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Sousse is a city of Tunisia, located 140 km south of Tunis, it is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea.
In the 11th century B.C., the Phoenicians founded Hadrumetum. The city allied itself with Rome during the Punic Wars, thereby escaping damage or ruin and entered a relatively peaceful 700-year period under Pax Romana.
After the fall of Rome, the Vandals, and later the Byzantines, took over the town, renaming it, respectively, Hunerikopolis and Justinianopolis. In the 7th century A.D. Arab-Islamic armies conquered what is now Tunisia and rapidly spread Arab culture across what had been a thoroughly Romanized and Christianized landscape.
In the centuries that followed, as Europe gained technological ascendancy and began pushing back at Islam, Sūsa was briefly occupied by the Normans in the 12th century, was later more substantially occupied by the Spanish, and in the 18th century was the target of bombardments by the Venetians and the French. The French renamed the city Sousse.
Today it is considered one of the best examples of seaward-facing fortifications built by the Arabs. Its ribat, a soaring structure that combined thepurposes of a minaret and a watch tower, is in outstanding condition and draws visitors from around the world. Tourism has become a central activity, with some 1,200,000 visitors every year coming to enjoy its fine hotels and restaurants, trendy nightclubs and casinos, beaches, sports facilities and museums.
Third city of the country after Tunis and Sfax, Sousse owes its status of the uncontested capital of the region to a certain number of assets. The city has 135000 inhabitants.
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All'interno della Medina di Sousse sotto il sole della Tunisia, a due passi da Hammamet.
Una casa multicolore, confortevole, stupendamente tunisina, piena di calore umano e... di gatti che non ti daranno fastidio, ma si crogioleranno al sole gettandoti appena un'occhiata, quando tornerai da uno dei tanti giri che farai tra le mille cose da vedere di una cittą viva, cosmopolita, interessante e mai scontata.
Potrai guardare il mare da una stupenda terrazza, respirare l'atmosfera di qui e riposare prima di rituffarti tra i mercati, tra i monumenti o nel mare cristallino, e quando ripartirai, lascerai un pezzo del tuo cuore a Sousse, che conserveremo sino al tuo ritorno.
Ti aspettiamo.
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