Bizerte is known as the oldest and most European city in Tunisia. It was founded around 1000 BC by Phoenicians from Tyre. It is also known as the last town to remain under French control (until 1963) after the rest of the country won its independence from France in 1956.
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A few kilometres north-east we stopped in the small town of Ghar al Milh, which is also known as Porto Farina. It is a small coastal farming and fishing town. The town was an important base for Barbary pirates until it was destroyed by Admiral Robert Blake in 1654. However the harbour and defences were soon rebuilt and it became a base for British and Maltese pirates. In 1834 a huge arsenal belonging to a Maltese pirate exploded and destroyed part of the town. We walked around the harbour with its colourful fishing boats and then continued our tour to Bizerte.
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