The old town of Tunis, the Medina, is fascinating.There is a warren of narrow paths that contain a mix of shops, workshops, houses, mosques, former palaces and probably all sorts of other things all masked by the plain facades.
It varies from the Medina in Casablanca in that the paths are narrower (no motorcycles here!) and the shops are more concentrated in the few main streets, and it differs from the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul in that it has more than just shops.
The place it reminds me of the most is Venice which has much the same mix of uses and the same confusing maze of paths.
And it also has the hidden gems that you come across unexpectedly, like the courtyard shown here.
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