Why this ride
63 km from Houmt El Souk to Houmt El Souk, about 1 h 32 of riding. It goes by way of Mosquée Berdaoui, Mosquée Sidi Yeti and back through Mosquée Berdaoui.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Zone Houmt-Souk and Mosquée Sidi Yeti
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 63 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 32
- 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. Zone Houmt-Souk
Houmt Souk is the main town of Djerba, the low flat island off the south-east coast of Tunisia that Greek legend identified as the land of the lotus-eaters, where Odysseus's men forgot their homeward journey after eating a sweet fruit. The island is only a short ferry hop or a Roman causeway from the mainland, and its main town sits on the north coast, a sprawl of whitewashed houses, arcaded squares and market lanes around a small harbour. The name means market quarter, and its alleys still hold stalls of spices, leather slippers, silver and pottery, with a daily fish market down by the quay.
Read the complete Zone Houmt-Souk write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Zone Houmt-Souk is where the day begins. Next is Mosquée Berdaoui.
2. Mosquée Berdaoui
The mosques of Djerba are like nothing else in the Muslim world. They are low, white and plain, with thick buttressed walls, small windows and flat or domed roofs, and from a distance they look like fortresses, which is more or less what they were. Djerba is an island off the south of Tunisia, flat and hot, and over the centuries it was raided by pirates and attacked by the Spanish, so its mosques were built to protect worshippers and store supplies. Most belong to the Ibadi school of Islam, a small branch distinct from the Sunni and Shia, which has survived on Djerba and in a few other places in North Africa for over a thousand years.
Read the complete Mosquée Berdaoui write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mosquée Berdaoui comes up about 14 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mosquée Sidi Yeti.
3. Mosquée Sidi Yeti
Djerba is the sort of island where you can ride for an hour and never see anything higher than a date palm. The mosque of Sidi Yati sits on the flat interior, a short run from Erriadh, which is the nearest proper town, with Midoun and the capital Houmt Souk a little further out. Everything here is low, white and thick-walled, and the mosques follow the same rule: buttressed, squat, almost fortress-like, with small windows and none of the soaring minarets you might expect from the mainland.
Read the complete Mosquée Sidi Yeti write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 32 km into the recorded legs you reach Mosquée Sidi Yeti. Next is back through Mosquée Berdaoui.
4. back through Mosquée Berdaoui
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mosquée Berdaoui write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Mosquée Berdaoui, late in the day. Next is Zone Houmt-Souk.
5. Zone Houmt-Souk
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Zone Houmt-Souk write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Zone Houmt-Souk. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Zone Houmt-Souk to Mosquée Berdaoui
Zone Houmt-Souk → Mosquée Berdaoui is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mosquée Berdaoui to Mosquée Sidi Yeti
Mosquée Berdaoui → Mosquée Sidi Yeti is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mosquée Sidi Yeti to back through Mosquée Berdaoui
Mosquée Sidi Yeti → back through Mosquée Berdaoui is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mosquée Berdaoui to Zone Houmt-Souk
back through Mosquée Berdaoui → Zone Houmt-Souk is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.