Being the county town of the governorate and bearing its name, Mahdia is a borough of 45,977 inhabitants.
Initially built on a peninsula of 1,400 meters long and 500 meters wide, it has one of the first fishing ports of the country.
If the historical district of Mahdia is located on the peninsula, the city has extended inside the land (through the districts of Hiboun and Zouila in particular).

Mahdia was in turn a Roman then an important Phoenician trading post in the Mediterranean basin until the 16th century, before being the prohibited fortress, first capital of the dynasty of the Fatimide caliphs, to finally become a port of the Mediterranean Sea opened to all conquests and influences and marked by Normans of Sicily, Knights of Malta, and others from Genoas and Spain, who had enriched its cultures and traditions.

In addition to the archeological sites of the peninsula, the principal monuments are today protected the large Mosque, the fortifications, the ancient port, the Palate El Quaen, large Borj and the punic necropolis. They belong to many testimonys of various civilizations which followed one another Mahdia. Balneal and artisanal Tourism

Mahdia is like a bower city where there sparkle vestiges and ruins, colorful boats, thousand-year-old mosque and pirates’ fortress, gold and silk weaving, jewels, luxurious residences, marine cemetery, and Ottomans minarets and of fishermen cafés...

Mahdia abound in traditions, grandeur and treasures: Skiffa El Kahla which has been changed into a real cave of Ali Baba, worthy of Thousand and One Nights, where old-aged women weavers, embroiders, and dressmakers display very beautiful traditional clothes, silk and gilded items, where jewelers offer a true market of gold jewels used in decorating house interiors, where the “Dar” is an authentic artistic masterpiece, or a treasure full of objets d'art, and finally, where its marine cemetery provides, like nowhere else, a relief and a spiritual relaxation...

It is also and especially the bower city of the Mediterranean, a cradle of one of the most beautiful beaches in Tunisia, made of iridescent sand and crystalline sea, with a wide range renowned for the beauty of their architectural style, play of shade and light, where health spa and parks have made of Mahdia a unique destination for holidays.
The tourist area is located to the north of the city in the district of Hiboun. Being the first fishing port of Tunisia, very busy at certain hours, we can admire the colorful boats and beautiful trawlers sailing foe a night fishing, following the cheery rhythm of the sounds and colors during the auction..

Thus, in addition to its white sandy beaches and crystalline water, and its many sea front hotels, its history and the friendly welcome of its inhabitants have turned it into one of the most authentic and required seaside resorts of the Mediterranean.

Air: The city is 60 minutes far from the International airport of Monastir Habib-Bourguiba.
Railway: The city is served by air-conditioned trains.
Road:
Road infrastructure: Several trunk roads serve Mahdia.
A motorway entrance is under construction.
Taxis (town well served at rather low costs) and long-distance taxis (common taxis, low cost with fixed ways between two taxi stations (for example Mahdia-Tunis).
Sea: