Holiday rentals in Hammamet

Hammamet today an internationally famous seaside resort hosting thousands of visitors from all over the world in its sump­tuous hotels, Hammamet, just a quarter century ago, was but a small village with
winding streets, robust XVth century walls reinforced by the presence of a cita­del (Casbah). At the time nothing could presage such good fortune for the town except the beautiful fine-sanded beaches
that extend for a number of kilometres along the gulf, the mild climate and the gardens with al­mond orange and lemon trees that are the pride of all of Cape Bon.

These were the attractions of Hammamet along with the addition of the Hammamet International Centre, an institute during the 1960s on the sumptuous property of the Rumanian millionaire, Georges Sebas-tien and acquired by the government in 1959. In 1964, an open air theatre was added to the villas gardens not far from the beach giving birth to the international festival, second only to that of Carthage. Finally, a series
of ho­tels were built along the beaches assuring the cities destiny as tourist haven. Artists, writers, politicians, mil­lionaires etc had already known and admired the city for a long time and had acquired small houses in the medi-na transforming them according to their whims. Others preferred to build luxurious villas in the countryside, in imitation of the noble and exquisite Arab-Moslem style of Villa Sebastien.