THE GREAT ESCAPE
Your Great Adventure
- Includes
- Itinerary
- Tour Highlights
- Price & Dates
- Hotels
What's included
Now till 31 October 2024
- 05 night’s accommodation
- Half board Meal
- Private transportation by vehicle in good condition
- Entrance fees to monuments mentioned in itinerary
- Licensed English speaking guide all the way
- Lunches
- Personal Expenses ( Telephone , minibar, etc...)
- International air ticket
- Drinks
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Day 4
- Day 5
- Day 6
ARRIVE TUNIS AIRPORT – TUNIS
Upon arrival at the Tunis airport , assistance and transfer to your hotel located in the heart of Tunis old town. Spend the rest of the day at own leisure.
TUNIS - MEDINA -BARDO - SIDI BOU SAID - HAMMAMET
After breakfast, proceed to the main boulevard of Tunis, the Habib Bourguiba street and walk to Beb Bhar that marks the entrance to the Medina of Tunis (a UNESCO site). This walk will lead us to the second most important mosque of the country and the oldest one of Tunis: Ezzitouna mosque. The mosque was not only a religious place but the most important university of the Muslim world.
Continue for a short drive from La Kasbah to the national Bardo museum . Visit the 19th century royal palace and the place hosting the largest mosaic collection in the world.
In the afternoon finish the day than visiting the white and blue village of Sidi Bou Said and have a refreshing mint tea in the oldest Turkish café in Tunisia overlooking the leisure harbor, the presidential palace and the Mediterranean sea.
Then departure to the coastal town of Hammamet , have buffet dinner and the overnight.
HAMMAMET- KAIROUAN - RAKKADA - KAIROUAN
After breakfast , leave to the center of Tunisia to the holiest town of Kairouan. The city of the 100 mosques, so it’s called and at least the great mosque of Sidi Okba and the 3 door mosque will be visited as well as the mausoleum of Sidi Essahib, the shrine and the mosque, the Aghalabitan water pools from the 9th century and the Medina.
Check in to your hotel and have some free time to relax.
In the afternoon , will have a look at the carpet handicraft of Kairouan visit the museum of Islamic art of Rakkada, The Rakkada museum was originally built in the 20th century to be a residence of Habib Bourguiba (first president of Tunsia) but was transformed into a local museum hosting a valuable collection of artifacts and Coran books tracing back to the Islamic era from the 9th to the 16th centuries.
We drive back to the hotel in Kairouan for buffet dinner and overnight.
KAIROUAN – EL JEM - MAHDIA
After breakfast , drive to El Jem to visit both the amphitheatre and the local museum. With a capacity of 30.000 spectators, it’s the 3rd largest amphitheatre in the Roman Empire.
The building is in such good conditions that we can visit beneath the arena where wild animals were kept and we can also go up to the 3rd floor from where the view is spectacular.
People never made justice to the local museum of El Jem as it contain a small collection of Roman mosaics but many of them are in better conditions of any one in the Bardo museum.
In the afternoon , head toward the coastal town of Mahdia. In 910 AD, the Fatimid Caliph decided to make Mahdia its capital. It was at this time that the major monuments were built which now stand in the center of Mahdia. We’ll see the "Skifa Kahla" (now Medina of Mahdia) which was the main fortress protecting the accesses to the city, the Great Mosque and the Punic port.
Check in at hotel and have buffet dinner and overnight.
MAHDIA - MONASTIR - SOUSSE
After breakfast, we depart to Monastir known as the native town of the first president of Tunisia “Habib Bourguiba”. Visit the Ribat, venue of the festival of Monastir today and another small museum of Islamic art is offering a fine selection of old material and Coran copies. Today is the tomb of Habib Bourguiba who died in the year 2000.
Continue with a drive to Sousse and the great mosque with its special shaped minaret, a dome rather than a rectangular or circular high monument from where we call for the payers 5 times a day.
Visit of Sousse Medina (a UNESCO World Heritage). And then drive to hotel for buffet dinner and the overnight stay.
SOUSSE - DEPART TUNIS
Depending the flight time, and after breakfast, departure from the hotel to airport for the flight back to your destination.
~ Admire the beauty of Ez-Zitouna Mosque
~ Explore the Museum of Islamic art of Rakkada
~ Be amazed by the Skifa Kahla of Mahdia.
~ Visit the tomb of Habib Bourguiba
| VALIDITY | GROUP SIZE | PRICE PER PERSON | - | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 APRIL - 31 OCTOBER 2023 | 2 TO GO | RM 4,920 | ||
| 4 TO GO | RM 3,235 | |||
| 6 TO GO | RM 2,590 | |||
| 8 TO GO | RM 2,330 | |||
| SINGLE SUPPLEMENT | RM 520 | |||
| 01 NOVEMBER 2023 - 31 OCTOBER 2024 | 2 TO GO | RM 5,370 | ||
| 4 TO GO | RM 3,560 | |||
| 6 TO GO | RM 2,850 | |||
| 8 TO GO | RM 2,590 | |||
| SINGLE SUPPLEMENT | RM 585 |
