8 days · 7 nights
A loop of the whole country, from the holy city of Kairouan to the Sahara, Djerba and the blue and white coast.
Guaranteed departure. Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesFrom 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 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 your hotel in Hammamet. Rest at the hotel or wander out to explore, with dinner at the hotel in the evening.
Tozeur
Day 2 · Tozeur
Leave at about 8 am for Kairouan and walk through its old medina to the Great Mosque, founded in 670, then see the Aghlabid basins that stored the city's water for centuries. After lunch in Gafsa, arrive in Tozeur, the town of palm groves, at about 6 pm.
Douz
Day 3 · Douz
The morning is free at the hotel, or you can book a 4x4 trip on the spot to the mountain oasis of Chebika or to a desert film set near Tozeur. After lunch, cross Chott el Djerid, the country's largest salt lake, to Douz, the gateway to the Sahara, with free time on arrival.
Djerba
Day 4 · Djerba
Leave at about 8 am for Matmata, where Berber families still live in troglodyte houses dug into the earth. Cross to Djerba for lunch, then explore Houmt Souk with its souks and the Djerbahood street art quarter before checking in at about 6 pm.
Day 5 · Djerba
Visit the Jewish quarter of Erriadh and the Synagogue of El Ghriba, plain outside and richly tiled within. After lunch, go on to Guellala, a Berber village known for pottery for centuries, and return to the hotel at about 6 pm.
Sousse
Day 6 · Sousse
Drive north to El Djem and its Roman amphitheatre, about 1,800 years old and second in size only to the one in Rome. After lunch in El Djem, finish with a walk around the marina at Port El Kantaoui before dinner at your hotel in Sousse.
Tunis
Day 7 · Tunis
Begin in Sidi Bou Said, the white and blue village above the sea, then explore the ruins of Carthage and its Roman theatre. After lunch, see the mosaics of the Bardo National Museum and have free time in the medina of Tunis before checking in at Gammarth 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.
Hammamet · 1 night
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Tozeur · 1 night
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Douz · 1 night
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Djerba · 2 nights
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Sousse · 1 night
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Gammarth, 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 at the same Hammamet 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 → 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.
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.
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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