Day 1 · Hammamet
Arrive and drive to Hammamet
You are met at Tunis-Carthage airport and driven to Yasmine Hammamet on the coast. The afternoon is free, with dinner at your hotel.
- Meals
- Dinner
- Travel
- 70 km, about 1 hour
6 days · 5 nights
From the Mediterranean to the edge of the Sahara and back, in six easy days.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesThis 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.
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 Hammamet first
Hammamet
Day 1 · Hammamet
You are met at Tunis-Carthage airport and driven to Yasmine Hammamet on the coast. The afternoon is free, with dinner at your hotel.
Kairouan and Tozeur
Day 2 · Kairouan and Tozeur
Walk with your guide through the medina of Kairouan to the Great Mosque, founded in 670, and the Aghlabid basins that once held the city water. After lunch the road runs south to the oasis town of Tozeur.
Tozeur and Douz
Day 3 · Tozeur and Douz
A free day in Tozeur to rest, wander or join an optional outing. Later you drive across the Chott el Djerid, the largest salt lake in the country, to Douz on the edge of the Sahara.
Matmata, El Djem and Sousse
Day 4 · Matmata, El Djem and Sousse
Visit Matmata, where Berber families still live in homes dug into the earth, and see a film set from Star Wars. After lunch at El Djem and a visit to its Roman amphitheatre, continue to the coast at Sousse.
Sidi Bou Said, Carthage and Tunis
Day 5 · Sidi Bou Said, Carthage and Tunis
Drive north to Sidi Bou Said, the white and blue village above the sea, then explore the UNESCO-listed ruins of Carthage. After lunch, visit the Bardo National Museum and spend free time in the medina of Tunis before checking in.
Tunis
Day 6 · Tunis
Time at the hotel, depending on your flight, before your transfer to the airport.
+1 day afterA last night in Tunis
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Hammamet · 1 night
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Tozeur · 1 night
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Douz · 1 night
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Sousse · 1 night
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Tunis · 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 rest by the sea in Hammamet on a bed and breakfast basis.
After the journey · +1 day
Stay on in Tunis 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.
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.
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.
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