Carthage to Kairouan

Fly from London to Tunis. Transfer to the Tunisian 5-star El Mouradi Gammarth for four nights.

Visit the archaeological site of Uthina, a short drive south of Tunis. Lesser known and little-visited, this Roman town covers a sizeable area with extensive remains probably built by the emperor Hadrian in the early 2nd century AD. Continue to the coastal town of Sidi Bou Said, its cobbled streets are lined with whitewashed houses, their bright blue doors and balconies echoing the sea and sky.
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Visit the UNESCO Dougga ruins, With uninterrupted views from its 65-hectare hillside setting, its temples, baths, cisterns, elegant colonnades, and 19-tier theatre date from the 2nd and 3rd centuries but are built on the foundations of a much earlier Numidian settlement.
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Visit the ruins of ancient Carthage, scattered across an extensive area in the Tunis suburbs. The capital of the ancient Carthaginian civilisation, and a major trading empire from the 6th century BC, it was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC, who then built Roman Carthage on its ruins, centred on the Hill of Byrsa, with the Capitol and forum. Enjoy an afternoon in Tunis, visiting the Bardo Museum, and exploring the atmospheric, UNESCO protected medina, with its fountains, mosques and palaces.
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Travel (3 hrs) to the UNESCO listed city of Kairouan, a revered centre of Islamic scholarship in the 9th century, and equally important as a place of pilgrimage today. Visit the medina, its multi-gated walls encompassing atmospheric little squares, narrow lanes of houses and archways, the covered souk, the enormous Great Mosque of Sidi Oqba, its square minaret dominating the skyline, and the Sidi Sahbi Mausoleum. Continue to Sousse for three nights at the 5-star Mövenpick Sousse Hotel.
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Tour to El Djem a 3rd-century AD Roman amphitheatre. With a spectator capacity of 35,000, it is one of the largest and best preserved in the world. Continue to Monastir to visit the Ribat fortress flanked by polygon towers and the opulent Mausoluem of Habib Bourguiba, Tunisia’s first president, the two set side by side on the shoreline.
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In Sousse, visit the Archaeological Museum, housed in the medina Kasbah, and housing one of the largest mosaic collections in the world; and explore the gloriously preserved medina, a UNESCO listed masterpiece. Enjoy our special event, an afternoon lecture in the atmospheric setting of the Ribat medieval fortified enclave, designed to serve both military and monastic functions, its multi-level cells encircling a central courtyard.
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Transfer to Tunis airport for the return flight to London.
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