Why this ride
From Erriadh it runs 74 km to Erriadh; allow about 1 h 52 of riding. It goes by way of Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine, Mosquée Welhi and back through Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Mosquée Guellala and Mosquée Welhi
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 74 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 52
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Mosquée Guellala
Guellala is a potters' village, and has been for as long as anyone can remember. The clay beneath the hills of southern Djerba is a fine, pale material that fires to a warm terracotta, and the workshops around the village shape it into jars, plates, oil lamps and large amphorae, still using techniques similar to those of Roman times. Potters work at wheels in open yards, stack their wares to dry in the sun, and fire them in kilns fuelled with olive wood, and visitors can stand and watch. A small museum about local culture lies a short drive away.
Read the complete Mosquée Guellala write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mosquée Guellala is where the day begins. Next is Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine.
2. Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine
Khazroun, Sedghiene and Guecheine are the kinds of names that appear on a heritage dossier and nowhere else, and they refer to zones of the island's countryside that make up one part of the World Heritage listing. Djerba was inscribed by UNESCO in 2023 as a cultural landscape, and the list names several zones, each a patch of the traditional pattern in good condition.
Read the complete Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mosquée Welhi.
3. Mosquée Welhi
The little mosques of Djerba look like fortresses that have turned to prayer. Whitewashed, with thick sloping buttresses, small domes and short squat minarets, they stand among olive groves and date palms across this flat Tunisian island, and they belong to a particular faith, the Ibadi branch of Islam, whose followers settled here in the early centuries after the Arab conquest and developed a distinctive local tradition.
Read the complete Mosquée Welhi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 37 km into the recorded legs you reach Mosquée Welhi. Next is back through Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine.
4. back through Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine, late in the day. Next is Mosquée Guellala.
5. Mosquée Guellala
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mosquée Guellala write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Mosquée Guellala. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Mosquée Guellala to Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine
Mosquée Guellala → Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine to Mosquée Welhi
Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine → Mosquée Welhi is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mosquée Welhi to back through Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine
Mosquée Welhi → back through Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine to Mosquée Guellala
back through Zone Khazroun / Sedghiene / Guecheine → Mosquée Guellala is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.