Luxury holidays in Tunisia
Wander the blue and white lanes of Sidi Bou Said, then spend a night in the Sahara. Send us your dates and we add the Roman ruins, with private guides and drivers.
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Tunisia surprises travellers who expect only beaches. Sidi Bou Said sits on a cliff above the Gulf of Tunis, all white walls and blue doors, and below it lie the ruins of Carthage, once the great rival of Rome. In Tunis, the Bardo Museum holds one of the world's finest collections of Roman mosaics, and the medina is a World Heritage site.
Inland, the amphitheatre at El Jem is among the best preserved anywhere, and the great mosque of Kairouan is one of the oldest in Africa. The south turns to desert, with palm oases at Tozeur, cave homes at Matmata and the dunes beyond Douz. Djerba, an island off the southern coast, is the calm place to finish.
Tunisia
6 days · 5 nights
Tunis → Hammamet → Matmata → Djerba → Tunis
After a first night at Hammamet, a 4x4 carries a small group south past the amphitheatre of El Djem to Matmata, the ksour of Tataouine and Chenini, and two nights on Djerba. The drive north takes in the Great Mosque of Kairouan, and the trip ends with a morning in the medina of Tunis.
Tunisia
7 days · 6 nights
Tunis → Gammarth → Hammamet → Kairouan → Sousse → Gammarth → Tunis
Collect your car at Tunis airport and base yourselves for two nights at Gammarth, close to Carthage, Sidi Bou Said and the medina. Then drive south to Hammamet, inland to Kairouan, past El Djem to Sousse, and back up the coast for a last night at Gammarth.
Tunisia
8 days · 7 nights
Tunis → Hammamet → Tozeur → Douz → Djerba → Sousse → Tunis
From a first night in Hammamet, the group heads inland to Kairouan and on to the palm town of Tozeur. You cross the Chott el Djerid salt lake to Douz at the edge of the Sahara, visit the cave homes of Matmata, and spend two nights on Djerba before returning north by way of El Djem, Sousse, Sidi Bou Said and Carthage.
Tunisia
8 days · 7 nights
Tunis → Hammamet → Kairouan → Hammamet → Tunis
Two nights near Tunis give you Sidi Bou Said, Carthage, the Bardo mosaics and the medina. From there a small group travels to the Roman cities of Dougga, Bulla Regia, Thuburbo Majus and Sbeitla, with two nights in Kairouan, then back by way of El Djem and the Cap Bon peninsula for a last night in Tunis.
Tunisia
5 days · 4 nights
Tunis → Bizerte → Tabarka → Tunis
A short loop from Tunis through the north of the country. You head up the coast to Bizerte and across hills and farmland to Tabarka, then turn inland through a run of Roman sites before ending at Carthage.
Tunisia
6 days · 5 nights
Tunis → Kairouan → Hammamet
Two nights in Tunis take in Sidi Bou Said, Carthage, the Bardo and the old medina. From Kairouan you reach the Roman towns of Dougga, Bulla Regia and Sufetula, then travel by way of El Djem and Port El Kantaoui to Hammamet for the final night.
Tunisia
3 days · 2 nights
Tunis → Hammamet → Sousse → Tunis
A compact loop from Tunis that suits a long weekend or a stopover. You see the Bardo mosaics on arrival, spend a full day between Kairouan and El Djem, and finish at Sidi Bou Said and Carthage on the way back to the airport.
Tunisia
6 days · 5 nights
Tunis → Hammamet → Tozeur → Douz → Sousse → Tunis
This loop runs from the coast at Hammamet through holy Kairouan to the palm oasis of Tozeur. You cross the great salt lake to Douz, gateway to the Sahara, see the cave homes of Matmata and the arena at El Djem, and finish in Sidi Bou Said and Tunis.
Tunisia
8 days · 7 nights
Tunis → Hammamet → Kairouan → Tozeur → Douz → Sousse
The fullest of the Tunisia loops. After Sidi Bou Said, Carthage and the Bardo, you see Dougga and Kairouan, then spend two nights among the palms of Tozeur. The return runs across the great salt lake to Douz, through Matmata and El Djem, and ends on the coast at Sousse.
Tunisia
2 days · 1 night
Tunis → Zaghouan → Tunis
Leave Tunis in the morning for Dar Zaghouan, a farm in the hills where you walk the land, join a seasonal workshop and share a long lunch. The Roman Water Temple at sunset ends the first day, and the second takes you to the stone village of Zriba Olia and a farm at Sidi Jedidi before you return to Tunis.
The north holds the history, and the south holds the oases and the dunes.
The medina of Tunis, the ruins of Carthage and the blue and white cliff village above the bay.
Mediterranean resort towns with walled medinas, long sandy beaches and Sousse's ribat by the harbour.
One of the holy cities of Islam, with the Great Mosque, a walled medina and old Aghlabid pools.
Palm groves, brick-patterned old quarters and mountain oases on the edge of the Chott el Djerid salt lake.
The gateway to the Sahara dunes, with the underground cave homes of Matmata on the road north.
A flat, sunny island in the south, known for its whitewashed villages, beaches and the old synagogue of El Ghriba.
Spring and autumn are comfortable for both the ruins and the desert.
Mild days and cool nights, a comfortable time for the desert.
Cool on the coast, clear and pleasant in the oases.
Spring warmth, green hills in the north and mild desert days.
Warm and sunny across the country, ideal for touring.
Warm days on the coast and the last comfortable month in the Sahara.
Beach season starts on the coast, heat builds in the south.
Hot, the coast is pleasant but the desert is very hot.
The hottest month, best spent on the coast or Djerba.
Warm sea and easing heat, good for coast and city.
Warm days and cooler nights, the desert season opens.
Mild and clear, the date harvest in the oases.
Cool on the coast, the Douz festival brings the Sahara to life.
Most travellers connect through a European city or a Gulf hub for the short flight into Tunis.
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