Houmt Souk, Djerba's capital, has over 40,000 inhabitants, is a stylish and diverse city, with a colorful souk with small stands linked by arches, this quiet town attracts many visitors with simple and authentic style.
Here we can find everything from jewelry (masterfully performed by artists Hebrew), clothing and souvenirs, sea sponges to local fishing.

Some targets are remarkable in this city
Funduk caravanseraii sites or sites built between XVI and XIX centuries which were inns for caravans inoptarea nomadic. They were turned aside in hotels or youth hostels. Funduk site was built around a spacious courtyards surrounded by a portico on two levels lying in its center is a pool of water. Around the central court listing rooms on two levels that are often arched columns robust.
Three types of typical djerbian style mosque was erected here: Jemaa El Ghorba (mosque for foreigners) Rite Malek et Trouk Jamaa (Turkish mosque) in the eighteenth century, the Ottoman-looking minaret and mosque hanefit Rite Sidi Brahim He Jamni interesting and roofed in multiple vaults.
At Zaouia, a specific Muslim religious edifice, Sidi Brahim El Jemni where there are relics of a saint of the seventeenth century.