Mahdia Travel Guide

From experiencing camel ride not far from the hotel or a boat trip from mahdia and back round in a loop .visiting the colaseum which is the 3rd biggest in the world. Mahdia is again very hot and sunny so you wont  last very long out there after visiting a handmade carpet shop and the markets.

Mahdia was chosen as the capital because of the proximity to the sea, and the promontory on which an important military settlement had been since the time of the Phoenicians. With a wall 10 metres thick, man and nature had built one of this coast's best fortresses

Mahdia resorts

Mahdia tourism

Mahdia's great charm are the narrow streets, trees, the life of the locals, the cafés. The only really open part of the city is in front of the Great Mosque, which is only great in size,- otherwise it is a sad attempt to reconstruct the mosque of the first Fatimids.

Things to do in Mahdia

Mahdia culture

The first Fatimid ruler declared himself as the Mahdi, the last prophet of Islam. The Fatimids moved their centre to Egypt after conquering Cairo, and Mahdia had been the capital for just 50 years.

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