Tunisia First Impressions

DAY 1: TUNIS
Arrival in Tunis and private transfer to the hotel. Accommodation for 4 nights, with breakfast.

The laid-back capital of Tunisia has two distinct personalities. The new city, created by French colonists in the 19th century, is tidy, with wrought-iron balconies, cafés and pastry shops lining palm-lined avenues. Passing through Port de France, you leave the European side behind, entering the labyrinth of the Medina, filled with old palaces and antique dealers.


DAY 2: TUNIS - SIDI BOU SAID - TUNIS
After breakfast at the hotel, departure for a private full-day tour with an English-speaking guide.

Visit the Bardo Museum, the most important in the country, which contains the richest collection of Roman mosaics in the world, found in archaeological sites in Tunisia and which are very well preserved.

Then, visit the Medina of Tunis, between its streets and different old neighborhoods.

In the afternoon, visit the famous ruins of Carthage, the Punic port that housed the commercial and military fleet of Cartago, the ancient sanctuary of Tofetus dedicated to the most revered gods of Carthage, Tanit and Baal Hamon, the Byrsa hill that was the residential neighborhood of Cartago, and the Baals of the Antonine Emperor.

Continuation of the tour to Sidi Bou Said, a charming city with cobblestone streets and blue and white houses, located on the hillside.

Return to the hotel in Tunis.


DAY 3: TUNIS - TESTOUR - DOUGGA - THUBURBO MAJUS - TUNIS Breakfast at the hotel.
Full-day private tour, with English-speaking guide.

Panoramic tour of the city of Testour, the first city founded by the Moors in the early 17th

century, then tour Dougga, Tunisia's most famous and most visited Roman site and a World Heritage Site. Visit the remains of the old Dougga: the theater, the capitol, the forum, the baths, the houses, the place of the wind rose, among other points.

Finally, visit the ruins of Thuburbo Majus, an archaeological site that reveals important information about daily life, architecture, and urban planning in the Roman period.

Return to the hotel in Tunis.


DAY 4: TUNIS - KAIROUAN - EL DJEM - TUNIS
After breakfast, departure for a full-day private tour with an English-speaking guide.

It takes about 2 hours and 30 minutes to Kairouan, the holy city of Islam and the religious capital of Tunisia.

Visit the Aghlabides cisterns, the Abou Zoumaa Al Balaoui mausoleum, called Sid Sahib or “the barber”, the Great Mosque of Okba Ibn Nafa and the Medina, with its traditional souks.

Continuation of the tour to El Djem, with a visit to the Roman Colosseum, the third largest amphitheater in the Roman world, after those in Rome and Capua, with an estimated capacity of 35,000 spectators.

Free time for lunch and a visit to the archaeological museum of El Djem, which houses a magnificent collection of Roman mosaics.

Return to the hotel in Tunis.


DAY 5: TUNIS
Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Private transfer to Tunis airport.


Combine this itinerary with: MALTA