Tunis - Post Report Question and Answers
Is this a "shopping post"? Are there interesting handicrafts, artwork, antiques, or other items that people typically buy there?
YES. Our house is full of carpets, lamps, and other crafts we bought in Tunis. It's nice and cheap. The exhibition center in Le Kram has craft fairs 2-3 times a year and it's a great place to load up on stuff. - Jan 2024
Yes! Great pottery and rugs and baskets. You can get good furniture, there are lots of good local designers or get it made to order. 2x a year there is a giant artisan fair which is wildly popular and a strong recommend. - Jun 2022
Yes, there are great rugs/pottery/handicrafts. There's a large fair (artisans' fair) at Le Kram every year. - May 2022
Yes, the Madina is a great place to pick up Tunisian items. Furniture, rugs, pottery, and silly red hats. - Nov 2020
Carpets and pottery. - May 2020
Carpets are a good buy here, as are custom mosaics. - Nov 2017
Pottery, scarfs, and antiques. - Nov 2015
Pottery. - Nov 2014
Beautiful traditional rugs and pottery. There is an annual artisan fair at Le Kram convention center that you should save your money for! - Jul 2013
Ceramics, rugs (not of my taste). - Jun 2013
Handmade baskets for the market, ceramic dishes, woven cotton blankets, some rugs. - Feb 2012
Pottery, rugs, airline tickets to Europe (one hour to Rome!) - Jul 2010
Olive tree wood, hand-blown glass from Sadika, carpets from Kairouan. - May 2010
Gorgeous rugs, ceramics. - Jan 2010
