The Medina in Hammamet Tunisia (Hammamet Medina (Tunisia))

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Hammamet Medina (Tunisia)
Date:	04/05/09 (225 review reads)
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Advantages: tourist shops

Disadvantages: tourist shops

As I have mentioned before we escaped to Tunisia for a break this February I was convalescing after an operation. We stayed at Hammamet one of the places we visited was the Medina, Medina actually means old town. This Medina is next to the fort on the sea front easy to find

The medina is really a market contained within 15centuary walls lots of tiny shops very close together and a few houses too. The blue painted doorways in the white door surrounds are very attractive. These doors are often pictured on Hammamet post cards,

The area of the medina is mot very large a few narrow streets. It was not very busy when we were there but it was only Feb not main holiday season.
The shopkeepers would mostly be standing idle in their doorways chatting to neighbours and trying to tempt us into see their wares. They would say come into my shop see my good Turkish good cheap price. It was expected that you would haggle the price down with them.

To be honest I did not want any tourist nik naks , no carpets no jewellery, no Turkish delight , no tee shirts , no sandals, no hand bags To be honest MR Turkish shop keeper I might have looked round your small shop if you were not in my face haggling .
Mind you I did not blame them they had a living to make it was early season , there were not many tourist around. We said no thank you or politely ignored looked the other way so they got the message we were not buying. Once we made it obvious we were not interested we were not hounded.

This was an attractive area with the white painted shops and the brightly coloured clothes or jewellery hanging up ., Even though I was not tempted to buy I am glad we walked around a few streets . , This area really is a tourist trap at one time I guess it sold real items to the locals; I imagine no local shops in this medina now.

Summary: Old small market shops in Hmmamet Tunisia