What can you see and do in Tunis?
When you stop in the village of Tunis for a picnic, you will find the peaceful green garden of the famous children's pottery school. It is a great chance to see the young artists making their wares and purchase examples of their craft. In addition to the pretty nature of the village, there are means of entertainment and amenities; you will find an internet cafes. Many activities are available; bird watching, tracking and camel and horse safaris to the nearby national parks of Wadi El-Rayan, Wadi El-Hitan, Lake Qaroun and the adjoining fields.This village includes no less than 13 Hotels and 45 workshops teaching handicrafts. In addition,Tunis village is close to several other tourist attractions, such as: Wadi Al-Rayyan Reserve, Wadi Al-Hitan, Lake Qarun, Qasr Qarouna wonderful Ptolemic temple located in the south-western part of Fayoum.
The Location
The village Tunis is located in Egypt and is one of the villages of Youssef Al-Siddiq Centre in Fayoum governorate.
The village of Tunisia is beautiful in nature, situated on top of the land. Underneath it are beautiful green farmland, then Lake Qarun, and north of the lake are mountain ranges.
Some tourist attractions in Tunis village
1) Qarun Lake
It is one of the oldest Egyptian lakes to draw water from the flood of the Nile River, and is now a kiss for many visitors under the slogan "One Day Summer."
Lake Karoun has many features that make it one of the most important tourist attractions in Fayoum and even the most beautiful tourist areas in Egypt, above all the surrounding beaches, river tours that take place, along with monuments close to it such as Dimiya Al-Sabaa village with Ptomiya monuments.
2) Qasr Qarun (Ptolemos Temple)
Qasr Qarun was not only popular with tourists and city dwellers, but some circulated many sometimes fake facts about it to maximize its status.
Qasr Karoun is one of the most important tourist attractions in Fayoum and one of the most important tourist areas in Egypt that tourists look forward to visiting while on their way to the lake.
3) Madi Archaeological Village
Madi Archaeological Village is similar to the Rams Road in Luxor in the ubiquity of black statues, but Madi is not only a passage, but a huge temple adjacent to a royal garden that can wander between them and discover many ancient artefacts, with the help of many tour guides there.
4) Wadi Al-Hitan Reserve
Do you like Scout trips? The idea of going to an open arena where you depend on your physical skills, with your peers sharing that journey to roam around the place and discover some connotations about it!
Here in the Valley of Whales with Vium you will be able to take an unparalleled scouting adventure, where you will face the first facts about this place as one of the ancient ocean bottoms, and a refuge for many rare wild animals, most notably "whales", whose excavations of the Valley number more than 400 skeletons.
5) Wadi El Rayan Reserve
Wadi El Rayan has many natural manifestations unique to the city of Fayoum and among the most important tourist areas in Egypt, such as: dunes, migratory birds, wild animals, and finally aquatic eyes. All are spectacular natural elements that the valley has been blessed to be one of the most beautiful and important sights of Fayoum; One of the most important attractions there is:
Al Modawara Mountain: It is a high rounded plateau, climbed by tourists to be able to ski from the top of the mountain.
Magic Lake: Many are stunned when watching this lake, with tens of hundreds of colors changing according to the brightness of sunlight.
Wadi Al-Rayyan Falls: the only one of its kind on the land of Egypt, connecting two large lakes to the valley; Upper and lower lakes.
Wadi Al-Rayyan Reserve: The reserve has more than 15 species of rare wild animals, such as: white deer and fox.
6) Dimiya Al-Sabaa
Dimiya Al-Sabaa is close to Lake Al-Qarun, which is the archaeological ruins of an ancient Roman city that contains many stone statues, the most famous of which are the two “crouching lions” statues made of sandstone.
In addition to this, there is an ancient temple from the Greek era known as the “Temple of the God Scanobaeus,” and visitors from the region can practice the hobby of hunting wild birds.
7) Watermelon Valley 🍉🍉
Watermelon Valley is one of the distinctive natural areas in Fayoum Governorate, as it is located in the Wadi El Rayan desert, north of Lake Qarun.
The valley is characterized by the presence of many rocks that take the shape of watermelon fruits, and have various sizes, some of which weigh from 20 to 100 kilograms, and they are located next to each other in a wonderful artistic image.
The colors of the rocks in Wadi Watermelon vary, including pink, crimson, and brown, and tend in shape to flint rocks. These rocks are very hard and do not affect them when it rains, no matter how intense. Some alchemists even considered it among the priceless gemstones.
