Kelibia Fishing Port
ميناء قليبية
One of Tunisia's major fishing ports, where colorful fishing boats line up at the foot of the fortress and harborside restaurants grill fresh seafood to order.
Kelibia Fishing Port lies at the foot of the fortress hill and is an important fishing harbor in northeastern Tunisia. The harbor is packed with wooden fishing boats painted in blue and white or red and yellow. The atmosphere is liveliest in the evening, when the boats come back to unload their catch, and you can watch the fish auctions and fishermen mending their nets. Several seafood restaurants around the port let you choose the day's sea bream, grouper, squid, and shrimp by weight, then grill or fry them. They are served with harissa chili sauce and Tunisian salad, at about 40-80 Tunisian dinars per person. It is a 10-minute walk down from the fortress and can be scheduled on the same day as the fortress and Mansourah Beach. Please do not photograph fishermen casually or enter the loading area of the port.
Opening hours
Open all day; restaurants approx. 12:00–23:00
Nearby sights
- Kelibia Fortress
- El Mansourah Beach
- Kerkouane
- Djebel Sidi Abiod & El Haouaria Falconry
- El Haouaria Roman Quarries (Ghar El Kebir)