Dar Ismail Hôtel

Northern Tunisia


Not quite the intimate retreat the 'dar' name suggests, this top-rated resort is painted in glitzy shades of tangerine and has peachy, comfortable rooms and all the comforts – plus a sensational pool with canals, bridges and large swimming basins. There is also a fine stretch of beach, a beautifully maintained garden, a spa and a couple of restaurants.


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1. Montazah Beach

0.79 MILES

This beach begins at the marina and stretches eastward around the bay, past the big hotels of the Zone Touristique. The further from the marina you go the…

2. Marina

0.98 MILES

The heart of Tabarka is its marina, just northeast of the town centre. It’s a popular place to hang out, go for a drink or stroll.

3. Statue of Habib Bourguiba

1.02 MILES

This fine statue of Tunisia's first president in reflective pose commemorates the exile of Habib Bourguiba to Tabarka by the French in the early 1950s…

4. La Basilique

1.36 MILES

La Basilique is a Roman cistern turned into a church by French missionaries at the end of the 19th century. Delicate and airy it’s not – inside you can…

5. Genoese Fort

1.37 MILES

This fort is Tabarka's most instantly recognised landmark, sitting as it does on a wooded hill guarding the entrance to the harbour. It was built in the…

6. Les Aiguilles

1.38 MILES

Across from Tabarka's old harbour bay (Ancien Port) from the peninsula, Les Aiguilles (pronounced layz ai-gwee) are a grouping of spiky pinnacles of rock…

7. Ras Rajel War Cemetery

5.07 MILES

This neatly tended cemetery contains the graves of 500 Allied soldiers who died in the winter of 1942 following the Axis landings in Tunisia. Sixty of the…

8. Bulla Regia

27.09 MILES

Famed for its extraordinary underground villas, the Roman city of Bulla Regia, 7km northwest of Jendouba, offers a rare opportunity to walk into complete,…