The 750 miles coastline, varied in aspect, contain an enormous number of spacious beaches, only 10% of which are currently exploited by the Tourism industry.
The sand is fine and the beaches easy of access. Generally speaking the sea is very calm, safe and agreeably warm. Islands, inhabited or deserted, are dotted along the coast at varying intervals.
There are numerous natural sites all over the country having remarkable panoramas of the sea, the lakes, the mountains and sand dunes.
A great quantity of hot mineral springs with healing properties gush from the soil near the seashore. The numerous gulfs, rocky reefs, mud or sand bottoms, and the underwater meadows of the coast, are the habitat of every conceivable variety of Mediterranean fish.
Archeological riches are found in various spots near the sea, many consisting of imposing groups of ancient monuments, some intact, other in ruins depicting Punic, Carthaginian, Roman , Byzantine and Muslim civilizations.
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