Petit Paris

Cap Bon


Around the coast from Plage de la Mansoura, Petit Paris is a smaller beach but still clean and loved by locals. A number of restaurants vie for space a few metres back, so there's no need to pack a picnic for something to eat between swimming sessions.


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Nearby Cap Bon attractions

1. Plage de la Mansoura

0.28 MILES

Plage de la Mansoura's soft white sand tapers gently into blissfully clear-as-glass sea. This is Kelibia's favourite beach, and it gets packed at the…

2. Al Fatha

0.3 MILES

Surrounded by villas for hire, Al Fatha beach feels like a hidden-away private residential cove, at least until the weekend when the whole neighbourhood…

3. Fort de Kelibia

0.78 MILES

In use off and on since it was built by the Carthaginians in the 5th century BC, this strategically placed fort, the largest preserved in Tunisia,…

4. Plage de Sidi Mansour

1.39 MILES

The road to get here from Kelibia is rough, narrow and militantly guarded by herds of goats, but if you have your own set of wheels, this is one of Cap…

5. Kerkouane

7.06 MILES

Set on a turquoise curve of prime coastal real estate, the Unesco-listed Punic settlement of Kerkouane is the world’s best-preserved example of a…

6. Plage Menzel Temime

8.04 MILES

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7. Ras Ed Drek

13.77 MILES

This lovely, long, white-sand beach, also known as El Haouaria plage, is a local favourite, backed by clusters of villas and a couple of restaurants. To…

8. Djebel Sidi Abiod

16.04 MILES

This 390m peak is the northeastern tip of the Tunisian Dorsale – and feels like the edge of the world. A paved road winds to the top, where you can revel…