The little agricultural town of Zaghouan (pop. 8,000), at the foot of Djebel Zaghouan (1,295m/4,249ft), is reached from Tunis by way of GP 3 and MC 133. This was the site of Roman Ziqua, of which nothing is left but an arched gateway (restored) at the foot of the main street. The town has an attractive old Medina with a maze of irregular streets
dominated by two minarets, one Hanafite and the other Malikite. At the upper end of the town is the green-tiled Zaouia of Sidi Ali Azouz, Zaghouan's patron saint.