# Roots Earth in Sousse: audio stories about 40 places Canonical: https://rootsearth.com/cities/sousse Published: 16 September 2026 Roots Earth has audio stories about 40 places in Sousse, Tunisia, in Africa. The Sousse stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Sousse, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people. The 40 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026. ## The 40 places in Sousse with audio stories In the order the app shows them. 1. Ribat of Sousse 2. Great Mosque of Sousse 3. Medina of Sousse 4. Kasbah of Sousse 5. Sousse Archaeological Museum 6. Catacombs of the Good Shepherd 7. Khalef al-Fata Tower 8. Dar Essid Museum 9. Bou Ftata Mosque 10. Souks of the Medina 11. Nador Watchtower 12. Sofra Cistern 13. Port El Kantaoui 14. Boujaafar Beach 15. Place des Martyrs 16. Medina Ramparts of Sousse 17. Sousse Olympic Stadium 18. Marina of El Kantaoui 19. Friguia Park 20. Hammam Sousse 21. El Kantaoui Golf Course 22. Amphitheatre of El Jem 23. Great Mosque of Kairouan 24. Hergla 25. Mahdia 26. Ribat of Monastir 27. Tunisian Sahel 28. Souk El Ahad (Sunday Market) 29. Avenue Habib Bourguiba 30. Sousse Corniche 31. Place Farhat Hached 32. Khezama 33. Sahloul 34. Sidi Abdelhamid Cemetery 35. Akouda 36. Boujaafar Cafe Strip 37. Sousse Fish Market 38. University of Sousse Quarter 39. Sousse Fishing Port 40. Kalaa Kebira ## Is there an audio guide for Ribat of Sousse? Yes. Ribat of Sousse has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. It is place 1 of the 40 Sousse places in the app, at 35.8277, 10.6388. Every one of the other 39 places in the list above has the same two stories. Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself. ## How to use Roots Earth in Sousse Open Roots Earth and choose Sousse. The city has its own map of places with all 40 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order. You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. --- **In full** All 40 places in Sousse, in the app's order, with their coordinates. ## All 40 places in Sousse, with coordinates Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print. ### 1. Ribat of Sousse - Coordinates: 35.8277, 10.6388 - In one line: The Ribat of Sousse is a fortified Aghlabid monastery completed in 821, where warrior-monks once guarded the coast. Its stone enclosure, prayer hall, and cylindrical watchtower rank among the best preserved in the Maghreb. ### 2. Great Mosque of Sousse - Coordinates: 35.82694444, 10.63972222 - In one line: The Great Mosque of Sousse, built in 851 under the Aghlabid amir Muhammad the First, is a fortress-like house of prayer. Its crenellated walls, corner bastions, and severe plain courtyard make it a landmark of early western Islamic design. ### 3. Medina of Sousse - Coordinates: 35.82777778, 10.63861111 - In one line: The Medina of Sousse is a walled Aghlabid old town founded in the 9th century on ancient Hadrumetum. Ringed by ramparts more than two kilometers long, it preserves a Ribat, Great Mosque, kasbah, and lively souks, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ### 4. Kasbah of Sousse - Coordinates: 35.8235, 10.636 - In one line: The Kasbah of Sousse crowns the medina's highest point, built in 844 CE. This fortress incorporates the great Khalef watchtower of 859 and today houses the Sousse Archaeological Museum and its renowned Roman mosaics. ### 5. Sousse Archaeological Museum - Coordinates: 35.82194444, 10.63527778 - In one line: The Sousse Archaeological Museum, founded in 1951 inside the medina's kasbah, holds Tunisia's second largest mosaic collection after the Bardo. Its galleries display Roman masterpieces from ancient Hadrumetum, Punic stelae, and early Christian art. ### 6. Catacombs of the Good Shepherd - Coordinates: 35.82, 10.63 - In one line: The Catacombs of the Good Shepherd are early Christian burial galleries beneath Sousse, used from Roman times into the 4th century. The Good Shepherd section alone stretches around 1. 