✨ Essential
🏖️ Beach
Sidi Mahrez Beach
10 km of fine sandy beach, turquoise waters. Tunisia's longest beach.
💡 Tip: Northern section quieter.
Midoun, Djerba's second city after Houmt Souk, is the heart of the island's hotel zone.
Midoun, Djerba's second city after Houmt Souk, is the heart of the island's hotel zone. Its Sidi Mahrez beaches, water sports centres, Friday market and proximity to the airport make it Djerba's main tourist base. Horse-drawn carriages, restaurants, shops and vibrant nightlife.
Midoun ('pleasant place' in Berber) has been inhabited since Antiquity. A modest agricultural village under the Ottomans. Tourism development in the 1960s–1970s transformed Midoun and its coastline into a major hotel zone. Today, over 100 hotels in the region.
4 must-see sites selected by our local team.
10 km of fine sandy beach, turquoise waters. Tunisia's longest beach.
Traditional market: handicrafts, dates, livestock.
Jet-ski, parasailing, banana boating.
Traditional stroll through the winding streets.
Island centre. Airport 10 km away.
Plenty of taxis.
Midoun for beaches and hotels. Houmt Souk for culture and UNESCO medina. 8 km apart.
Our local team designs your ideal Djerba Midoun programme. Private car or group place, the cheapest on the market.