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Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03

Djerba

Tunisia's sun island in the Gulf of Gabes — North Africa's largest island, famed for beaches, bazaars and a 2023 UNESCO listing.

33.800° N10.880° E
site access marine
Djerba–Zarzis International Airport (DJE)
Houmt Souk old town and Borj El Kebir
El Ghriba synagogue
Guellala Museum
Formation
low limestone platform; flat agricultural plain of palms, olives and figs with shallow coastal lagoons
Population
163,726
Water
Mediterranean Sea
Access
easy

Every required movement

The passage
to Djerba.

Fly to Djerba–Zarzis International Airport (DJE); drive in via the El Kantara causeway or take the El Jorf–Ajim car ferry.

  1. 01
    Djerba–Zarzis International Airport (DJE)

    Nearest recorded air access

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  2. 02
    Water crossing

    El Jorf–Ajim car ferry (southwest) plus the 6 km El Kantara causeway from the mainland.

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  3. 03
    Entry check

    Tunisia visa-exemption for many nationalities; package-tour exemptions apply.

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What the chart cannot hold

What becomes visible when you follow houmt souk bazaar beyond the familiar map?

Djerba is the largest island of North Africa (514 sq km), a flat palm-and-olive island whose distinctive courtyard-village settlement pattern earned UNESCO World Heritage status in 2023. It blends Arab, Berber, Jewish and African heritage with mass beach tourism on its east coast.

Legendary land of the Lotus-Eaters; Phoenician then Roman Meninx (purple dye); Vandals, Byzantines, Arab conquest; Norman, Spanish and Ottoman contests; French protectorate 1881; independent Tunisia 1956; UNESCO site 2023.

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The useful
details.

Coordinates
33.80° N · 10.88° E
Sovereignty
Tunisia · part of country
Nearest mainland
Tunisian mainland (linked by the Roman-era causeway at El Kantara and the El Jorf–Ajim ferry)
Best recorded window
April–June and September–October (warm, less crowded).
Permits / entry
Tunisia visa-exemption for many nationalities; package-tour exemptions apply.
Languages
Arabic, French, Berber (Guellala)

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