Cape Bon is the closest point on the African coast to Sicily. Bon is mentioned more than once in the tablets of military history: in the sea near Cape Bon, the vandals defeated the Byzantine naval commander Basilisk in 468. In December 1941, British destroyers torpedoed two Italian cruisers off Cape Bon. In May 1943, the last Italo-German formations in Africa capitulated on the peninsula.

2 km north of the center of El Khawariya, on Cape Ras el Tib, is the most extreme point of the Cap Bon peninsula. Here, on the steep slope of Mount Sidi Abiod, as a result of weathering, giant grottoes were formed. Some cavities were used as quarries, which were worked by Roman slaves. The stones mined here served for the construction of the Roman cities of the province of Africa. Some grottoes are a series of underground labyrinths inhabited by bats. On the territory of the quarries and several natural grottoes, the most indicative and convenient for visiting, there is an archaeological park.