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Medjerda plain

سهل مجردة

Tunisia’s breadbasket, as far as the eye can see.

The story

In May the wheat yellows all at once and the plain changes colour in a week. The small country roads are made for cycling.

Also in Medjez el-Bab

  1. 01Ottoman bridge of Medjez el-BabHeritageThe seventeenth-century arched bridge that gave the town its name.
  2. 02Commonwealth war cemeteryHeritageNearly 2,900 graves from the 1942–43 Tunisian campaign.
  3. 03Grain marketFoodWheat, barley and pulses from across the plain.
  4. 04Bridge RestaurantWhere to eatRiver fish and grills, terrace by the water.