You’ve chosen homeschooling for your children — why not offer them the world as a classroom? At Ethic Village Djerba, your children learn by living: ancestral pottery, flamingos in the lagoon, Mediterranean history — and you enjoy a serene setting to support their learning, with a private pool screened from any overlooking and a gated residence where everyone can breathe.
No School Calendar: Travel When You Want
One of the great advantages of homeschooling is calendar freedom. While school families fight for slots in July–August, you can come to Djerba in September, October, April or May — when beaches are deserted, prices at their lowest, and the climate ideal (20–28°C). Days are long, mornings cool enough for study, afternoons bright for exploring.
Our long-stay rates (from 65 €/night for 28+ nights, breakfast included) make a month-long stay perfectly affordable. A full month in Jade or Opale runs about €1,820 — comparable to a small furnished flat in France, but with a private pool, a garden, an on-call cook and guaranteed sunshine.
Djerba: An Open-Air Classroom
Arts and Crafts
Djerbahood in Erriadh: 150 street art works in a traditional white-and-blue village. A perfect route for talking about art history, symbolism and mural techniques. Guellala: thousand-year-old pottery workshops where your children get their hands in the clay, discover the potter’s wheel, and leave with their own creation. A workshop runs 1–2 hours and suits even the youngest visitors.
Nature and Science
The Djerba lagoon hosts flamingos from November to March — family birdwatching with binoculars and a field notebook. Centuries-old olive groves (some over 500 years old) teach Mediterranean agriculture, the olive cycle and cold-pressed oil. The Roman causeway El Kantara (7 km) connects Djerba to the mainland — a walking history lesson in the footsteps of legionaries. The crocodile farm and Djerba Explore aquarium round out the zoology module.
Culture and Heritage
Ibadite mosques (a defensive architecture unique in the world), menzel and houch (traditional troglodyte and courtyard dwellings), Houmt Souk markets on Mondays and Thursdays, fishermen at Adjim port at dawn — every day is a discovery. For teens, the Jewish and Berber history of the island (La Ghriba synagogue, Berber caves) opens rich discussions about the plural cultures of the Mediterranean.
Your Base at Ethic Village Djerba
Our villas are designed for daily life, not a tourist parenthesis: equipped kitchen to prepare your own meals and respect everyone’s rhythm, washing machine, unlimited fibre Wi-Fi for online classes (Khan Academy, Outschool, virtual classrooms…), workspace for parents. If you prefer not to cook, our cook prepares halal meals delivered to your villa via the pass-through hatch (at extra cost, on request).
The residence is gated and secure, with a caretaker living on site 24/7 with his family — your children play in the garden and pool with peace of mind, you don’t have to supervise every minute. Connecting doors between Diamant and Saphir (and between Opale and Jade) allow large families to use two adjacent villas while keeping each household’s privacy.
We are located in Tezdaine, a sought-after district of Midoun (Tezdaine means “the palm trees” in Berber), away from tourist areas. The Troujette and Khalid Ibn Al Walid mosques are less than 5 minutes on foot — practical for families who wish to walk their children to Friday prayer.
A Typical Week of Homeschooling in Djerba
- Monday morning — Schoolwork at the villa (English, maths, science)
- Monday afternoon — Houmt Souk market: introduction to spices, fruits, craftspeople
- Tuesday — Pottery workshop in Guellala + travel journal writing
- Wednesday — Pool morning, free reading or project afternoon
- Thursday — Flamingo watching at the lagoon (in season)
- Friday — Djerbahood visit, jumu’ah prayer at the nearby mosque
- Saturday — Sidi Yati beach, picnic, family sport
- Sunday — Rest day, cooking together, board games
Several Homeschooling Families Together
Several homeschooling families travelling together? Ethic Village Djerba offers partial or full privatisation of the residence — 3 or 4 villas side by side, each family in their own villa with a private pool and no overlooking, but shared spaces for group activities (central garden, petanque and basketball courts depending on the season).
It’s an ideal setting for collective educational projects: writing workshops, drama, shared science lessons, read-aloud sessions. Parents can take turns teaching, exchange resources and support each other on the journey. Children build lasting friendships in a reassuring setting. Several families from the French-speaking Muslim homeschooling community return each year — we are happy to help you connect.
Our Villas
- Villa Diamant — 4 bedrooms, 8 guests (+2), 8×5m infinity pool with jacuzzi and slide, pool heating at extra cost (winter) — ideal for large families
- Villa Saphir — 3 bedrooms, 6 guests (+2), 12×3m lap pool with waterfall (summer only)
- Villa Opale — 2 bedrooms, 5 guests, 8×3m pool, bohemian style, swing over the pool
- Villa Jade — 2 bedrooms, 4 guests, 8×3m pool, exposed stone, intimate garden
All our pools are free from any overlooking, screened by high walls and privacy panels — the children swim freely, and mothers too.
For more, see our pages on long-stay in Djerba and our Muslim-friendly villa stay.