Hammamet - Cultural Center

In the southern hotel zone of Hammamet, beyond the Hotel Continental, is the International Cultural Center (Center Culturel International), housed in the sumptuous villa built in the 1920s by a wealthy Romanian named George Sebastian, the first millionaire to settle in Hammamet. In July and August the beautiful grounds of the villa are the setting of an international festival of music and drama. The theater, based on Greek and Roman models, was built in 1964 for the purposes of the festival. Farther out, between the Samira Club and Tanfous Hotels, are the excavations of the Roman settlement of Pupput.