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Favorite thing: When you arrive at the Kasbah, you may have to find the guy who has the key so as to let you in and when you find him, he'll show you around and give you a guided tour in French only! Give him a tip afterwards, won't you!
Written Aug 19, 2008
Favorite thing: Today El Kef looks really peaceful, and even sleepy. To the point that it is extremely difficult to imagine that it had an eventful history - but so it was. The headquarters of the national movement of Algeria, a large Jewish community until the 1950's, a major centre of sexual cults in pre-Islamic times and the exile for ancient Carthaginian mercenary soldiers who were not paid for their services. That’s a lot of reputation for a sleepy place!!
Written Jan 6, 2004
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Favorite thing: We traveling folk think that a curiosity is something native to a place that we come to look at. Nope! There are some places where a tourists is a curiosity, and a party of some foreign ones even more so. El Kef is like that, though this might stop soon as the number of people coming grows.
Your status of such curiosity will mean that people will be mostly friendly and will be happy to help you discovering the town, though your opinion will be sought as to how you find it. And you’d better not criticize the place to much: but there will be no need for this, ‘cause El Kef is great, and really underrated.
Written Jan 6, 2004
Favorite thing: Many Tunisian towns and cities, including the city of El Kef, have since long been famous for the beautiful gates and windows of the houses. While the houses might be simple and minimalist, with just white walls and occasionally, scenes of the Hadj to Mecca, the wealth of the owners transpired in the workmanship of these traditional - and highly useful :)) - elements.
The dominating colours for doors are blue and beige (remember the door on the front page of one of the Lonely Planet guides?) with iron decorations in ornaments and often elaborate door knobs, while windows are dominated by blue.
Written Jan 2, 2004
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Many Tunisian towns and cities, including the city of El Kef, have since long been famous for the beautiful gates and windows of the houses. While the houses...
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Q: hi I would like to know if there are any leisure centres in Le Kef? thanks and whats names and how to contact them
A: I would be most surprised if there was. Certainly noticed nothing of the sort when I was there.
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El Kef is situated in the northwest of Tunisia, close to the Algerian border. El Kef is arabic for 'the rock', and the town is built around the Kabah (castle), perched on huge outcrop of rock on a...
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Le Kef, just 30 kilometres from Algeria, was one of my favourite places in Tunisia. Located on a hilltop, whitewashed houses spill down the slopes under an impressive Ottoman kasbah. Climb the...
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El Kef is a quiet, reasonably attractive town. perhaps not quite the gem implied by the guidebooks, but worth a short diversion anyhow. The crennelated walls of the old kasbah guard the town, and...
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SO WHAT EL KEF ACTUALLY IS, OR AN OFFICIAL VIEW El Kef, or Le Kef - town, northwestern Tunisia. The town is situated at an elevation of 2,559 feet (780 m) on the slopes of the Haut (high) Tell, 22......
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The old town of Le Kef (kef = "rock"), known in Arabic as Chikka Benar, is picturesquely situated on the slopes of Dir el Kef, an outlier of the High Tell. The upper town, crowned by the Kasbah, has...
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