The Best of Tunisia, 3 Days Guided Tour with Lunch

impressive medieval medinas and one of Tunisia's great treasures. It's home to numerous covered souks selling everything from shoes to shisha, as well as bustling cafes, alleyways full of artisans at work, and residential areas punctuated by large, brightly painted doorways. Historic palaces, hammams, mosques and madrassas (schools for the study of the Koran) are scattered throughout, many are richly decorated with tiles, carved stucco and marble columns.

The terraces of cafes and restaurants follow one another by the sea

arthage (Tunisia) and classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.

mpses of azure waters, the cliff-top village of Sidi Bou Said is one of the most beautiful places in Tunisia. Its distinctive architecture is a mix of Ottoman and Andalusian, the result of the influx of Spanish Muslims in the 16th century.

It is one of the oldest and most beautiful mosques in the world, one of the most impressive monuments in the whole Maghreb! Its religious prestige makes Kairouan the 4th holiest city in Islam. We admire its imposing minaret, its majestic courtyard with impressive dimensions, surrounded by superbly designed arcades and sheltering a sundial, and the high doors of richly carved cedar wood. They open onto the prayer rooms, adorned with dozens of marble columns. Built in 670, this architectural masterpiece, whose appearance evokes an adobe fortress, inspired other mosques in the Maghreb.

Dating from the beginning of the second half of the 9th century and located outside the ramparts of the medina of Kairouan, they are considered to be the most important hydraulic works in the history of the Muslim world.

ere you can take a look in the souks, taste the pastries of Kairouan "Les Mekroudhs" and its artisanal manufacture of carpets.

ld Heritage Site in 1972, which can accommodate 30,000 spectators, third in the Roman world by its size after that of Rome and that of Capua, the amphitheater of El Djem and the most impressive Roman monument in Africa.

Founded in October 26, 1970, it was renovated in 2002. The museum is located in the immediate vicinity of the first amphitheaters of ancient Thysdrus — the last, largest and best preserved is listed as a World Heritage Site. The museum was built on the site of a Roman villa whose spatial organization it restores: a central courtyard surrounded by a peristyle – courtyard – which gives access to the rooms. There are exhibited objects – sculptures, mosaic paintings, ceramics, etc. – from excavation campaigns carried out at Thysdrus as well as in the vicinity of the city

Hammamet is also a small town with an authentic character. A sea of turquoise, scents of jasmine, white houses and ramparts gilded by the centuries... A particular poetry emerges from its medina lined with fine sand. Nearby, the new resort of Yasmine Hammamet offers a more contemporary decor, while the forests and fields of lemon trees have something to delight nature lovers.

chitectural ensemble that reflects Arab-Muslim town planning applied to a coastal city exposed throughout its history to piracy and dangers from the sea.

hreb coast by the Arab conquerors at the dawn of Islam. Founded in 796, this building underwent several renovations during the medieval period. Initially, in the shape of a quadrilateral, it is made up of four buildings overlooking two interior courtyards. In addition to the small cells of the "warrior monks" who, while carrying out their military duties, devoted themselves to prayer and contemplation, the Ribat houses two prayer rooms, the most spacious of which now houses rare collectibles of worship. and medieval crafts. time. A hundred spiral steps provide access to the watchtower from the top of which luminous messages were exchanged at night with the towers of the neighboring ribats and which offers the visitor a superb view of the city of Monastir and its open sea.