Tunis, Kairouan & the Tunisian Sahara — 7 days
From the medina to the desert dunes. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival in Tunis; Carthage & Sidi Bou Said; Drive to Kairouan; Kairouan → Tozeur.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Arrival in Tunis
- 11:00 — Arrival at Tunis-Carthage
- 13:00 — Check-in in the Medina — Médina de Tunis
- 15:00 — Medina souks — Médina de Tunis
- Walk to dinner — Médina de Tunis → Médina
- 20:00 — Couscous dinner — Médina
Day 2 — Carthage & Sidi Bou Said
- 09:00 — TGM train to Carthage
- 09:30 — Antonine Baths & Byrsa Hill — Carthage
- On to Sidi Bou Said — Carthage → Sidi Bou Saïd
- 13:00 — Sidi Bou Said — Sidi Bou Saïd
- 16:00 — Back to Tunis
- 20:00 — Dinner in the Medina
Day 3 — Drive to Kairouan
- 08:30 — Louage / bus to Kairouan (2h) — Tunis → Kairouan
- 11:00 — Great Mosque of Kairouan — Kairouan
- 13:00 — Kairouan Medina & the Aghlabid Basins — Kairouan
- 14:30 — Lunch of makroudh (local pastry) and couscous — Kairouan
- 18:00 — Hotel check-in — Kairouan
Day 4 — Kairouan → Tozeur
- 08:00 — Drive to Tozeur (4h) — Kairouan → Tozeur
- 13:00 — Tozeur's ochre-brick medina — Tozeur
- 15:30 — Tozeur oasis — palm grove — Tozeur
- 18:00 — Boutique hotel check-in — Tozeur
- 20:00 — Tunisian tajine dinner — Tozeur
Day 5 — Chebika & the Douz desert
- 08:00 — 4x4 to the mountain oases — Tozeur → Chebika
- 09:30 — Chebika & Tamerza oases — Chebika
- 13:00 — Drive to Douz (2h) — Chebika → Douz
- 16:00 — Dromedary trek in the dunes — Douz — "Porte du Sahara"
- Ride continues — Douz — "Porte du Sahara" → Désert de Douz
- 19:00 — Night in a Berber camp — Désert de Douz
Day 6 — Matmata
- 09:00 — Drive to Matmata (2h) — Douz → Matmata
- 11:30 — Matmata's troglodyte houses — Matmata
- 13:30 — Troglodyte lunch — Matmata
- 15:30 — Drive back to Tunis (5h) — Matmata → Tunis
- 21:00 — Hotel in Tunis — Centre-ville
Day 7 — Departure
- 09:00 — Tunis central market — Tunis
- 11:30 — Last brik lunch — Tunis
- 13:30 — Airport transfer
- 17:00 — Flight home