6 Day Tour to Discover the Treasures of Tunisia

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Hammamet – Kairouan - Tozeur
1 stop
1
Kairouan
departure for Kairouan for 2 hours this UNESCO World Heritage city is the first sacred city in the Maghreb!You will discover the emblem of the city, the Great Mosque of Kairouan, also known as Sidi Oqba Mosque. It remains today the oldest and most prestigious monument in Tunisia and the Maghreb. This mosque is also considered one of the most beautiful and harmonious Arab-Muslim architectural achievements. You will also visit the mausoleum of the barber “Sidi Sahbi”, and the basins of the “Aghlabites”. Kairouan is also famous for its artisan wool carpets and pastries. We also suggest you stroll through the alleys of the souk, convincing testimony to its prestigious past. Lunch in Kairouan. Then, continue to Tozeur via Gafsa, a coffee break during the Arrival in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Tozeur or
4 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Tozeur-Nefta-Tozeur
3 stops
2
Tozeur
in the afternoon, guided tour of Tozeur. Unusual and surprising, Tozeur will unfold before your eyes its immense Saharan oasis, its rough and silent medina where we like to get lost and whose typical sand color constructions will not fail to charm you. Then departure for a short getaway towards Nefta.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
3
Nefta
The city was once a Numidian city then Roman and finally Arab where it becomes a hotspot of Sufism. You will visit the “Nefta basket”, an area where springs once flowed. Water from 152 springs was channelled into a wadi to water the palm grove. In the streets of Douz were also shot footage from the film “The English Patient”. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
4
Optional 1⁄2 day excursion in 4x4 from mountain oases: 18 € For the more adventurous, set off in the morning for a 4x4 excursion to discover the mountain oases of Tamerza and Chebika.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Tozeur – Chott El Jerid – Douz – Matmata - Djerb
3 stops
5
Chott El Jerid
Early after breakfast, after an hour drive to Twelve "the gate of the sahara". A first stopover is planned in “Chott El Jérid”. The largest saline plain in Tunisia, changes according to the seasons, years and reverberation to become mirages. The landscapes of the puppy appear in several episodes of Star Wars including the exterior scenes of Owen Lars' residence located on Tatooine.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
6
Douz
Continue to Twelve an hour. Located at the foot of the great desert dunes, it is known as the “gate of the Sahara”. During antiquity, it was the most important oasis in the region and an important stopover for caravans on their journeys between the Sahara and northern Tunisia. You will be fascinated by its natural decor, a green island on an ocean of blond sand. A breathtaking spectacle! This is the essential stop for desert lovers! Optional Comedy ride 10 euro
2 hours • Admission ticket free
7
Matmata
You continued to Matmata 2 hours to discover the famous cave houses, emblem of “Stars Wars”. These dwellings were used as a decor for the interior of the Lars farm. Ingenious and built to withstand the climate, they are dug around a large circular open pit to capture light and thus keep a relatively regular temperature throughout the year. You’ll even have the opportunity to wander around some of them! The ultimate privilege is to have lunch at the Sidi Driss Hotel, itself a troglodyte, whose courtyard served as a decor for the Lars’ dining room and kitchen! Thus, the courtyard named “Star Wars Courtyard” is now the restaurant. Finally, continue to Djerba by Mareth and ferry for 2 hours. Dinner and overnight stay.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Djerba
4 stops
8
Djerba Island
After breakfast, departure for the tour of the island of Djerba. Djerba has about twenty kilometers of blond sandy beaches, located mostly at the eastern end of the island. Gustave Flaubert nicknamed it “Island of the Golden Sands”. Ulysses would have crossed it, the Carthaginians founded several posts there, the Romans built several cities there. Passed successively under Byzantine and then Arab domination, it retains the presence of a Jewish community whose tradition dates back to the coming to the destruction of the Temple of Solomon. Handicrafts occupy a great place in the local life of the island
Admission ticket free
9
Guellala
you will start your day with a visit to the potters village of Guellal. Thanks to the rich clay deposits surrounding it, this activity has lasted for several centuries. You will discover a workshop with the techniques and secrets of its artisans.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
10
El Ghriba Synagogue
Finally, you will end the morning with a visit to the “Griba”, a famous synagogue renowned throughout the Middle East and home to the annual international pilgrimage for the Jewish Easter period.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
11
you will leave for Houmt Souk, capital of the island, famous for its busy and colorful souks that attract locals and visitors. Dinner and overnight in Djerba.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Djerba – Gabes – El Djem – Hammamet
2 stops
12
After breakfast, head to Gabes for 2 hours, former Phoenician counter before becoming a Roman colony. You will discover the “El Jara” market, infamous once for its slave market. Lunch along the way.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
13
Amphitheatre D'el Jem
Continuation “El Djem” 2 hours and a half, the ancient Thydrus, one of the richest cities of Roman Africa. Located at the gates of the Sahel region, it is famous for its amphitheatre, the largest in the Roman Empire after the Colosseum of Rome! From the steps, you can admire the architectural masterpiece. Continuation to Hammamet or Tunis. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Hammamet – Tunis Medina – Carthage – Sidi Bou Said
3 stops
14
Medina of Tunis
After breakfast, an hour drive and you will discover the medina of Tunis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some 700 monuments including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, medersas and fountains bear witness to this remarkable past.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
15
Carthage
Lunch. You will leave for a guided tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Carthage, which means “new city” in Phoenician. Founded on the Gulf of Tunis, Carthage established from the 6th century a trading empire extending over much of the Mediterranean world and was the seat of a brilliant civilization.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
16
Sidi Bou Said
Continuation to Sidi Bou Said, known as the Saint Tropez of Tunisia. Perched on a cliff overlooking Carthage and the Gulf of Tunis, this charming place will seduce you with the wonderful sweetness of life that reigns there. You can walk freely in this small village with Arab and Andalusian architecture. Sidi Bou Said’s houses, brightly white with blue doors, are scattered randomly along winding alleys, now known as the “little white and blue paradise”. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Tunis or Hammamet.
2 hours • Admission ticket free

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