Mahdia

Mahdia is a city in Northern Tunisia, set along a superb coastline with a blue sea, as well as historical town full of tradition.

Get in

By train

There are regular train services from Tunis, Sousse and Monastir, all to the north, operated by SNCFT.

• 1 Mahdia railway station (Gare Mahdia). (updated Mar 2019)

See

• 1 Bordj el Kebir Fortress. (updated Mar 2019)
• 2 Great Mosque of Mahdiya. Located on the southern side of the peninsula on which the old city was located; built in 916 CE, after the founding of the city within the walls built by the Caliphate on an artificial platform reclaimed from the sea.  
• 3 Skifa Kahla. Also known as Bab Zouila, the gate is part of the ancient ramparts built in the 10th century by the Fatimids. (updated Mar 2019)

Do

• Morning running on the beach
• Artistic workshops in Beit El Makhbar

Buy

• Fresh fish from the local market

Eat

• Chapati
• Lablabi

Sleep

• 1 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 centre. (updated Mar 2019)

Go next

• Sousse
• Monastir
• Kairouan
• El Jem