6 kilometers and holds some 6,000 tombs cut into its walls. ### 7. Khalef al-Fata Tower - Coordinates: 35.8231, 10.635 - In one line: The Khalef al-Fata Tower is the great square watchtower of Sousse, raised by the Aghlabids in 859 with the city walls. Rising from the kasbah on the medina's summit, it served as a beacon signaling ships, the town, and inland watchtowers. ### 8. Dar Essid Museum - Coordinates: 35.8271, 10.633 - In one line: Tucked into the medina of Sousse, this preserved aristocratic house turned private museum recreates the daily life of a wealthy Tunisian family across the 18th and 19th centuries, room by furnished room, around a tiled inner courtyard. ### 9. Bou Ftata Mosque - Coordinates: 35.8262, 10.6402 - In one line: Small, austere, and very old, this Aghlabid mosque was raised between 838 and 841, making it one of the earliest dated mosques in the Maghreb. A modest prayer hall and an inscribed frieze are its quiet treasures. ### 10. Souks of the Medina - Coordinates: 35.8273, 10.6395 - In one line: The trading heart of the old town, these covered lanes still group their crafts by trade, textiles, leather, spices, and metalwork, in vaulted Aghlabid-era passages where artisans work and bargain as they have for centuries inside the UNESCO-listed medina. ### 11. Nador Watchtower - Coordinates: 35.8278, 10.639 - In one line: Rising from the southeast corner of the Ribat of Sousse, this cylindrical 9th-century tower served as a lookout and likely a lighthouse. A spiral staircase climbs inside to sweeping views over the medina, the harbor, and the sea. ### 12. Sofra Cistern - Coordinates: 35.8245, 10.6345 - In one line: Hidden beneath the medina of Sousse, this vaulted underground cistern once formed part of the old town's water-supply system. Its dim, arched chambers stored the precious water that sustained a fortified coastal city built on the ancient site of Hadrumetum. ### 13. Port El Kantaoui - Coordinates: 35.894, 10.598 - In one line: Built in 1979 about ten kilometers north of Sousse, this purpose-designed marina resort dresses a modern tourist harbor in white-and-blue Arab-Andalusian style. Its artificial port holds around 340 berths for yachts amid arcaded streets and palm-lined quays. ### 14. Boujaafar Beach - Coordinates: 35.833, 10.639 - In one line: Sousse's long city beach stretches in fine pale sand along the corniche just north of the medina. Backed by cafés, hotels, and a busy promenade on the Gulf of Hammamet, it is the seaside heart of local summer life. ### 15. Place des Martyrs - Coordinates: 35.828, 10.64 - In one line: Place des Martyrs is a busy civic square at the edge of the medina, framed by the old Aghlabid ramparts. Named for the martyrs of Tunisia's independence struggle, it serves as the main gateway into the historic walled town. ### 16. Medina Ramparts of Sousse - Coordinates: 35.8285, 10.6378 - In one line: The Medina Ramparts of Sousse form a fortified circuit roughly 2. 2 kilometers long, built by the Aghlabid dynasty in the 9th century. Their stout walls, square turrets, and gates enclose the UNESCO-listed old town and its early Islamic monuments. ### 17. Sousse Olympic Stadium - Coordinates: 35.82333333, 10.61277778 - In one line: Sousse Olympic Stadium opened in 1973 and is home to the football club Étoile du Sahel. Expanded over the years to around 50,000 seats, it has hosted Africa Cup of Nations matches and remains the city's great arena of sport. ### 18. Marina of El Kantaoui - Coordinates: 35.893, 10.5965 - In one line: The Marina of El Kantaoui is the heart of Port El Kantaoui, a purpose-built resort opened in 1979 about 10 kilometers north of Sousse. Its artificial harbor holds some 340 berths for yachts, ringed by white-and-blue arcades, palms, and quayside cafés. ### 19. Friguia Park - Coordinates: 36.20444444, 10.42333333 - In one line: Friguia Park, opened in 2000 near Bouficha