From Tunis · From Hammamet
The best of Tunisia in four days, with a guide
The three days of our Best of Tunisia tour, plus a fourth day in the Roman north: the Medina of Tunis, Carthage and Sidi Bou Saïd, then Kairouan and El Jem, then Hammamet, Sousse and Monastir, and finally Testour, Dougga and Bulla Regia. Private and guided, from your hotel in Tunis or Hammamet, and you sleep at your own hotel each night.
- 4 days
- Private tour
- No accommodation
- Guided tour
- Lunch · included
- Entrance fees · included
Overview
The best of Tunisia in 4 days: six UNESCO sites from your hotel
This is the Best of Tunisia for travellers with one more day: the same three days, then the Roman cities of the north, away from the usual routes.
You go out each morning and come back each evening, so four days of sightseeing cost you no nights and no hotel changes. Everything is private: your group, your vehicle, your guide.
Highlights
- Six UNESCO World Heritage sites in four days
- Dougga, one of the best-preserved Roman towns in North Africa
- The underground villas of Bulla Regia and the Andalusian town of Testour
- Lunch included on the first three days
- No hotel changes: you return to your own hotel every evening
Photos
The tour, day by day
4 days in this order. Your driver may adapt the order of a day to traffic, weather and opening hours.
The route
4 days · 0 nights
- Pick-upAt your hotel
Day 1Sidi Bou Saïd
Day 2El Jem Amphitheatre
Day 3Ribat of Monastir
Day 4Bulla Regia- ReturnAt your hotel
Day 1
The Medina of Tunis, Carthage and Sidi Bou Saïd
- Back to your own hotel
- Lunch
The Medina of Tunis on foot
UNESCO World Heritage · 1979Entrance included
The medina of Tunis has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979 and is still the working centre of the old city. You walk in from one of the gates, past the fondouks and the covered souks, to the Zitouna Mosque at its heart.
Carthage above the gulf
UNESCO World Heritage · 1979Entrance included
Carthage is a second World Heritage site, spread across a residential hill above the sea rather than gathered behind one fence. The Punic city and the Roman city that replaced it are both here, with the gulf on the horizon from almost every point.
Sidi Bou Saïd, blue and white
Entrance included
The first day ends in the clifftop village where every wall is whitewashed and every door and grille is the same blue. The cobbled main street climbs to a lookout over the marina; coffee is yours to pay for.
Day 2
Kairouan and the amphitheatre of El Jem
- Back to your own hotel
- Lunch
The Great Mosque of Kairouan
Entrance included
Kairouan is often called the fourth holy city of Islam. Its Great Mosque, founded in 670, is the oldest place of worship in the Muslim West: a marble courtyard, a square minaret and a prayer hall carried on ancient columns.
The Aghlabid Basins
Entrance included
Two great circular reservoirs on the edge of the old town, built to hold the city’s water supply. Seen from the viewing platform, the geometry is the whole story.
The medina of Kairouan
UNESCO World Heritage · 1988Entrance included
The medina is a World Heritage site in its own right and the best place in Tunisia to watch carpets being knotted. It is also the home of makroudh, the date-filled semolina pastry sold by the kilo.
El Jem: the amphitheatre and its museum
UNESCO World Heritage · 1979Entrance included
El Jem was Thysdrus, grown rich on olive oil. Its amphitheatre, built of cut stone on flat ground, measures 148 by 122 metres and held around 35,000 spectators. The archaeological museum nearby holds the mosaics that paved the town’s villas; both tickets are included.
Day 3
Hammamet, Sousse and Monastir
- Back to your own hotel
- Lunch
The medina of Hammamet
Entrance included
A small walled medina on a headland, with the kasbah at one end and the beach running out from its walls. Orientalist painters and romantic travellers have been coming here since the end of the nineteenth century.
The medina of Sousse
UNESCO World Heritage · 1988Entrance included
Ancient Hadrumetum, and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1988. The ramparts, the ribat, the Great Mosque and the kasbah are all inside one circuit of walls.
The ribat of Monastir
Entrance included
Three days end by the sea at Monastir, the Punic and then Roman town of Ruspina. Its ribat is a fortified monastery facing the Mediterranean, and its tower looks out over the coast.
Day 4
Testour, Dougga and Bulla Regia
- End of the tour
- None included
Testour, the Andalusian town
Testour was founded at the beginning of the 17th century by Moriscos, Muslims expelled from Spain. A panoramic tour takes in its Great Mosque, the finest example of Morisco art in Tunisia, and the minaret whose clock hands famously turn anticlockwise. Before leaving, you taste the cheese the region is known for.
Dougga, ancient Thugga
UNESCO World Heritage · 1997Entrance included
UNESCO listed Dougga in 1997 as the best-preserved small Roman town in North Africa. On its hillside you walk through the theatre, the Capitol, the forum, the baths, the houses, the Square of the Winds, a triumphal arch and the Libyco-Punic Mausoleum, older than the Roman town around it.
Bulla Regia
Entrance included
Bulla Regia is known for its religious buildings, among them the Capitol, the Temple of Apollo and two Christian basilicas, and above all for its villas built partly underground to escape the summer heat, a design found almost nowhere else in the Roman world.
Nights and meals
Where you sleep each night and which meals are included, day by day.
| Day | Night | Meals included |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Back to your own hotel | Lunch |
| Day 2 | Back to your own hotel | Lunch |
| Day 3 | Back to your own hotel | Lunch |
| Day 4 | End of the tour | None included |
What is included
The price covers everything listed under "Included". Anything else is up to you.
Included
- Lunch on days 1, 2 and 3
- Air-conditioned private vehicle for your group only
- All fees and taxes
- Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel
- Entrance to the archaeological site of Carthage
- Entrance to the Medina of Tunis
- Entrance to Sidi Bou Saïd
- Entrance to the Aghlabid Basins
- Entrance to the Great Mosque of Kairouan
- Entrance to the Medina of Kairouan
- Entrance to the El Jem Amphitheatre
- Entrance to the El Jem Archaeological Museum
- Entrance to the medina of Hammamet
- Entrance to the Medina of Sousse
- Entrance to the Ribat of Monastir
- Entrance fees to Dougga and Bulla Regia
Not included
- Hotel: you sleep at your own hotel
- Lunch on day 4
Good to know
- No accommodation is included
- This tour has no hotel: you sleep where you already are, in Tunis or Hammamet.
- Where we pick you up
- We pick you up at your hotel in Tunis or Hammamet each morning and bring you back there each evening. Tell us the name of your hotel when you book.
- Lunch
- Lunch is included on days 1, 2 and 3. On day 4, in the Roman north, lunch is not included: your guide suggests a place on the way.
- Four full days of walking
- Medinas are cobbled, and Carthage and Dougga are spread over hills. Comfortable shoes matter more than anything else you pack.
Questions about this tour
What is the difference with the 3-day tour?
The first three days are the same. The fourth day adds Testour, Dougga and Bulla Regia, in the Roman north of the country.
Is a hotel included?
No. You return to your own hotel in Tunis or Hammamet each evening.
Do the four days have to be consecutive?
The tour is written as four consecutive days. If you need them split, send us your dates and we will tell you what is possible.
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