Bizerte, the tip of the African continent

Located at the northern tip of Tunisia, Bizerte was originally a counter Phoenician and Roman.It developed from the XIII during the reign of Hafsides. Sanctuary land the city hosted the XVII Andalusian, expelled from Spain during the Inquisition and the White Russians in the early century, some still living in Bizerte.

It is from the French protectorate from 1881 it became an important military base Frenchified, for its strategic position. Evacuated in 1963, it remains marked by the mixing of populations that lived there.

Surrounded by the Mediterranean, north and east, the lakes of Bizerte and Ichkeul south, the city communicates through a corridor towards Menzel Bouguiba and Tabarka, and a mobile bridge that connects it to then Zarzouna Tunis.

Bizerte lives thanks to fishing, the activity of the commercial port, its free zone, which extends from Menzel-Jemil Menzel Bourguiba, and Tourism. In fact it has a rich and varied coastline, cliffs and coves to the north ridge to the east and sandy beaches bordered by pine forest in the south.

Located west of Menzel Bourguiba, the Ichkeul Lake and Mount of the same name are classified nature park and world heritage of UNESCO. This nature reserve consists of birds, some belong to very rare species of raptors, buffalo, jackals and others.

Lake communicates with Bizerte. In winter, the feed streams and freshwater salinity is low. In winter the flow reverses and seawater invaded, resulting in the formation of an ecosystem, rare in the world.The fauna and flora have adapted to them hence the existence of rare or unique. The reserve has a museum, a must see.

What to see in Bizerte?

• The old port of Bizerte

• The canal

• The marina "Marina Sport Nautique"

• The Oceanographic Museum

• The market

• the cornice

• The coves of Béchateur

• The natural park of Ichkeul

• The beach and forest Errimel in Menzel Jemil

• The beach of Sidi El Mekki in Ghar El Melh