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Iconic Tunisia
$1,950
A person, double occupancy. Private tour for six adults.
A week that keeps to the Roman north and then to the sea: Carthage and the Bardo, a night in Kairouan, two nights in Sousse and one in Hammamet.
Carthage
Day 2
Kairouan
Day 3
Sousse
Day 4
Hammamet
Day 6
Day 1
You are met at the airport by your guide and taken to your hotel. As soon as you have had a chance to refresh yourself, you visit Sidi Bou Said, the village above the gulf whose sixteenth century architecture came with its Andalusian settlers. A welcome dinner follows, at a fine restaurant in La Goulette or Carthage.
Night in Tunis, at Dar Said (or similar).
Day 2
The Roman ruins of Carthage in the morning. Then the Bardo Museum, a former Ottoman palace holding one of the finest collections of Roman and Carthaginian mosaics in the world. Finally into the heart of old Tunis for a walking tour of the seventh century medina.
Night in Tunis, at Dar Said (or similar).
Day 3
Rural roads to Dougga, Tunisia's largest and most impressive Roman site, known as the city of temples and thought to date back to the fourth century BC. From there to Kairouan, North Africa's oldest Islamic city, whose Great Mosque dates from the seventh century and is reputed to be the oldest in Africa. The city sat on the caravan routes, and the region still produces much of Tunisia's craft work, particularly rugs.
Night in Kairouan, at La Kasbah (or similar).
Day 4
Southeast to El Djem and the best preserved Roman colosseum in the world. Then Monastir, the mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba, Tunisia's first president, and a walk by the Mediterranean.
Night in Sousse, at Movenpick Sousse (or similar).
Day 5
The marina at Port El Kantaoui, then the medina of Sousse and its souks, then a guided quad bike tour. The evening is yours in Sousse.
Night in Sousse, at Movenpick Sousse (or similar).
Day 6
The Berber village of Hergla on the coast, then Hammamet, with free time in the city centre and by the beaches.
Night in Hammamet, at TUI Blue Manar (or similar).
Day 7
Transfer to the airport for your flight home.
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The hotels our programme sheet names for this journey. Where the sheet says or similar, so do we, and a similar property may stand in.
Tunis, 2 nights
Days 1 to 2
Guest house
Kairouan, 1 night
Day 3
Five star
Sousse, 2 nights
Days 4 to 5
Five star
Hammamet, 1 night
Day 6
We suggest March to June and September to November for this journey. We leave out any month in which the average daytime high reaches 95F (35C) at a place on this route that the table covers, and we leave out December to February.
Source: Institut National de la Météorologie, Tunisia's national weather service. The figures are its long term monthly averages, and no station sits at a site. The choice of months is our advice, and none of our programme sheets states a season. Each figure is from the Institut's station nearest the place: Tunis-Carthage for Tunis and Beja for Dougga.
Two of our private programmes run seven days, and their names are close. This is how they differ.
| Compared | Carthage, Kairouan and the Coast, this page | From Carthage to Kairouan |
|---|---|---|
| Who it is for | Carthage, Kairouan and the Coast: The Roman north and the coast, if your week is short | From Carthage to Kairouan: Roman Africa, city by city |
| Where you sleep | Carthage, Kairouan and the Coast: Tunis (2 nights), Kairouan (1 night), Sousse (2 nights) and Hammamet (1 night) | From Carthage to Kairouan: Tunis (2 nights), Ain Draham (1 night), Kairouan (1 night), Sousse (1 night) and Tunis (1 night) |
| Price | Carthage, Kairouan and the Coast: $1,950 a person, double occupancy. Private tour for six adults | From Carthage to Kairouan: $2,190 a person, double occupancy |
| 4x4 excursion | Carthage, Kairouan and the Coast: Included | From Carthage to Kairouan: Not on its cost sheet |
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