Bardo and Medina

The Bardo National Museum or Bardo Palace is a museum of Tunis, Tunisia, located in the suburbs of Le Bardo. It is one of the most important museums in the Mediterranean region and the second museum of the African continent after the Egyptian Museum of Cairo by richness

The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979

Founded in 698 around the original core of the Zitouna Mosque, the Medina of Tunis developed throughout the Middle Ages. The main axis was between the mosque and the centre of government to the west in the kasbah. To the east this same main road extended to the Bab el Bhar. Expansions to the north and south divided the main Medina into two suburbs north (Bab Souika) and south (Bab El Jazira).
Before the Almohad Caliphate, other cities such as Mahdia and Kairouan had served as capitals. Under Almohad rule, Tunis became the capital of Ifriqiya, and under the Hafsid period it developed into a religious, intellectual and economic center. It was during the Hafsid period that the Medina as we now know it took on its essential form. It gradually acquired a number of buildings and monuments combining the styles of Ifriqiya, Andalusian and Oriental influences, but also borrowing some of the columns and capitals of Roman and Byzantine monuments.

Bardo was a smaller cute town with many embassies and government buildings along with the museum.

Medina was crazy - small crowded streets with kiosks, vendors and shops. Everyone asking us to stop and look and buy. We made it through to see the Kasbah Plaza and some national monuments. Back through then craziness to see the St. Vincent de Paul basilica. Catholic Churches are allowed in this mostly Sunni Muslim country. However, they must practice only inside the building and are not allowed to ring their church bells or do anything outside of the building.
Lunch was skewered chicken and beef with rice and salad and hummus and sour cream.
We went back to the Airbnb for naps and emails + work. Then enjoyed our leftovers and watched some Netflix.もっと詳しく