Day 1 · Tunis
Arrive in Tunis
You are met at Tunis-Carthage airport and taken to your hotel at Gammarth. Rest or explore nearby, with dinner at the hotel in the evening.
- Meals
- Dinner
- Travel
- 25 km, about 1 hour
8 days · 7 nights
Tunisia's Roman cities, one after another, between the coast and the interior.
Guaranteed departure. Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesTwo 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.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
+1 day beforeA night in Tunis first
Tunis
Day 1 · Tunis
You are met at Tunis-Carthage airport and taken to your hotel at Gammarth. Rest or explore nearby, with dinner at the hotel in the evening.
Day 2 · Tunis
From about 8 am, visit Sidi Bou Said, the white and blue village high above the sea, then the ruins of Carthage and its theatre. After lunch, see the mosaics of the Bardo National Museum and spend free time in the medina of Tunis.
Hammamet
Day 3 · Hammamet
Head west to Dougga, a UNESCO-listed town with Punic, Roman and Byzantine layers, best known for its Capitol and theatre. After lunch, visit Bulla Regia, where Roman families built their houses half underground against the heat and many mosaic floors remain in place. Reach your hotel in Hammamet at about 6 pm.
Kairouan
Day 4 · Kairouan
Visit Oudna, one of Rome's oldest cities in Africa, with one of the largest amphitheatres in the north of the continent. Lunch is at Dar Zaghouan, then continue to Thuburbo Majus, a colony founded for Roman army veterans, its ruins standing alone in open countryside. Arrive in Kairouan at about 6 pm.
Day 5 · Kairouan
Drive to Sbeitla, the Roman Sufetula, whose forum temples are the best preserved in Tunisia. After lunch, visit Makthar, a Numidian stronghold from the 3rd century BC that once guarded the trade routes, and return to Kairouan at about 6 pm.
Hammamet
Day 6 · Hammamet
Walk through the medina of Kairouan to the Great Mosque, founded in 670, and see the Aghlabid water basins. After lunch, visit the Roman amphitheatre at El Djem, then stroll the marina at Port El Kantaoui before returning to Hammamet.
Tunis
Day 7 · Tunis
Spend the day on Cap Bon, known for its orange and lemon groves and seaside towns. Visit Kelibia, founded by the Carthaginians as a fortified town, and the Punic city of Kerkouane, then after lunch Haouaria, before returning to Tunis at about 6 pm.
Day 8 · Tunis
Breakfast, then a transfer to the airport timed to your flight.
+1 day afterA last night in Tunis
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Gammarth, Tunis · 3 nights
Your first two nights and your last night. Or similar
Hammamet · 2 nights
The nights after Dougga and after El Djem. Or similar
Kairouan · 2 nights
Or similar
Add a few days before or after. Your advisor quotes them with the journey.
Before the journey · +1 day
Arrive a day early and rest at the Gammarth hotel, with breakfast. Airport transfers for the extra night are arranged separately.
After the journey · +1 day
Stay on at the Gammarth hotel with breakfast. Airport transfers for the extra night are arranged separately.
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
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.
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.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
Other ways to see Tunisia, closest in length first.
Small group tour | 8 days | Tunis · Hammamet · Sousse
Small group tour | 8 days | Tunis · Hammamet · Sousse
Self-drive | 7 days | Tunis · Gammarth · Sousse
Small group tour | 6 days | Tunis · Hammamet · Sousse
