Stop at : The Great Mosque of Kairouan, Rue Sidi Abdelkader, Kairouan 3100 Tunisia
The Great Mosque of Kairouan, the first in the Maghreb, was founded in 670 and rebuilt in 836.
It served as a model for other mosques in the Muslim West, even in Andalusia.
The mosque is named after the Arab conqueror Oqba, founder of the city.
The minaret is reminiscent of ancient lighthouses, such as the famous lighthouse of Alexandria. 31.50m high, it overlooks the vast courtyard surrounded by arcades.
A forest of columns occupies the entire space of the prayer hall, framing the majestic central nave.
Many of these columns come from ancient sites such as Sbeïtla.
The portico surrounding the courtyard, the prayer hall, the harmonious symmetry of the facade with its arched arcades and its dome make this mosque a masterpiece of architecture.
Duration : 40 minutes
Stop at : Medina of Kairouan, Rue Bouhaha Houmet Jemmaa the medina of Kairouan, Kairouan 3100 Tunisia
Visit of the basins of the Aghlabides, the Barbier mosque or the mausoleum Sidi Sahbi, and its pretty minarets, then of the medina of Kairouan where you will be able to throw an eye in the souks, to taste the pastry shops of Kairouan “Mekroudhs” and its artisanal manufacture of carpet, the large mosque also called Sidi Oqba mosque and finally the mosque with three doors
Duration : 2 hours
Stop at : Amphitheatre of El Jem, El-Jem Tunisia
A visit to the Roman Colosseum, founded in the IIIrd century after JC and classified as a world heritage site in 1972, being able to accommodate 30000 spectators, third in the Roman world by its size after that of Rome and that of Capoue, the amphitheatre of El Jem and the most impressive Roman monument of Africa.
Duration : 2 hours
Stop at : Archaeological Museum of El-Djem, Route de Sfax, El-Jem 345 Tunisia
Visit of the archaeological museum of El Jem, installed in a reconstituted Roman villa, where one can discover an important collection of Roman mosaics, covering a period going from the 2nd century to the 5th century, statues, terra cotta statuettes, bottles of perfume and many other glassworks.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
