Kasbah ramparts
Right above the sea.
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A small white walled medina rising straight from the sea, the old heart of Hammamet and its loveliest corner. Its north-west angle is guarded by the kasbah, a square fort about fifty metres a side with bastions at its corners. The oldest part of the kasbah is a rectangular Hafsid tower rising above the walls, while the present bastions and curtain walls were rebuilt in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to carry cannon; the walls are 12 metres high and 6 metres thick. A single gate leads into a dog-leg passage with a commemorative inscription dated 1600. In the middle of the courtyard stands the tomb of Sidi Bouali, a volunteer defender of the late fifteenth century. Climb onto the ramparts for the sea and the beach on one side, and the medina's white rooftops and mosque minaret on the other. Afterwards wander the medina's lanes for free, between blue doors and craft shops, and walk down to the beach below the walls. In the evening the cafés along the waterfront in front of the walls fill up.
Right above the sea.
In the courtyard.
Blue doors and crafts.
The medina, on Hammamet beach
Yes, the lanes are free to wander; the kasbah costs 8 TND for non-residents.