Kebili Travel Guide

 maykal Says:  The mosque's minaret stands tall above the ruins and is quite a sad sight. Apart from the small whitewashed zaouias, it is the only real surviving structure of Old Kebili. The mosque building itself doesn't look as old as the minaret, but is still in use, as you will hear... 

 maykal Says:  Four or five zaouias (also known as marabouts...think of them as mini mosques) still stand in Kebili, and a couple of them are used regularly. I met members of the Aissawiya Sufi sect who invited me to their Mawlid an-Nebi (Prophet's Birthday) celebrations in one of the... 

 maykal Says:  Old Kebili used to be just plain Kebili until relatively recently. In the 1980s, the old centre was deemed uninhabitable, and the locals were "encouraged" to move to the modern town 3 kilometres away. I'm told this was supposedly optional, but by making basic commodities... 

 maykal Says:  If modern Kebili doesn't do it for you, don't just hop on the next louage out of there...stock up on water, and head out of town, under an impressive archway and down a 3 kilometre road through palm trees...After half an hour or so, the ruins and zaouias of Old Kebili will... 

 barryg23 Says:  There's a real feeling of desolation as you wander through the abandoned houses in Old Kebili. The path ended after a while so we had to clamber over walls in what was, probably, once someone's bedroom or kitchen. 

 barryg23 Says:  Old Kebili is completely deserted. We could see some builders in the distance working on a site but other than that we had the place to ourselves. We decided to wander throught the ruins to try and find a place for a picnic. The mosque in the old town has a loudspeaker... 

 barryg23 Says:  Deep in the oasis lies Old Kebili which has been abandoned since 1980. Approaching Kebili from the south you'll see a sign for L'ancienne Kebili. Follow this road for about a kilometre and you'll see a large arch from where a narrow, winding road leads to the old town. There... 

 barryg23 Says:  The most impressive feature of Kebili is its oasis which completely surrounds the abandoned, old town and also surrounds much of the new town. 

 barryg23 Says:  As the new town has only been built in recent years there aren't too many distinctive buildings. The white mosque was the most impressive building we saw although there wasn't much to distinguish from the other white mosques we had seen in Jerba and in Southern Tunisia. We... 

 Krabbendam Says:  asked for "the best hotel in town"fairly nice rooms, though not quite up to the standard of the reception areainternet access in receptionI think the place felt soulless because it was so large and so empty: there was almost noone there extravagant layout with large pool 

 barryg23 Says:  After walking through the ruins we finally saw somewhere to sit and have a picnic. On the far side of the mosque was a makeshift wall which was exactly what we needed. I've had lunch in some interesting places before but next to a mosque in an ancient town which has been...