Tunisia: after the revolution | Travel | The Observer

Making waves: Sidi Bou Said, near Tunis and the Bay of Carthage. Photograph: Idealink Photography/Alamy Sidi Bou Said's signature blue-and-white houses are framed with sweet-smelling jasmine and bougainvillea. The soft sunshine is making them seem so picture-perfect it's hard to associate this with tanks and barbed wire.