Medina of Yasmine Hammamet — Attraction in Nabeul

Well, it's definitely a campy touristy attraction. Nothing but shops and vendors chasing you. But...it is very pretty. Lots of interesting art, sculptures, painting, novel and colorful. Makes for great pictures. Further, unlike a "real" medina, the streets are smooth and flat, so no risk of breaking ankles, tripping, falling, head crashing into some hanging thing, or getting run over by car, bikes, carts, donkeys, horses or whatever else moves in real markets (and there's lots going on). That's very nice. Background calm music, clear sky above, interesting shops (with desperate on-commission vendors). So, ignore the trashiness of it all, enjoy it for what it is.

The area around it all tourist stuff, silly amusement parks for kids, giant gorilla, roller coaster usual Disney-land stuff. If you have kids, great.

Off season, there's NOBODY there. It's deserted, almost. It's sad and lonely actually. Even vendors are bored and mostly leave you alone.

WC is awful, hard to find, most are broken and leaking, no paper, no hot water, no soap... but at least it works. Still, for a "major" tourist attraction, that's not very impressive.

Would I come again? No way. Would I recommend anybody visit? Yes, it's odd, clean, pretty...put up with the touts and vendor harassment. Only takes 30mins to see...

This is a modern bazaar designed to a traditional theme of an old Medina village. Very picturesque as its well maintained for the purpose of tourists to take photos and shop. However be WARNED there are various shop vendors , who use very persuasive tactics to convince you they have better deals, than the rest of the shops.

Tactics: someone approaches you and claim to work in the Hotel you are staying at. They've noticed which arm wrist band. Obviously know the Hotel band colours. Make you feel special that they have recognised you and even better make out its their day off and will help you identify which shops to go to which are better. Then carry on the lie to buy in a Government shop, as supposedly this is where the rest of the vendors buy from so you get better deal there directly. They take you there , introduce you to shop vendor. Wish you well and ask you to tell the hotel that he was a good staff member. BULLS@#T Shop keeper in true form welcomes you , like a guest, offering free drinks. Tells you some reason why they are so cheap. All this acting is to lower your sense of security so you feel confident to buy from them. Plus we had originally been informed you don't haggle in Hammamet shops by our holiday rep, which is untrue. Nearly everywhere you can haggle especially if they don't...

Alot of scammers here and unfortunately i fell victim to one!!!

So a man will come up to you, pretend that he recognises you from your hotel and says hes the cook there. Super friendly, asks me how the hotel food is and its his day off. Tells me his family have a shop here and he wants to give me their business card. Shows me around first (im with my 10 month old baby) then shows his family's shop. Says just come have a look. Brings me some mint tea saying he will look after me bc im from his hotel. Anyway i saw a cute traditional morrocan dress for my baby which i genuinely wanted, then picked another for my neice. My family members with me picked a small earring. Anyway it came to 250 dinars! If you see what I bought theyre no where near worth £60-65 but we paid anyway. After this i always kept an eye out for him in the hotel and never saw him. Then foind out its a common scam on tourists. Hide your hotel wristbands when you go out!! Its such a shame they do that. The shop is in the bazaar up the hill and its the shop on the left in the corner. Dont let them...