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Unfired clay pots drying on a workshop bench.

Fayoum · Tunis village, Lake Qarun

The cafés of Tunis village

Terraces above Lake Qarun, in the potters' village.

€ Budget

Tunis is a village of ceramic workshops perched above the lake, where a few guesthouses and cafés have set terraces facing the water. You have a late breakfast there after a night on site, between two workshop visits.

The extra bit

Visit the village in the morning, when the workshops open: many close in the afternoon.

Know before you go

Two hours' drive from Cairo: a day trip, or better, with a night on site.

Directions

Tunis village, north shore of Lake Qarun, Fayoum

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