Tunisia is a land of contrasts. Its desert sands and azure seas provide inspiration for its many artisans, craftsmen, artists, writers and poets from all over the world.

Roughly the size of the state of Georgia, Tunisia is rich in culture, history and progressive thought. One of the most exotic and undiscovered countries in Northern Africa, Tunisia is quietly becoming a favorite destination for the discerning traveler.

The Tunisian craft industry is one of the professional activities oldest and best distributed through the pays.Le know-how grew rich by multiple artistic and cultural influences which marked the history of the country:

• Punic from 814 to 146 before J.C,
• Roman of 146 before JC with 439 after J.C
• Vandal and byzantine from 439 to 647 after
• Aghlabide from 647 to 909 after J.C
• Fatimide and ziride from 909 to 1148 after J.C
• Hafside from 1159 to 1534 after Turkish J.C from 1534 to 1704 after J.C...

  All these influences created an incredible diversity as well in the artisanal products, of the utility article, stripped with the decorative object, richly decorated, as in the forms, the reasons, the colors, matters... Ceramics: clay pottery,

  enamelled pottery (Djerba, Nabeul, Sejnane, Barrama..)

  Leather: (Tunis, Sfax, Kebili) Wood: pieces of furniture and musical instruments,         plays (Aïn Draham, Kélibia)

  Metal: Copper enamelled, engraved or engraved... cages with birds and movable         wrought iron (Tunis, Kerouan)

  Jewels and objects decorative: gold and money (massive and make in filigree...          objets fafriqués out of money and paste of "ambre " [mixture of scented black          color containing musk, sandalwood and amber ] (Tunis, Sfax, Monastir, Mahdia         and Sousse)

  Weavings and embroideries : (Aïn Draham, Nabeul, Sliman, Tozeur, Gabès,          Moknine...)

   Carpet and Klims (Kerouan, Kebili, Aïn Draham)

In Tunisia, you read the secular customs in every action.            

The one of the craftsman who polishes his boiler making pieces lovingly, the one of the potter who makes the jars which keep water so fresh, the one of the weaver, who ties up the crude wool for carpets, guaranteed by the label "Quality-authenticity".

 Every tribe has its own drawings and colors: The claret prevails in Douiret, the black in Guermassa, the blue in Matmata and Tataouine.

 Can you resist to the gypsum flower, the quartz, the Berbers' jewels?

 As passing through Nabeul, you can admire the magic of the craftsman who fashions, on a red clay foundation, his faience decorated with green and yellow motifs.

 Or this another one who transforms under your eyes, the leather into, sandals, begs, belts, djebbas, or vests delicately embroidered.

 Finally, who doesn't know the adorable bird cage of Sidi Bou Saïd?