Tunis
Tunis is the capital of Tunisia and the start of every Iconic Tunisia journey. Your guide meets you at the airport and takes you to a hotel in the Tunis area, usually a guest house in Sidi Bou Said. Carthage, the Bardo Museum and the medina are all visited from here.
- Time on our journeys
- Two or three nights
- Region
- Tunis and Carthage
- On our journeys
- Six of our six private journeys
Visiting Tunis
Every journey begins with the same arrival. Your guide meets you at the airport and transfers you to your hotel in the Tunis area, and you have time to refresh yourself before anything is asked of you. Most of the programmes that open with a welcome dinner hold it in a restaurant in La Goulette or in Carthage, and each journey page says which. If you would like to begin touring on the first day, your guide is ready to start with a portion of what is listed for the next.
The capital is the base for the first days. Carthage, Sidi Bou Said, the Bardo Museum and the medina of Tunis are all visited from it, in different combinations on different programmes. On the eleven day journey the morning at Carthage leaves ample time for the US war cemetery, where you learn about Tunisia's role in World War II.
On five of the programmes the hotel named is Dar Said, a guest house in Sidi Bou Said, or similar. The twelve day journey and the Students Fun Tour begin on the coast at Gammarth instead.
What to see
- A walking tour of the old medina
- The Bardo Museum and its Roman and Carthaginian mosaics
- Carthage, on the Gulf of Tunis
- Sidi Bou Said, the blue and white village
- The welcome dinner, which most sheets place in La Goulette or in Carthage
Journeys that include Tunis
Seven of our seven journeys visit Tunis. The day by day, the hotels and the price are on each journey's own page.
- Carthage, Kairouan and the Coast7 days, 6 nights. Reached on day 1, with a night here.$1,950 a person, double occupancy
- From Carthage to Kairouan7 days, 6 nights. Reached on day 1, with a night here.$2,190 a person, double occupancy
- The Splendors of Tunisia8 days, 7 nights. Reached on day 1, with a night here.$2,190 a person, double occupancy
- Tunisia's Marvels10 days, 9 nights. Reached on day 1, with a night here.$2,550 a person, double occupancy
- The Wonders of Tunisia11 days, 10 nights. Reached on day 1, with a night here.$3,150 a person, double occupancy
- Tunisia's Mediterranean Treasures12 days, 11 nights. Reached on day 1, with a night here.$3,690 a person, double occupancy
- Students Fun Tour7 days, 6 nights. Reached on day 1, with a night here.Group programme
Along the way in Tunis and Carthage
The capital, the Punic and Roman ruins on the gulf, and the blue and white village above them.
TunisYou are here. Two or three nights.
- CarthageHalf a day
- Sidi Bou SaidA short visit
- The Bardo MuseumHalf a day
- The Medina of TunisHalf a day
Start with Tunis.
Tell us it belongs on your route and we shape the rest around your dates. We reply within one business day, US Eastern time. After a twenty minute call, a day by day proposal follows within 48 hours, with the hotels named and a firm price per person.
Starting takes two minutes. We ask for your rough dates, who is travelling and where to reply, and nothing about payment or passports.
Straight to our team in Tunisia.
Your dates, your pace and the budget, in twenty minutes.
The planning guide is free, and it asks for an email address and nothing else. It covers safety in plain terms, when to go, what it costs, getting there from the United States and one sample itinerary.
We reply within one business day, US Eastern time.