Travel Validity Period: TRADITIONAL OLD PAINTED DOOR IN A HISTORICAL SOUSSE MEDINA,TUNISIA Summer Apr – Oct 2019 HIGHLIGHTS

TUNISIA • Sidi Bou Said - Cliff top village with blue and white houses • Carthage – Byrsa Hill, Antonine Baths 2 • Kairouan – Medina, Great Mosque, Tunis Mausoleum of Sidi Sahbi 1 Hammamet • Sbeitla – Roman ruins • Tozeur – Medina, Dar Cherait Museum, Kairouan 1 Sousse Museum Eden Palm, Horse Carriage ride Flight path 1 in Cho El Jerid Traverse by coach El Jem • Mountain Oasis – 4WD drive to Chebika, Featured destinations Tamerza, Mides Sbeitla • Ong Jamel - Decor of Star Wars Tunisia Overnight stays 1 1 • Ne[a – La Corbeille Sfax • Douz – Camel ride Tour • Matmata – Underground Houses 2 • Tataouine – Ksar Ouled Soltane Matmata • Sfax – Medina Tozeur • El Jem – Roman Amphitheatre 1 • Sousse – Medina (UNESCO) Douz • Tunis – Medina, Bardo Museum TUNISIA DELICACIES Meal Plan 9 Breakfasts, 8 Lunches, 9 Dinners

4-5★ HOTELS TUNIS 5★ Laico Hotel KAIROUAN 5★ La Kasbah TOZEUR 5★ Palm Beach Palace DOUZ 4★ Sahara Douz DAY 1 the main ruins of the Punic City and some of SFAX 5★ Les Oliviers Palace HOMETUNIS its glorious monuments like the Antonine SOUSSE 5★ Green Park Palace Baths, Tophet and Punic Port. Return to Assemble at the Airport and depart for ★ Tunis city and visit Bardo Museum (closed on HAMMAMET 5 Steigenberger Marhaba Tunis, the sprawling capital of Tunisia in Thalasso North Africa. Mondays), one of the best archaeological museums in the Mediterranean, which is *Note: Hotels subject to final confirmaon. Should there especially well-known for its beautiful be changes, customers will be offered similar DAY 2 collection of mosaics. Continue visit the accommodaons as stated in this list. TUNISSIDI BOU SAIDTUNIS Medina of Tunis (UNESCO World Heritage Dinner Site) and its souks, which is Tunis’s historic Upon your arrival, depart to explore the old town and colorful local markets. Dinner gorgeous bougainvillea-clad village Sidi Bou and overnight in Tunis. Said, a picturesque small town bordered by white-washed houses with blue shutters and doors. Check out the various art DAY 4 galleries and try some mint tea in one of the TUNISKAIROUAN traditional street cafes while enjoying the Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner superb view of the gulf of Tunisia. Then, Head to Kairouan, travelling through the spend some time at leisure to indulge in fertile valleys and rolling hills of the North. shopping. Return to Tunis for dinner and Explore the city, one of the holiest sites in the night. Islam and the spiritual home of all Tunisians. Visit the Great Mosque, the oldest, largest and DAY 3 most important Islamic landmark which was TUNISCARTHAGETUNIS built in the 9th century. Next, visit Mausoleum Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner of Sidi Sahbi, which houses the tomb of one Explore the ancient city of Carthage of Prophet Mohammed's companions known (UNESCO World Heritage Site), the oldest as the Barber. End the day with free time in Phoenician settlement on the coast of the old medina of Kairouan, the entire North Africa. Continue to Byrsa Hill to see medina is protected by UNESCO.

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DAY 5 carriage and cross the dry Salt Lake of Chott DAY 10 KAIROUANSBEITLATOZEUR El Jerid. Continue to Douz, the gateway to SOUSSEHAMMAMET Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner the Sahara. Enjoy an hour camel ride passing Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Depart to Sbeitla, the site of the spectacular over the majestic sand dunes and picturesque After breakfast, free at leisure. Move on to the Roman city of Sufeitula. You will be visiting Sahara Desert. You can go on an optional principal town of Cap Bon, Nabeul is famous the forum and its temples, see the public quad bike safari at your own expenses. for its pottery, its rush mats and its flower baths, theatre, and numerous Christian essences. Some free time for last minute basilicas with their elaborate baptisteries shopping before heading to Hammamet for covered in colourful mosaics. Heading DAY 8 dinner and the night. You may consider south, you will arrive in the late afternoon at DOUZMATMATASFAX pamper yourself an unrivalled thalassotherapy the fascinating oasis town of Tozeur. Free Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner treatment at your own expenses. time to explore Tozeur’s beautiful old town. Drive to Matmata and explore its famous troglodytes, underground houses built to protect the Berbers from the intense heat in DAY 11 DAY 6 the summer. Visit the Berber Museum in HAMMAMETTUNISHOME TOZEURMOUNTAIN OASES Tamezret and discover the amazing history. Breakfast, Meals on board TOZEUR Continue to Tataouine, a town in Tunisia that Spend some time exploring the beautiful Tunis Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner inspired the Star Wars planet of Tatooine, before transferring to the airport for your Enjoy the day excursion with 4WD to visit which was fictional home of Luke Skywalker. return flight home. Chebika, known as the castle of the sun; This district is famous for its Ksar Ouled Tamerza, the largest mountain oases of Soltane. Thereafter head to Sfax for overnight. Tunisia. You will see the palm grove, DAY 12 waterfall and old village. Continue to Mides, HOME SWEET HOME the most attractive of the Tunisian’s DAY 9 We hope you enjoyed your vacation with EU mountain oases with a string of gorges SFAXEL JEMSOUSSE Holidays and we look forward to seeing you Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner stretching over 3 km. Next visit the décor of again for your next trip. the Star Wars film in Ong Jemel. Return to This morning explores the Medina of Sfax, hotel getting the lunch. In the afternoon, experience the local culture first-hand at its visit the Dar Cherait Museum with its street market. Head to El Jem and be Addiࢼonal acࢼviࢼes that complement your holidays collection of traditional costumes and enthralled by one of the world’s largest and will be at your own discreࢼon and is enࢼrely opࢼonal. jewellery, the open-air Museum Eden Palm most spectacular Roman Amphitheatre. Minimum group size may apply. • Thalassotherapy Treatment: USD100 and strolling at the Medina of Tozeur. Built in 238ad, the amphitheatre can hold up • Quad Biking in Sahara Desert: USD50 to 35,000 spectators. This monument illustrates the grandeur and extent of the Tipping Guideline: (based on 12D9N) DAY 7 Roman Empire. Continue to Sousse, the • USD96 per person TOZEURNEFTA 3rd-largest city in Tunisia. Visit the Medina of Sousse, one of the UNESCO World Heritage Remarks: CHOTT EL JERIDDOUZ • A minimum group size of 15 passengers is required Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Sites in Tunisia. Explore the ramparts, walls for a confirmed departure. Depart to Nefta, a peaceful oasis town and that enclose certain parts of the city and the • The sequence of the iࢼnerary, flight schedules and visit La Corbeille, a palm embroidered 13th-century Ribath, an ancient rest stop for hotels are subject to change without prior noࢼce in hollow in the ground. Hop on a horse travellers. the event of unforeseen circumstances.

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