From Sidi Bou Said, we circled Cape Bon clockwise to reach Kekouane by midday. The location is well signposted on the main road to Kelibia.

The site is very well equipped, with guarded parking and a small, very informative museum. The model of the Punic and exclusively Punic city is very educational and gives a good idea of ​​the size of the city in the 3rd century BC. The number of Punic works of art presented is limited, but they are very beautifully crafted. It would seem that the excavations are not exhaustive. Do the unexcavated areas correspond to the gaps in the model?

As for the excavation site, its setting is so magnificent that one would almost want to play leapfrog with the base of the walls that remained in place: the ruins, a few trees that provide vertical counterpoint, the sea in the distance, a cloud that has come to the wrong place, the sound of the surf and the singing of Tunisian scouts in the breeze (Introductory photo). Everything is peaceful.

I'm not going to show the image of Els where we see the goddess Tanit on the ground welcoming the stranger, but it's one of the most sympathetic images that we can see on the site. I was also very surprised to see the great know-how of the builders of the time, with these sitz baths covered in red plaster and the floor coverings so accomplished!

For van life enthusiasts, it is possible to sleep in the parking lot, but a few hundred meters before reaching the ancient Kerkouane, there is a sign indicating a hotel on the right. By taking a passable track, you arrive at an esplanade facing the sea where there are a few rental houses, a swimming pool and a restaurant, the dream in short where we slept!

I was hoping to tick off the intangible site of humanity "Harissa, culinary and social know-how and practices" on my personal list while crossing the chili and pepper fields towards Nabeul, but as I was driving, it was my wife who saw them! We honored this site by buying cans of Harissa from Cap Bon, but you can find the same ones in Brussels!