Royal Rihana Hôtel

Northern Tunisia


This venerable, oversized forest lodge has lots of amenities, including an indoor pool, large restaurant and an atmospheric lounge. The rooms are comfortable, if dated, and have good views. This is the only place that does organised hikes and activities in the Kroumirie Mountains. The hotel sits unmissably on a wooded ridge off the main road through Ain Draham.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Northern Tunisia attractions

1. Statue of Habib Bourguiba

13.12 MILES

This fine statue of Tunisia's first president in reflective pose commemorates the exile of Habib Bourguiba to Tabarka by the French in the early 1950s…

2. Montazah Beach

13.19 MILES

This beach begins at the marina and stretches eastward around the bay, past the big hotels of the Zone Touristique. The further from the marina you go the…

3. La Basilique

13.22 MILES

La Basilique is a Roman cistern turned into a church by French missionaries at the end of the 19th century. Delicate and airy it’s not – inside you can…

4. Marina

13.3 MILES

The heart of Tabarka is its marina, just northeast of the town centre. It’s a popular place to hang out, go for a drink or stroll.

5. Les Aiguilles

13.43 MILES

Across from Tabarka's old harbour bay (Ancien Port) from the peninsula, Les Aiguilles (pronounced layz ai-gwee) are a grouping of spiky pinnacles of rock…

6. Genoese Fort

13.82 MILES

This fort is Tabarka's most instantly recognised landmark, sitting as it does on a wooded hill guarding the entrance to the harbour. It was built in the…

7. Bulla Regia

15.4 MILES

Famed for its extraordinary underground villas, the Roman city of Bulla Regia, 7km northwest of Jendouba, offers a rare opportunity to walk into complete,…

8. Ras Rajel War Cemetery

15.98 MILES

This neatly tended cemetery contains the graves of 500 Allied soldiers who died in the winter of 1942 following the Axis landings in Tunisia. Sixty of the…