Nature / Medenine
Djerba
IslandHoumt Souk
Houmt Souk, Medenine
The largest island of North Africa, linked to the mainland by a Roman causeway and a ferry. Flat and sandy, it is known for its whitewashed mosques, palm and olive country, and the old Jewish quarter at Hara Sghira.
Good to know
- Area
- 514 km2
- Access
- Roman causeway from Zarzis and ferry from Jorf
Getting there
33.7736N 10.8942E
Photographs
Sources
Photos: Unknown (Public domain), Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Lic (CC BY-SA 4.0)