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fiogf49gjkf0d THERE ARE A VARIETY OF SOUVENIR ITEMS AVALIABLE. KAFTANS,
LEATHER WORK, PERFUMES, BIRDCAGES, POTTERY, SPICES, DATES,
DESERT ROSES, SPONGES, RUGS AND CARPETS, COPPERWARE.
THERE ARE THREE CENTRES TO THE CAPITAL TUNIS. THE MODERN
CENTRE, THE ARAB MEDINA AND THE ANCIENT CITY OF CARTHAGE.
THE MAIN STREET IN MODERN TUNIS IS AVENUE HABIB BOURGUIBA
THERE ARE MANY SHOPS, KIOSKS AND STALLS ALONG THIS AVENUE.
IN THE ARAB MEDINA THE MAIN STREET IS DJAMA EZ ZITOUNA. IN
THIS STREET THERE ARE MANY CRAFT SHOPS SELLING A VARIETY OF
ITEMS. PERFUMES CAN BE FOUND IN THE SOUK EL ATTARINE ALONG
THE WALL OF THE ZITOUNA MOSQUE. ALONG THE WEST WALL IS THE
SOUK EL KOUMACH, WHERE STALLS SELLING WOVEN PRODUCTS SUCH
AS CLOTHES AND BLANKETS ARE FOUND. IN THE SOUK DES ORFEVRES
NEAR THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF THE MOSQUE GOLDSMITHS AND
SILVERSMITHS MAKE JEWELLERY.
CLOSE TO CARTHAGE IS THE TOWN OF SIDI BOU SAID. HERE
CRAFTMEN MAKE INTRICATE BIRDCAGES FROM WIRE AND WOOD.
TO THE SOUTH WEST OF TUNIS IS NABEUL FAMOUS FOR ITS CERAMICS
AND POTTERY. WHOLE PANALS OF CERAMIC TILES CAN BE PURCHASED
DISMANTLED AND REASSEMBLED LATER. WOVEN GRASS MATS CAN ALSO
BE FOUND. FOR AN IDEA OF THE HANDICRAFTS AVALIBLE THERE IS
THE ARTISANAT HANDICRAFT SHOP.
IN THE TUNISIAN SAHEL THE CITY OF SOUSSE IS THE CAPITAL OF
THIS REGION. THE RUE D?ANGLETERRE LEADS TO THE SOUKS WHERE A
VARIETY OF HANDICRAFTS ARE FOR SALE.
OFF THE EAST COAST IN THE GULF OF GABES IS THE ISLAND OF
DJERBA. HOUMT SOUK IS THE BUISNESS CENTRE OF THE ISLAND. IN
THE CENTRE THERE ARE MANY SOUKS AND MARKET PLACES. THERE ARE
SHOPS SPECIALIZING IN LEATHER GOODS, CARPETS AND JEWELLERY
AND SHOPS SELLING A VARIETY OF SOUVENIRS.
IN SOUTHERN TUNISIA AT GABES WHICH IS AN OASIS ON THE COAST
THE LOCAL CRAFTSMEN WEAVE CARPETS AND BASKETS.
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