Djerba Travel & Tourism, Tunisia

Jerba hosts some paradoxes. It's a fairly big island, just off the North African coast, which has almost no islands. And it's a tourist resort, a big one, giving room for easy living, at the same time as a portion of the inhabitants here are

Kharijites, the third group in Islam, next to Sunnis and Shi´is. And the Kharijites have always been known for their unwillingness to get in touch with other people. There are still some Christians as well as about 1,000 Jews living here.

Jerba is not only appreciated for it's architecture, made up of square whitewashed houses all over the island. The whole island is like a little world of its own, so compressed that lazy traveller's can cover most of it. Yet, there is enough here to make globe-trotters have a great time here for a good fortnight. The topography of Jerba is simple, and there are some kilometres between each village, each telling its own story Jerba is smooth, sometimes startling, and just as charming as enthusiastic Tunisians tell you it is.

The touristic life of Jerba is both for foreigners (you'll meet lots of Libyans and Europeans here) and Tunisians. Tunisians are throwing old limitations behind them when coming here. As so many can stay here without meeting neighbours or relatives, Jerba is the one place in Tunisia where some Tunisian women appear in only the lower halves of their bikinis.

Source: tunisia.com

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