Why this ride
99 km from Midoun to Midoun, about 2 h 30 of riding. On the way it passes Mosquée Guellala, Zone Côtière inhabitée and back through Mosquée Guellala. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Mosquée Sidi Zekri and Zone Côtière inhabitée
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 99 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 30
- 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 Sidi Zekri
Sidi Zekri is one of the many small religious buildings of Djerba, an island where it sometimes seems that every field has a whitewashed dome in it. The name suggests a local holy man, the sort of marabout who is buried under a domed tomb and whose tomb draws believers seeking help with illness or family troubles. Many such places are small and quiet, and are looked after by neighbours rather than by any big institution.
Read the complete Mosquée Sidi Zekri write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mosquée Sidi Zekri is where the day begins. Next is Mosquée Guellala.
2. 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 comes up about 25 km into the recorded legs. Next is Zone Côtière inhabitée.
3. Zone Côtière inhabitée
Most of Djerba is cultivated, and then the cultivation stops. On the island's northern shore, where the olive groves and palm gardens run out, a strip of shallow sea, salt flat, sand and scrub stretches along the coast with hardly a building on it, and this is the uninhabited coastal zone that the island's heritage listing includes in its protected landscape. In 2023, UNESCO recognised Djerba for the way its people shaped a territory without rivers or springs, and the empty shore is part of that story, because it shows what the settlers started with and what they chose to leave alone.
Read the complete Zone Côtière inhabitée write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 49 km into the recorded legs you reach Zone Côtière inhabitée. Next is back through Mosquée Guellala.
4. back through 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 through Mosquée Guellala, late in the day. Next is Mosquée Sidi Zekri.
5. Mosquée Sidi Zekri
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mosquée Sidi Zekri write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Mosquée Sidi Zekri. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Mosquée Sidi Zekri to Mosquée Guellala
Mosquée Sidi Zekri → Mosquée Guellala is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mosquée Guellala to Zone Côtière inhabitée
Mosquée Guellala → Zone Côtière inhabitée is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zone Côtière inhabitée to back through Mosquée Guellala
Zone Côtière inhabitée → back through Mosquée Guellala is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mosquée Guellala to Mosquée Sidi Zekri
back through Mosquée Guellala → Mosquée Sidi Zekri is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.