Radès (Arabic: رادس) is a harbour city in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia.

[clarification needed] Maxula Prates was a Civitas (town) of the Roman Province of Africa.

It is around this ribat, which has long since disappeared, that the village of which it is spoken in the 11th century was built and which seems to have been provided with a port since that time.

During the reign of the Husseinite beys, Radès was inhabited by farmers and sought by the notables of Tunis city.

The Beylical Decree of 7 July 1902 approved the agreement signed on 23 June of the same year between the Director of Public Works and Mr. Gaudens-Ravotti (industrial and public works contractor)[5] for the construction and operation of a line of Tramway[6] The track was built with a width of sixty centimeters and animal traction was used.