Day 1 · Tunis
Arrive in Tunis
You are met at Tunis-Carthage airport and driven to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours, with dinner in the evening.
- Meals
- Dinner
8 days · 7 nights
The whole of Tunisia in a week: Roman cities, a holy city, desert oases and the Mediterranean coast.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesThe 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.
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 driven to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours, with dinner in the evening.
Tunis and Hammamet
Day 2 · Tunis and Hammamet
Start in Sidi Bou Said, the white and blue village above the sea, then explore the UNESCO-listed ruins and amphitheatre of Carthage. After lunch, see the mosaics of the Bardo National Museum and spend free time in the medina of Tunis before driving to Hammamet.
Dougga and Kairouan
Day 3 · Dougga and Kairouan
Visit Dougga, judged the best preserved small Roman town in North Africa, with its Capitol and theatre. After a local lunch, continue to Kairouan, long the religious heart of Tunisia.
Kairouan and Tozeur
Day 4 · Kairouan and Tozeur
Walk through the medina of Kairouan to the Great Mosque, founded in 670, and the Aghlabid basins that once held the city water. After lunch, travel south by way of Gafsa to Tozeur, the town of palms.
Tozeur
Day 5 · Tozeur
A day at your own pace in the oasis: rest at the hotel, explore on foot, or join an optional outing.
Tozeur and Douz
Day 6 · Tozeur and Douz
See the patterned brick facades in the centre of Tozeur, then drive across the Chott el Djerid, the largest salt lake in the country. Lunch is in Douz, the gateway to the Sahara, and the rest of the day is free.
Matmata, El Djem and Sousse
Day 7 · Matmata, El Djem and Sousse
Visit Matmata, where Berber families still live in homes dug into the earth, and a Star Wars film set. After lunch at El Djem and its Roman amphitheatre, reach Sousse and walk the marina at Port El Kantaoui with your guide.
Sousse
Day 8 · Sousse
A last breakfast, then your transfer to the airport.
+1 day afterA last night in Sousse
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Tunis · 1 night
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Hammamet · 1 night
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Kairouan · 1 night
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Tozeur · 2 nights
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Douz · 1 night
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Sousse · 1 night
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Add a few days before or after. Your advisor quotes them with the journey.
Before the journey · +1 day
Arrive a day early and settle in to Tunis on a bed and breakfast basis.
After the journey · +1 day
Stay on by the sea in Sousse on a bed and breakfast basis, with transfers 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.
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.
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 · Kairouan
Small group tour | 8 days | Tunis · Hammamet · Sousse
Self-drive | 7 days | Tunis · Gammarth · Sousse
Small group tour | 6 days | Tunis · Hammamet · Sousse
