Personal tour guide in Tunis Medina. I will guide you through the narrow and lively streets for a visit to a Coranic school, the big mosque and a bazaar for a panoramic view of the Medina and for some shopping of native Berber handcraft

This Medina day tour is a perfect combination of the Tunis old city sightseeing tour, shopping in famous Tunisian bazaars and attending an exposition of Berber carpets.

Departure to the Medina-the old Arabic city- for a walk through its beautiful, narrow and lively streets. tortuous alleys and its souks, which draw apparently an inextricable maze. The noble professions form the first belt (perfumers, booksellers, jewellers, tailors, manufacturers of chechias, sort of cap) around the big mosque. Whereas the more noisy activities are relegated to the suburb.

This day tour features:

- Big Mosque Djamaa Ez Zitouna, Mosque Hammouda Pacha, the Rachidia, the Medersas(coranic schools), the castle (a palace residence of one of the Arab princes) are among the monuments we will see in the tour.

- Tour of the bazaars for shopping, attending an exposition of native Berber carpets.

- Lunch time at a restaurant in Medina area: local Mediterranean food a la carte (optional).

End of my service and return to the hotel.

Duration :1 day

Total Km : 200

This is a one day trip to one of the sorrounding areas of Tunis : Zaghouan and Hammamet

Tunis-zaghouan (60Km)

After breakfast, we start off to Zaghouan ,on the way to Zaghouan we will stop to contemplate the roman aqueduct of Carthage ,which used to conduct water from Zaghouan to Carthage.

Then we Will continue to Zaghouan ,visit of the temple of water ,then we will drive to the old city of Zaghouan for a walk through one of the water fountain streets to end where the Roman arch still lies.

Zaghouan lies seductively on a few hills below the dramatic Zaghouan Mountain, which rises 1,295 out of almost nothing but flat plains.

It was an important town in Roman times, administering one of the most important water resources for Carthage. A few interesting traces of this past is found in town, like a triumphal arch and a fountain as big as a temple but most of it is from the resettlement in the 17th century by immigrants from Andalucia.

The Water temple of Zaghouan dates back to Roman times, and was not a temple, simply a grand fountain.

Its location is as impressive today as it must have been in the 2nd century CE. Above it rises the 1,295 meter high Zaghouan Mountain, and in front stretches the fields. You may almost see the Mediterranean Sea on a clear day.

Its decoration has similarities with what you would find in a temple. There are 12 niches each having a life size statue representing the 12 months of a year. In the middle there was really a temple, of which only the central niche remains.

The basin below the platform is shaped like the figure of 8, and served to filter the water before letting it on to the aqueducts.

Lunch at a local retaurant

Zaghouan –Takrouna-Hammamet(80Km)

Continuation to the Berber village of Takrouna,a small village constructed on top of a hill with a beautiful view of the plains and surrounding area.

The Eighth Army’s last obstacle on the way to Tunis in April 1943, this hill was in the hands of Axis forces. The Allies, predominantly New Zealanders, won the battle but at the cost of heavy casualties.

Visit of the old city of Hammamet and a walk down town .

Visit of the touristic resort of Jasmine Hammamet with its beautiful harbour .

Possibility of an extra balad on board of a ship if available in the marina.

Back to Tunis hotel and end of my services

Hammamet, the Tunisian Saint Tropez. Located on the fertile Cap Bon Peninsula, about 40 miles south of Tunis, the bayfront resort is surrounded by verdant hills and citrus groves.

Price :

-920US$/ day for 1 person

-945 US$ / day for 2 persons

Includes:

Accommodation in 5*****

Hotel Place/city category Type of accommodation

The Residence-tunis Tunis –Gammarth 5***** Bed/breakfast

-transport during the various visits

-Guide / driver service

-tickets for museums and historical sites

-photo /video tickets

*Not included:

Lunch/drinks

-flight to/back from tunis

-tips for guide, services

In this tour , you will see the best of the capital city of Tunisia : Carthage, Sidi Bousaid , the Bardo museum and the old Arabic city Medina.

The bardo museum occupies a former royal palace and renowned for its extensive collection of Roman mosaics, although the huge collection covers Tunisia's entire existence from the prehistoric era until the Turkish days. Many of exhibits are from the Roman period in addition to presentations of Arabian culture old and new.

Sidi Bou Said, often described as an artist's paradise, is a very pretty village with blue and white stepped houses situated on a headland overlooking the Mediterranean. It is a popular haunt for tourists who come far and wide to visit its cobbled streets with shops, cafes and restaurants.