Tabarka Needles and Genoese Fort
- Randonnée
- Distance
- 5km
- Durée
- 1.8H
- Dénivelé
- 94M
Profil altimétrique
0-52 M / TUILES DE TERRAIN ÉCHANTILLONNÉES LE LONG DU TRACÉ
Photographies
Photos : Mourad Ben Abdallah / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), T-Houda86 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Eman Jaradat (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Point de départ
- Voiture
- About 175 km west of Tunis via Beja and Nefza (about 3 h); park in town.
- Louage
- Louage from Tunis Bab Saadoun station to Tabarka (verify locally).
- Bus / train
- Train Tunis-Jendouba, then louage Jendouba-Tabarka; SNTRI buses also run Tunis-Tabarka.
À proximité
La randonnée
A short seafront walk from the Needles rock stacks to the Genoese fort on the Tabarka peninsula and back along the corniche.
Tabarka sits where the cork-oak hills of Kroumirie meet the sea, and its corniche runs past Les Aiguilles, a row of eroded sandstone needles standing on the shore. The path climbs onto the former island, now joined to the mainland by a causeway, to the fort built in the 16th century by the Genoese Lomellini family, who held Tabarka for about two centuries as a red-coral trading post. From the ramparts there are views over the port, the bay and the forested coast toward the Algerian border.
- Les Aiguilles sandstone needles
- 16th-century Genoese fort
- Causeway to the former island
- Red-coral trading history
Météo et saison
- SAISON
- Year-round; best Apr-Jun and Sep-Oct
| Mois | Maximale moyenne | Minimale moyenne | Pluie |
|---|---|---|---|
| janvier | 14.8 C | 9.8 C | 194 mm |
| février | 14.8 C | 9.3 C | 200 mm |
| mars | 17 C | 10.7 C | 154 mm |
| avril | 20 C | 12.9 C | 84 mm |
| mai | 22.5 C | 15.5 C | 66 mm |
| juin | 27 C | 19.3 C | 19 mm |
| juillet | 30.3 C | 22.3 C | 5 mm |
| août | 30.9 C | 23 C | 21 mm |
| septembre | 27.5 C | 21 C | 65 mm |
| octobre | 24.3 C | 18.1 C | 105 mm |
| novembre | 19.6 C | 14.1 C | 210 mm |
| décembre | 16.1 C | 11.4 C | 182 mm |
Normales mensuelles 2011-2020 au point de départ, par Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0). Les mois teintés sont la saison annoncée pour cette randonnée.
Pratique
- Eau
- Cafes and shops in town.
- Guide
- not needed
- Dangers
- Slippery rocks near the needles in rough sea; summer heat.
- Tracé
- Ligne approximative le long des chemins cartographiés, entre des points vérifiés. Suivez un guide ou une trace GPS sur le terrain.
Partir avec un guide
Ces opérateurs et clubs organisent des randonnées guidées en Tunisie :
- WildyNessTunisian booking platform for guided hikes with local guides (Cap Blanc, Mides, Selja, Dahar, El Haouaria), several with GPS downloads.
- Association Tunisienne des RandonneursHiking association in Tunis that runs and writes up group hikes across the country.
- Mosaic North AfricaTour operator offering custom hiking trips, including the Chebika, Tamerza and Mides oases.
- Destination DaharPublishes the official topoguide (12 stages, 194 km) of the Grande Traversee du Dahar.
- Grand Sahara AventuresDjerba-based operator running Berber village and desert treks in the south.
- Destination TunisTunis-based guide publishing and leading day hikes around Tunis and Cap Bon.