between Tunis and Sousse, was Tunisia's first zoo. Spread over 36 hectares with an African theme, it is home to around 400 animals across 62 species, from lions and giraffes to flamingos and crocodiles. ### 20. Hammam Sousse - Coordinates: 35.85888889, 10.59388889 - In one line: Hammam Sousse is a coastal town just north of Sousse with around 47,000 residents. Its old core at El Ksar dates to the Aghlabid era, and it is the birthplace of former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. ### 21. El Kantaoui Golf Course - Coordinates: 35.8895, 10.5935 - In one line: The El Kantaoui Golf Course is part of the Port El Kantaoui resort, a purpose-built tourist center opened in 1979 about 10 kilometers north of Sousse. Set among the resort's hotels and marina, its fairways are a fixture of Tunisia's Mediterranean golf scene. ### 22. Amphitheatre of El Jem - Coordinates: 35.29638889, 10.70694444 - In one line: Rising from a flat plain, the Amphitheatre of El Jem is one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres anywhere. Begun around 238, it seated approximately 35,000 spectators and remains a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. ### 23. Great Mosque of Kairouan - Coordinates: 35.6814, 10.1036 - In one line: Founded in 670 by Uqba ibn Nafi and rebuilt under the Aghlabids in 836, the Great Mosque of Kairouan is among the oldest places of worship in the Islamic world. Its minaret is the oldest still standing. ### 24. Hergla - Coordinates: 36.03333333, 10.5 - In one line: A small white town on a clifftop above the Gulf of Hammamet, Hergla rose on the Roman site of Horrea Caelia. Known for esparto basketry and its blue-trimmed houses, it keeps the quiet feel of a working fishing village. ### 25. Mahdia - Coordinates: 35.5, 11.06666667 - In one line: Founded in 916 as the first Fatimid capital, Mahdia occupies a narrow peninsula reached through the massive Skifa el-Kahla gate. Its old town holds a rebuilt Fatimid mosque, a rock-cut harbour, and a long tradition of silk weaving. ### 26. Ribat of Monastir - Coordinates: 35.7775, 10.833 - In one line: Founded in 796 by Harthama ibn Ayan, the Ribat of Monastir is among the oldest fortified monasteries in North Africa. Warrior-monks once guarded the coast from its watchtower; today it houses a museum of Islamic art. ### 27. Tunisian Sahel - Coordinates: 35.93333333, 10.53333333 - In one line: The Tunisian Sahel is the coastal heart of central-eastern Tunisia, spanning the Sousse, Monastir, and Mahdia governorates. Famed for vast olive groves and a long maritime history, it gave the country its first president, Habib Bourguiba. ### 28. Souk El Ahad (Sunday Market) - Coordinates: 35.819, 10.623 - In one line: Souk El Ahad is Sousse's sprawling Sunday market, where locals come for clothes, household goods, produce, and bargains of every kind. Sprawling far beyond the medina's old covered bazaars, it is the city's weekly ritual of trade and crowds. ### 29. Avenue Habib Bourguiba - Coordinates: 35.8295, 10.6385 - In one line: Sousse's main civic boulevard runs from the medina walls toward the sea, lined with cafés, shops and palms. Named for Tunisia's founding president, it forms the busy spine of the colonial-era new town. ### 30. Sousse Corniche - Coordinates: 35.841, 10.623 - In one line: Sousse's seafront promenade runs along the Gulf of Hammamet beside Boujaafar Beach, edged with cafés, palms and hotels. It is the city's open-air gathering place, busiest at sunset when families come out to walk. ### 31. Place Farhat Hached - Coordinates: 35.8302, 10.6378 - In one line: A busy public square near the medina and port, named for Farhat Hached, the Tunisian trade unionist assassinated in 1952. It serves as a central crossroads where the old town, the new city and the seafront meet. ### 32. Khezama - Coordinates: 35.8525, 10.608 - In one line: A modern residential and seaside district in the north of Sousse, between the