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Djerba

With over 300 days a year of beautiful golden sunshine, clear blue skies and soft sandy beaches, there's a lot to love about the island Djerba Tunisia. Wanna be relaxing lazily under a glorious sunshine, fair sky, golden sandy beaches enjoying a gentle breeze blowing? Djerba island will be the first destination that springs to your mind.

Djerba is a superb island located in the south east of Tunisia renowned for its mild climate with such a well cultivated soil. Its beauty and charm can be seen from the airplane since it's a perfect combination of crystal-clear seas and plentiful huge palms served in a picturesque green environment. The island is known for its azure sandy beaches as well as the countless awe-inspiring sites where ancient ruins lie such as the old synagogue El Ghriba and fortress like mosques. However, the Island of Dreams is not all about beaches culture and exploring. There's lots of enthralling activities to do for youngs and restless like bars, cafes, nightclubs, cruises, beach parties and restaurents lasting at all hours.
If you're looking for the picture-perfect beach escape, then the island of Djerba checks all the right boxes. The main island town of Houmt Souk has an old town district that's a muddle of whitewashed houses. It is an attraction in itself, with plenty of shopping opportunities for those who want to get off the beach. But it's those sandy strips of shoreline out of town that are the island's most popular highlight. Pristine and trimmed by date palms, the beaches are relaxing, get-away-from-it-all settings where summer daydreams are made







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