Mellegue Hammam

Le Kef, Le Kef, Tunisia

Location: Le Kef, Le Kef, Tunisia
Water type: thermal
Temperature: 40 °C
pH: 7.3

Water profile

Thermicity

Sedative

40 °C

LowHigh

Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.

Mineralisation

Balancing

LowHigh

Rich in trace elements — gentle on the skin.

Buoyancy

Standard buoyancy

LowHigh

Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.

BicarbonatesCalcium

The Mellegue Hammam, also known as the Roman Hammam of Mellegue, is a historic bathing site situated 15 kilometres west of Le Kef in northwestern Tunisia, exploiting the thermal waters of the Mellegue River valley. Dating from the Roman period when the area formed part of the provinces of Africa Proconsularis and Numidia, the baths provided the classic sequence of frigidarium, tepidarium, and caldarium that characterised Roman thermal establishments throughout North Africa. Their survival in the highland Tell region testifies to Tunisia's exceptional concentration of Roman thermal heritage, extending from the great urban baths of Carthage and Dougga to these more intimate rural thermal establishments.

Insider tip — Le Kef (The Rock) in northwestern Tunisia is one of the country's most dramatically sited historic cities — a mountain fortress above the Medjerda valley plains, with Numidian, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Ottoman, and French colonial layers visible in its walls. The Mellegue Hammam draws on the thermal spring tradition of the Oued Melegue valley where the Romans built the Aquae Persianae — among the oldest continuously used thermal sites in North Africa, serving bathers without interruption for nearly two millennia.

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