Tourism in Tunisia (Mahdia)

Mahdia Tunisian capital .. history and beauty 

Republic of Tunisia replete with many ancient cities or tourist historically, or both. Among these cities, the city of "Mahdia" with a glorious past that with a known ancient Africa. It was an ancient Phoenician port, and then followed the Carthage Kairouan as the capital of Tunisia in the tenth century AD. This city was built on a peninsula extending into the Mediterranean Sea east of Tunisia, and derives its splendor from the sea and beaches, beautiful scenery, and her hometown of antique characterized by mobility and permanent trade is not interrupted.

The city of Mahdia, which lies about 65 kilometers to the south of the city of Sousse and 50 kilometers to the south of the city of Monastir, is famous as a tourist destination and a major as a city of the sea fishing and weave silk. Mahdia and occupies sixth place in terms of the number of tourists coming to Tunisia since visited annually about 10% of the total tourists more than the estimated five million tourists.

Memory Mahdia, DC 
As for how to become one of the capitals of Mahdia Tunisia historically, is attributable to the fact that when he left Obeid-Allah al-Mahdi city of Kairouan society 912 years, decided to choose another city to be the capital of his kingdom. As novels remember, experts have pointed out that it assesses its capital on the peninsula, which was the ancient port of Qirtajnyen. Sued on that site this capital, which chose her name Mahdia, and built fences around them, and when you make a huge entrance gate, currently bearing the name of "penthouse Kahla" any dark.
The whale city during the reign of the Mahdi Obeid-Allah, like other cities founded by Muslims in various cities to center, and the Palace of the Caliphate and the Caliph Mosque and collections of power and artisan shops and boutiques such as weavers and blacksmiths and goldsmiths. However, it was all these workers stay overnight in the neighborhood outside the city walls called "Azwailh."

Mahdia was known intellectual and artistic life thriving, but the Fatimids who weakened the numerous revolutions that have against them, preferring to escape from the founding of the city of Tunis and Cairo in Egypt in 973 AD. Mahdia has been attacked by the Normans of Sicily, and the Knights of Malta, until the establishment of the state Hafsid year 1234 AD, and Muradid year 1612, and Hosseinieh year 1705, then to enjoy stability. The arrival of batches of Andalusians and coming from Anatolia, to enrich the city's culture and traditions.

Market Ali Baba 
Turn gate to market Penthouse Kahla Ali Baba, like so contained in the stories of a thousand and one nights. During the weekly market held on Friday in the city, displays of women employed business for herself, embroidery, weaving, traditional clothing of their products end in beauty, made ​​of silk Minsojathen doctrine, Musogathen traditional designs are varied. The visit of this market opportunity to get acquainted with these traditional industries feminism, which represents one of the hallmarks of the traditional industries of Tunisia.
Occupies decking procedure of the homes Tunisian prominent place in Mahdia, in particular, where it becomes a real masterpiece, and it seems so obvious in the homes of the wealthy, especially in the approach Alhamzoat which has many beautiful houses built in the early twentieth century AD by members of one family. Featuring Mahdia so pomp traditional characteristic of cities Navy, it includes the port Fishing is one of the most important ports in Tunisia, and specializes catch fish sardines, depending on the lights at night, making summer nights in this city turn when leaving the fishing vessels towards the sea, to the occasions of joy beautiful, Yanar where the sea port and thousands of light bulbs, and become a beach city replaced a large movement at the dawn filament in the first days of summer, and the screams pierce the flanks fishmongers, and the arrival of hundreds of boxes of sardines and anchovy fish, which was caught on the high seas.

Holidays in Mahdia 
Mahdia have all it takes to enchant visitors when they come to it for a holiday, such as the large port, and her hometown of antique inherent under the sea, and airspace traditional, and its magnificent beaches, and many modern hotels, which made ​​it an attractive tourist area. And includes the city of Mahdia, though small, more than twenty-five hotels from which modern hotels ranging from 3-5 stars, allowing the tourists to choose a good extent by the financial ability. It is star hotels; find Hotel Melia Mouradi Mahdia, Mahdia and Palace, and Vinci Nour Palace. The four-star hotels mismatch, hotel Magic Life, and Aabroustarfatyma, and Phoenix Mahdia, and Riu El Mansour, Mahdia and Tlasa. There is also the city's many upscale restaurants such as Neptune, Aspadrn, and Lido.

Mahdia and allows visitors to medical tourism, cultural and sports. For medical tourism, the city of Mahdia is an ideal destination for those who want treatment in seawater, and currently has two health centers Mendmjan in two hotels, one four-star and the other five-star. As for cultural tourism, the city has many cultural attractions such as the Museum of Mahdia Sketa regional and Museum, and the Tower of Mahdia which is a castle dating back to the sixteenth century AD. As for sports tourism, for after fifty kilometers from the city, find lovers golfing golf seized upon stadiums in the city of Monastir, two Filamengjo Palm Golf and Linux.