"Aghir - a quiet retreat in April/May" Aghir by Kevin-UK

Well not many, we haven't met any English in Aghir (Aguir) in the four consecutive visits that we've done.
When I travel the last thing that I want is to meet hundreds of Brits, it doesn't seem like a holiday and along with hundres of Brits are the "English" bars, restaurants, food and beer. Well, in Aghir there is little of that, infact the same is true for most of the Ile de Djerba.
The Reason - transfer times from the airport. Yes, there is an airport on Djerba but there are no direct flights from the UK - excellent. In April my wife and I spent 12 days in Tunisia, six of these in Aghir, we met no Brits until day ten, on the journey home, in Sousse.
There is little accommodation available in Aghir for the independent traveller, however there is a campsite right on the beach, normally frequented by German's with their motorhomes, but they accept tents as well. There are toilets and showers, and the beach it outside your door.
You could rent a room at the Centre de Stages et de Vacances (I think - I don't do French, can you tell?), this is also the campsite. We rented a room here last year at a cost of 20TD for two nights (£2.50 p/p p/n) room only with beds and blankets, shared facilities.
This year we arrived and they were full, we were lucky though and rented a small house from a local for 20TD p/n.

The beach at Aghir April 2009

The beach in Aghir is sandy with rocky outcrops of about a metre high creating small "coves" along the entire length. The main hotels have private areas for their guests to sunbathe, however there is still plenty of room for everyone. The facilities are, again, directed at the hotel guests (mainly watersports).
There is some shade by way of a few Tamerisk trees, but most of the public beach is in full sun. Swimming is generally safe, the bottom is sandy, there are rocks but these are flat and level with the sand.
At the west end of the main beach is a harbour wall, a vary pleasent walk in the early morning or in the evening, to watch the sun rise or set.
Behind the beach are many "abandoned" buildings, these appear to be old beachhuts, bars, and even a swimming pool. It would seem the Aghir it not as busy as is was maybe 20 years ago, I guess that this is due to there being no direct flights into Djerba from the UK.