The view
To the sea.
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Takrouna is a small Berber village in Tunisia's Sahel region, on a hill about 200 metres above sea level, about 38 km southwest of Hammamet and 44 km northwest of Sousse in a straight line. The village looks out over the Gulf of Hammamet, Hergla and Sousse to the east, Djebel Zaghouan to the north and the Kairouan plain to the south. Its name is thought to come from a tribe that migrated to Andalusia in the 8th century, whose descendants settled on this hill in 1609 after leaving Andalusia. White and brown stone houses pile up on the rocky hilltop, crowned by the dome of a small mosque, with narrow lanes and colourful doors winding between them. From the top a wide view opens over olive groves and plains stretching to the sea. Visitors climb the lanes to the top of the village for the view, and see the traditional ovens still fuelled with olive branches. The village is small and needs about an hour, making a good stop on the road between Hammamet and Sousse.
To the sea.
Colourful doors.
Olive-branch fuel.
Takrouna, Sousse Governorate, Tunisia
About an hour.
Yes, from Hammamet or Sousse.