6 days/5 nights * Tour starts ANY DAY in Tunis

We'll take you through Carthage, capital of the legendary Hannibal, visit ancient cities, desert oases, curious troglodyte dwellings, Islamic splendors, a Roman amphitheater, a medieval synagogue, and unspoiled beaches. All in 6 days

DAY 1 - TUNIS (D)
Our local staff will meet you upon arrival at Tunis Carthage International Airport. You'll be assisted with the formalities, and escorted to the fine Hotel El Hana International. There will be time to relax and recuperate from your journey, and enjoy the excellent facilities. If you wish, you can adventure into the center of Tunis to start your exploration of the winding alleys of the souk, filled with treasures of beaten brass and basketry and carpets, and merchants who will welcome you with traditional mint tea. Dinner will be at your hotel. Khamsa Corinthia in Gammarth or similar.

DAY 2 - SOUSSE, MONASTIR, EL DJEM, SFAX , GABES, MATMATA(BLD)
After a leisurely breakfast, we'll set off to explore! Our first stop is venerable Sousse, once the Phoenician City called Hadrumatum. We'll stroll through the medina, the old quarter, cooled by sea breezes, and visit the Ribat. Then we'll continue to Monastir, where we'll stop for lunch, and visit its own notable ribat, as well as the Bourguiba Mosque, dedicated to the hero of Tunisia's independence. Lunch will be served at a comfortable four-star hotel. In El Djem, we'll marvel at an ancient amphitheater, on to Sfax for a short tour before we drive to the coastal city of Gabes, a Roman outpost of old and a traditional market center where, for centuries, goods from across the sea and across the desert have changed hands. We'll visit the oasis, where palm groves and gardens flourish, into the desert to the legendary oases of Matmata. We'll stop to look in on a community of miniature underground houses, where the earliest settlers sheltered from the extremes of the desert above -- as do the Berbers of today, this is where some of the scenes in Star War, were shot. We'll settle in to comfortable lodgings and dinner at a four-star hotel: Diar El Barbar.

DAY 3 - MATMATA, KEBILI, DOUZ, TOZEUR -NEFTA (BLD)
We'll enjoy a full day of desert adventure, today. First we'll visit the village of Kebili, largest of a cluster of oases, islands of life in a harsh landscape, then proceed to Douz, fabled as the Gateway to the Sahara. There, a special treats waits, the opportunity to sample a caravan trek! This close encounter with a camel is entirely at your option ( included for our guest on a complimentary basis) ! Afterwards, we set off across the Chott El Djerid, a great dry salt lake, for Tozeur. Here, we'll wonder at the ancient irrigation works, and visit the zoo. Our lodgings for the next two nights will be at the comfortable, four-star Hotel Ramla or Sahara Palace in Nefta.

DAY 4 - TOZEUR, GAFSA, SBEITLA, KAIROUAN, TUNIS (BLD)
We'll delve more into Tunisia's rich and varied past today, as we motor overland through pleasant, rolling coastal lands. At Gafsa, we'll see the Roman pools of Capsa, the ancient crossroads between desert oases and the cultivated coastal lands. We'll wonder at the Roman ruins of Sufetula, as well as the great mosque. Later in the day, we'll reach Kairouan, an ancient, holy, and vibrant city noted for its historic mosques and centers of learning. We'll lunch at the five-star Hotel La Kasbah. Kairouan also is noted for its souk, and the crafting of carpets and leather goods. Of course, there will be time to check out these wares, before we depart for Hammamat then Tunis or Gammarth for our 5 stars hotel, where a night's rest and dinner await us once again .

DAY 5 - TUNIS, CARTHAGE, SIDI BOU SAID (BLD)
On our last full day, we'll marvel at the ruins of Carthage, a true metropolis of the ancient world, as evidenced by its theater, circus, baths, port installations, and extensive urban plan. We'll lunch at a fine local restaurant, then speed forward in time to the middle ages, as we visit the picture-perfect Moorish village of Sidi Bou Said. With its whitewashed walls and narrow laneways, it's the perfect setting as we stop for traditional mint tea. Back in Tunis, we'll stop at the Bardo Museum, to view the most extensive Roman mosaics in the world. We'll then head for the Medina, the old quarter of the city, with its warrens of shops filled with wares ranging from humdrum to exotic. After a break to freshen up, we'll meet up at our hotel for our farewell dinner.

DAY 6 - DEPARTURE (B)
After breakfast, our local personnel will escort you to the international airport, where you'll start your homeward journey.

RATES per person in US$:

Sharing in Double Occupancy: $950
In Single occupancy : $1550