Tabarka is a guide's dream, all around the city clear traces of the exiting past are found. Yellow marble and lions were shipped out from there to the rest of the Roman empire. Some centuries ago, Tabarka was one of several pirate haunts, later it became a Genoese colony, before the Bey of Tunis in 1741 annexed it.

The Hotel Mimosa Tabarka is a modern hotel with a white middle-eastern style facade situated on a hill overlooking the city, 500 metres from the beach. The 72 air-conditioned guestrooms have modern decor in cream with light wood furnishings and patterned curtains. Guestrooms have views of the sea, city, or mountains and forests, and include satellite television and telephones.

The Hotel Dar El Morjane is situated on a sandy beach in the tourist zone, five kilometres from Tarbarka, and 20 kilometres from the airport. The 150 air-conditioned guestrooms have simple, modern decor in light colours with light wood furnishings. All guestrooms open onto balconies or terraces and include telephones. designing terraces