city centre and Port El Kantaoui. Khezama mixes apartment blocks and villas with hotels and beachfront, part of the city's late-twentieth-century expansion. ### 33. Sahloul - Coordinates: 35.843, 10.597 - In one line: A modern district in western Sousse, known above all for Sahloul University Hospital, a major teaching hospital tied to the University of Sousse. It is a planned residential and medical quarter of the expanding contemporary city. ### 34. Sidi Abdelhamid Cemetery - Coordinates: 35.8155, 10.6285 - In one line: A Muslim cemetery in the Sidi Abdelhamid locality on the southern edge of Sousse, named after a local saint. Its plain whitewashed graves reflect Tunisian funerary tradition, a quiet counterpoint to the busy modern city. ### 35. Akouda - Coordinates: 35.87138889, 10.56972222 - In one line: A small town a few kilometres north of Sousse on Route nationale 1, with its own great mosque and minaret. Home to about 32,000 people, Akouda blends an old Sahel village core with growth from the nearby city. ### 36. Boujaafar Cafe Strip - Coordinates: 35.8355, 10.636 - In one line: Along the Boujaafar seafront, Sousse's café strip lines the corniche where the city meets the Mediterranean. Locals and visitors gather here for coffee, mint tea, and shisha, watching the long beach and the Gulf of Hammamet. ### 37. Sousse Fish Market - Coordinates: 35.8268, 10.642 - In one line: Near the walls of the medina, Sousse's fish market gathers the morning's Mediterranean catch onto crushed ice. ### 38. University of Sousse Quarter - Coordinates: 35.827, 10.595 - In one line: The University of Sousse, founded in 2004 from the former University of the Center, anchors a student quarter of faculties, cafés, and bookshops. Tens of thousands of students fill its medical, engineering, and music schools, giving this part of the city a youthful energy. ### 39. Sousse Fishing Port - Coordinates: 35.8235, 10.644 - In one line: Sousse's fishing port shelters the small boats that work the Gulf of Hammamet. Beside the larger commercial harbor that links central Tunisia to the sea, fishermen mend nets, unload the catch, and tie up at quays where the city's maritime life carries on each day. ### 40. Kalaa Kebira - Coordinates: 35.8678, 10.5375 - In one line: Northwest of Sousse, Kalaa Kebira is a town of more than 60,000 people known across Tunisia as the capital of olives. Built on the Roman site of Gurza and chartered as a commune in 1921, it lives by olive groves, oil mills, and agriculture. ## Roots Earth in short Roots Earth has audio stories about 5,665 places in 130 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions, written by local people. - No account - Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection - Audio stories in English and German in every city, and in Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian in 126 of the 130 cities Roots Earth for Android is available on Google Play: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app). ## More from Roots Earth - [Africa in the Roots Earth catalogue](https://rootsearth.com/cities#africa): every city in Africa with its number of places and its languages. - [What Roots Earth is](https://rootsearth.com/app): the app in one page, how it works and what is in it. - [Questions travellers ask](https://rootsearth.com/faq): the cities, the languages, the account, listening without a connection. - [The 7 languages](https://rootsearth.com/languages): the seven languages with their codes and how many cities each one covers. - [Carthage](https://rootsearth.com/cities/carthage): 40 places in Tunisia with audio stories. - [Kairouan](https://rootsearth.com/cities/kairouan): 40 places in Tunisia with audio stories. - [Sfax](https://rootsearth.com/cities/sfax): 40 places in Tunisia with audio stories. - [Tunis](https://rootsearth.com/cities/tunis): 46 places in Tunisia with audio stories. 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