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A farm night in Zaghouan

2 days · 1 night

A night on a working farm in the hills an hour from Tunis, with Roman ruins and village life close by.

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The journey

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.

Highlights

  • A night at a farm in the Zaghouan hills
  • Bread or pastry making in a clay oven
  • Sunset at the Roman Water Temple
  • The stone lanes of Zriba Olia
A wooden terrace with a table and chairs looking towards the Zaghouan mountains

Take a look around A farm night in Zaghouan

A traditional clay tabouna oven with fresh round loaves on a dish beside it
A woman weaving a striped rug at a wooden loom
The arched gateway into Douar Laroussi with rocky hills beyond
Long wooden tables beneath a bright woven kilim in a farm dining hall
A Tunisian chicken and vegetable dish on a patterned plate scattered with herbs

Planned by one Wedded Advisor

The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.

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  • One advisor, start to finish
  • Hotels our team knows well
  • Dates and pace set around you
  • Flights and extra nights on request

Day by day

How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.

Your route

2 days · 2 stops
  1. Tunis
  2. Zaghouan1 night
  3. Tunis

  1. Zaghouan

    Day 1 · Zaghouan

    A farm in Zaghouan

    Leave Tunis at 10 am for Dar Zaghouan, where a local guide walks you around the farm and its landscape. Depending on the season, a hands-on workshop follows: a distillation demonstration, kaak el warka pastry making or tabouna bread baked in a clay oven. After a Tunisian lunch made with produce from the farm, visit the Roman Water Temple that once fed Carthage's aqueduct and stay for sunset over the mountains before dinner back at the farm.

    A farm in Zaghouan
    Meals
    Lunch, Dinner
    Travel
    57 km, about 1 hour

  2. Zaghouan and Tunis

    Day 2 · Zaghouan and Tunis

    Zriba Olia and Sidi Jedidi

    Walk the narrow lanes of Zriba Olia, a hilltop village of stone houses with wide views over the mountains. Continue to the farmland of Sidi Jedidi and Douar Laroussi to learn about traditional farming and local produce, with a country lunch on site, then return to Tunis by about 3 pm.

    Zriba Olia and Sidi Jedidi
    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch
    Travel
    135 km, about 2.5 hours

Where you stay

The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.

  1. Dar Zaghouan

    Zaghouan · 1 night

    Dar Zaghouan

    A rural cottage on the farm. Or similar

What's included

Included

  • 1 night in a rural cottage at the farm
  • 1 breakfast, 2 lunches and 1 dinner
  • An English, French, Spanish, Italian or German-speaking guide
  • Shared air-conditioned 4x4 throughout, from and back to Tunis
  • The farm walk and workshop, the Water Temple, the Zriba Olia walk and the Sidi Jedidi visit

Not included

  • International and domestic flights, and visa fees
  • Drinks, and meals not listed
  • City tax, paid locally
  • Gratuities and porterage
  • Optional tours and any visit not in the plan
  • Travel insurance

Good to know

Pace
Easy, with farm and village walks
Starts
Your Tunis hotel or Tunis airport at 10 am
Ends
Your Tunis hotel or the airport at about 3 pm
Guides
English, French, Spanish, Italian or German
Pack
Walking shoes and a light jacket for the evening

Plan A farm night in Zaghouan with an advisor

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.

  • Dates, hotels and the price confirmed for your travel window
  • Every day adjusted to your pace, with time for the two of you
  • Flights and the nights before and after planned on request
  • One advisor from first question to the flight home

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Questions couples ask

Do we travel with other people?
Yes. It is a shared group trip in an air-conditioned 4x4, with an English, French, Spanish, Italian or German-speaking guide.
What time does it start and finish?
You are collected from your Tunis hotel or the airport at 10 am on day 1; if you are flying in, aim to land by 8 am. You are back in Tunis at about 3 pm on day 2, so book any flight home after 6 pm.
What should we pack?
Comfortable walking shoes for the farm and village walks, and a light jacket for cool evenings in Zaghouan.

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See what this trip covers

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.

  • A night at a farm in the Zaghouan hills
  • Bread or pastry making in a clay oven
  • Sunset at the Roman Water Temple
  • The stone lanes of Zriba Olia

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