Pleasurable 6 Days Mumbai to Tunsia Vacation Package

Arrival to Tunis Carthage airport assistance and transfer to the hotel dinner and overnight.

visit of Carthage Museum

This morning we depart to Kairouan the first Holy Islamic City in North Africa and known for its fortified Medina and authentic architectural style This town was d by as a World Heritage Site in 1988 for its rich cultural heritage This city remains a purely Arab city filled with outstanding examples of the finest Islamic architecture in Tunisia We will Visit the Great Mosque the oldest place of worship in North Africa and the zaouia or tomb complex of Sidi Sahab a companion of the Prophet We will see the impressive pools at Aghlabid Basins built in the 9th century to collect and store winter rainwater a reminder of the engineering flair and ingenuity of the early Islamic rulers We will also discover Bir Barouta a 17th-century draw well connected so the legend says by an underground channel with the Zem-Zem spring in Mecca Then free time to stroll into the Medina old town the ancient marketplace encircled by 11th-century walls Kairouan also is noted for its souk the crafting of carpets and for its delicious pastries Next we head to the south through a iety of local villages and changing landscapes we will have a break in Jelma then have a stop in Gafsa in the city centre until we reach Tozeur a wonderful oasis town famous for its date palms Dinner and overnight

Morning you can have an optional extra US Dollars tour to explore the most beautiful desert sceneries of the country You will discover the mountain oases where many of the scenes of The English Patient were filmed You will drive south into some of the country most spectacular mountain scenery visit the mountain oasis of Chebika Tamerza and Mides First you will visit Chebika a mountain oasis which was known as the castle of the sun It was built on a around a steep gorge and provides amazing all round scenery We continue our mountain adventure to Tamerza the largest mountain oases in Tunisa to visit the palm grove water fall and old village The next stop is Midès the most attractive of Tunisian mountain oases with a string of gorges stretching over 3 km Back to Tozeur you will have a sightseeing tour of the village This quarter is famous for the unique decorative architecture in brick Also we will visit the Museum of palm trees a very nicely done exposition about the date palm trees It offers also a tour inside the oasis an explanation of the irrigation system This visit will end by a degustation of date products Continue to cross the Chott El Jerid This chott flat dry salt lake is the largest in Tunisia and only becomes an inner sea during the winter rains this region is also well known for its Desert Roses We drive to Douz town known as the Gateway to the Sahara Here you have the opportunity optional extra US Dollars to have a camel ride passing over the majestic sand dunes and picturesque Sahara desert here the Sahara seems to go on forever Dinner and overnight in Douz or in Matmata

Departure to Matmata of Star Wars notoriety but more importantly center of the most extensive number of traditional troglodyte pit homes in the region This desert landscape is barren and marked with fissures crags and small tabletop mountains The Berber people built these simple underground dwellings to escape the extremes of weather and any unwelcome invaders to get a feel for troglodyte living visit of one of these dwelling caves then visit the hotel Sidi Driss where scenes from the Lars homestead in Star Wars were filmed Departure to Gabès the main attraction in the city centre is the souk Souk Jara area where locals sell fruit and vegetables spices dried fish and mounds of green henna for which the city is renowned visit of the souks and market spices Continue to El Jem to visit the largest and most spectacular Roman amphitheatre in North Africa and the best preserved in the world The coliseum appears better preserved than the one in Rome and certainly has seen far less numbers of tourists over the years This colossal edifice classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site which seems to rise out of nowhere was designed with seating for 30 000 people and is similar to Romes Coliseum In the small archaeological museum see the gorgeous collection of mosaics Visit the remains of Roman villas behind the museum From El Jem you continue east towards the coast and head north dinner and overnight in Sousse or Monastir or in Hammamet