Places to visit in Tunisia
54 places in nine regions: every town, site and landscape our journeys visit, with what there is to see and which of our journeys go there.
Tunis and Carthage
The capital, the Punic and Roman ruins on the gulf, and the blue and white village above them.
Tunis
Two or three nights
Carthage
Half a day
UNESCO World Heritage
Sidi Bou Said
A short visit
UNESCO World Heritage
The Bardo Museum
Half a day
The Medina of Tunis
Half a day
UNESCO World Heritage
Gammarth and La Marsa
The first afternoon and evening
The North Coast and Kroumirie
Cork oak forests, mountains meeting the Mediterranean, and the quietest coast in the country.
Bizerte
A stop on the way to Tabarka
Utica
Half a day
Tabarka
One night
Ain Draham
One night
The Roman Heartland
Dougga, Bulla Regia and the inland cities that made Roman Africa rich.
Le Kef
One or two nights
Testour
A short visit
Zaghouan
A short visit
Bulla Regia
Half a day
Dougga
Half a day
UNESCO World Heritage
Thuburbo Majus
Half a day
Uthina
A short visit
Cap Bon
The peninsula pointing at Sicily: hot springs, a Punic town the Romans never built over, and cliffs over the strait.
Kairouan
North Africa's oldest Islamic city, and a mosque reputed to be the oldest on the continent.
The Sahel
The olive coast: Sousse, Monastir, and the best preserved Roman amphitheatre in the world.
The Oases and the Chotts
Mountain oases, a salt lake that changes colour, and the sets where Tatooine was filmed.
The Deep South and the Ksour
Troglodyte dwellings, fortified granaries, and the dunes beyond the end of the tarmac.
Ksar Ghilane
One night
Matmata
A stop for lunch and a visit to a dwelling
Tamezret
A short visit
Ksar Metameur
A short visit
Ksar Haddada
A short visit
Tataouine
One night
Chenini
Half a day
Douiret
A short visit
Ksar Ouled Soltane
A short visit
Djerba
An island that keeps its own pace, with one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world.
Djerba
Two nights
UNESCO World Heritage
The Ghriba Synagogue
A short visit
Djerbahood
A short visit
Guellala
A short visit
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