Kairouan is a town in central Tunisia, it is often considered the fourth holiest city of Islam. Until the eleventh century, the city was an important center of Islamic North Africa Muslim Ifriqiya. With its medina and corporate markets organized by the Oriental fashion, mosques and other religious buildings, Kairouan is listed, since 1988, on the World Heritage List of Unesco. In 2009 it was proclaimed the capital of Islamic culture.

One of the domes of the Medina is home to a well revered as old as the city itself, the picturesque Bir Barrouta, its water is sacred and is still drawn by a waterwheel driven by a camel. You can also visit the ancient zaouia of Sidi Abid el-Ghariani, with its elegant patio porch and ornate wooden ceilings, and the astonishing zaouïa Sidi Amor Abada-covered domes, which displays objects covered with giant writing pious.
But, the most outstanding of these is the zaouias Sidi Saheb (nicknamed "Mosque of the Barber") which houses the tomb of a companion of the Prophet, which, they say, had preserved a relic three hairs of the beard of it . In this vast edifice of the seventeenth century, charming galleries decorated with ceramic panels and carved stucco reflect a mixture of Andalusian and Turkish influences.
Kairouan is also known for its wool carpets and handmade pastries whose makrouds.