Why this ride
From Houmt El Souk it runs 92 km to Houmt El Souk; allow about 1 h 52 of riding. On the way it passes Mosquée Moghzel, Mosquée Mthanya and back through Mosquée Moghzel. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Mosquée Tlakine and Mosquée Mthanya
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 92 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 Tlakine
Djerba is covered in small mosques, hundreds of them, and the visitor who sets out to find the quiet ones soon realises that you cannot ride more than a few kilometres without passing a whitewashed dome. Tlakine is one of those village mosques on the island's interior, set among olive and palm plantations between Houmt El Souk and the villages to the east. Most Djerbian mosques belong to the Ibadi tradition, a distinctive branch of Islam that survives in only a few places, including Oman, Djerba and parts of the Mzab in Algeria. The island's Ibadi community took refuge here when persecuted elsewhere, and built mosques that look more like fortresses than places of worship.
Read the complete Mosquée Tlakine write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mosquée Tlakine is where the day begins. Next is Mosquée Moghzel.
2. Mosquée Moghzel
Djerba is a flat, low island off the south coast of Tunisia, joined to the mainland by a Roman causeway and a ferry, and its landscape of olive groves, palms and whitewashed farmhouses is dotted with small mosques that look more like fortresses than places of prayer. The Moghzel mosque is one of them. Djerba has a long Ibadi tradition, a branch of Islam that is neither Sunni nor Shia, and many of the island's villages are Berber speaking, with architecture suited to hard times: thick walls, buttresses, small domes, and a plain whitewashed look that fits the sun and the sea.
Read the complete Mosquée Moghzel write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mosquée Moghzel comes up about 21 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mosquée Mthanya.
3. Mosquée Mthanya
Mthanya is another of Djerba's fortress mosques, tucked among olive groves and low white houses south of Erriadh, and like its neighbours it is built for strength rather than show. The island has dozens of these Ibadi mosques, and UNESCO recognised them in 2023 as part of the cultural landscape of Djerba, along with the farm hamlets, the markets and the water systems that make this island such a distinct human habitat.
Read the complete Mosquée Mthanya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 46 km into the recorded legs you reach Mosquée Mthanya. Next is back through Mosquée Moghzel.
4. back through Mosquée Moghzel
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mosquée Moghzel write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Mosquée Moghzel, late in the day. Next is Mosquée Tlakine.
5. Mosquée Tlakine
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mosquée Tlakine write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Mosquée Tlakine. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Mosquée Tlakine to Mosquée Moghzel
Mosquée Tlakine → Mosquée Moghzel is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mosquée Moghzel to Mosquée Mthanya
Mosquée Moghzel → Mosquée Mthanya is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mosquée Mthanya to back through Mosquée Moghzel
Mosquée Mthanya → back through Mosquée Moghzel is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mosquée Moghzel to Mosquée Tlakine
back through Mosquée Moghzel → Mosquée Tlakine is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.