Tabarka (Phoenician Tabarka, Thabarka or Barga by locals) is a coastal town located in north-western Tunisia, at about, close to the border with Algeria. It has been famous for its coral fishing, the Coral Festival of underwater photography and the annual jazz festival. Tabarka's history is a colorful mosaic of Phoenician, Roman, Arabic and Turkish civilizations. The town is dominated by an offshore rock on which is built a Genoese castle. Nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba, later to become pr… (More on Tabarka)