Sfax
Tunisia's second city keeps the best-preserved medina in the country and almost no tourists inside it. A working port that has never bothered to charm anybody.
Sfax in eight slides
Wikipedia · 4 Sep 2026
Things to do in Sfax
Where to stay in Sfax
Sfax in a day, two days, three
- Day 24 stops
- Medina of Sfax
- Sfax Archaeological Museum
- Sidi Amar Kammoun Mausoleum
- Souk El Haddadine
Landmarks in Sfax
Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sidi Amar Kammoun mausoleum is one of the most important mausoleums of the medina of Sfax, Tunisia.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 5 Dec 2023
Fatma Hamdi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fondouk El Haddadine or the blacksmiths' fondouk, is an old fondouk in the medina of Sfax located near Bab Jebli.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Apr 2025
Mohamed Mseddi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0