North-West · Tunisia
Béja
Tunisia's breadbasket — rolling wheat hills and Roman Dougga's neighbour.
Béja is Tunisia's grain country: green and rolling in spring, golden in summer, this is where the Roman province of Africa earned its reputation as Rome's breadbasket.
The town itself is a hilltop kasbah city with a distinctive medina and a cool, damp climate by Tunisian standards.
It's also the gateway to the most spectacular Roman site in the country — Dougga — which sits just over the border in neighbouring Béja and Siliana.