North-West · Tunisia
Jendouba
Cork-oak forests, Tabarka coast and the Roman ruins of Bulla Regia.
Jendouba is the green corner of Tunisia. The Khroumirie mountains here are covered in cork-oak forest — wild boar, fennec foxes, even rare Barbary deer still roam.
Its coast is dominated by Tabarka, a small port with a Genoese fort on a rocky islet, famous for its annual jazz festival and excellent diving on the Coraline reefs.
Inland, Bulla Regia is unique in the Roman world for its underground villas — built half-buried to escape the summer heat, with mosaic floors still in place.