Djerba. The day by day, the hotels and the price are on each journey's own page.
Along the way in Djerba
An island that keeps its own pace, with one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world.
DjerbaYou are here. Two nights.
- The Ghriba SynagogueA short visit
- DjerbahoodA short visit
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