Sidi Bou Said. Tunisia. View of handicrafts and souvenirs for sale in the cliff top village of Sidi Bou Said. The village is

Sidi Bou Said. Tunisia. View of handicrafts and souvenirs for sale in the cliff top village of Sidi Bou Said. The village is named after Sidi Bou Said, a 13th century Sufi Saint or Holy man who settled here on his return journey from his pilgrimage to Mecca. The baron Rudolph d'Erlanger was responsible for the distinctive blue and white scheme in the village which is reminiscent of a Cycladic Greek island, with its whitewashed cubical homes with blue shutters and colourful doors and cobbled and narrow alleyways overflowing with bougainvillea.