Blue doors and white walls above the Gulf of Tunis
Sidi Bou Said is a small village on a cliff above the Gulf of Tunis, its cobbled lanes lined with whitewashed houses, blue-painted doors and window grilles, and bougainvillea. Artists including Paul Klee were drawn here, and the palace of Baron d'Erlanger, Ennejma Ezzahra, is now a museum of Arab and Mediterranean music. Drink mint tea with pine nuts at Café des Nattes or on a terrace overlooking the sea, and eat a bambalouni doughnut while you walk. The village is easily combined with Carthage.