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Monastir

Monastir is a city on the Sahel coast, visited from Sousse, where the mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba, Tunisia's first president, is the main sight. The seven, ten and twelve day journeys add a walk beside the Mediterranean, and the twelve day journey stops here for a fish lunch.

The Ribat of Monastir in warm sandstone, its round watchtower above the crenellated walls, with palms in front and a white minaret to the left
Time on our journeys
A short visit
Region
The Sahel
On our journeys
Three of our six private journeys

Visiting Monastir

Monastir is visited from Sousse. The sheets send you first to the mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba, Tunisia's first president, and then on a walk beside the Mediterranean. On the twelve day journey the visit includes lunch at a fish restaurant. On the seven day journey it ends the fourth day, after El Djem, and on the ten day journey it ends the ninth, after the marina at Port El Kantaoui and the medina of Sousse.

What to see

  • The mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba
  • A walk beside the Mediterranean
  • Lunch at a fish restaurant, on the twelve day journey

Along the way in the Sahel

The olive coast: Sousse, Monastir, and the best preserved Roman amphitheatre in the world.

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