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Flavors of Tunisia

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  Tunisia is one of Africa’s
smallest and most
tourist-friendly countries		  
  It has a swath
known as “Blue Tunisia,’
with nearly 800 miles of
Mediterranean coastline 		 
 

A variety of
foreign influences
have left their stamp

  
  Nature has been equally
generous to Tunisia, with
diverse landscapes including
the vast Sahara Desert		  
  Couscous is one of
the country’s flavorful
national dishes		  
  First-time visitors
will be awed by Tunisia’s
dramatic vistas, . . .		  
  . . . diverse
architecture, . . .		  
  . . . European-style
boulevards, . . .		  
  . . . and exotic
craftsmanship 		 
  Our tour begins in
picturesque Tunis,
the capital city		  
  Sidi Bou Said is a
pretty village known for
whitewashed houses with
light blue window grilles . . .		  
  . . . and doors with
studded ornamentation. 		 
  Visit the ruins of Carthage,
one of the most powerful
cities of the ancient world		  
  Hammamet is situated on a beautiful bay, with a
15th century fortress		  
  Hammamet provides
a colorful start to
our journey
around Tunisia		  
  Continue south along the
Mediterranean Coast through
many attractive resort towns 		 
  The Sousse Medina
was declared a
World Heritage Site
in 1988		  
  The Ribat of Sousse
is a seaside fortress		  
  Driving through Monastir
we pass the Ribat featured
in Monty Python’s
“Life of Brian”		  
  Visit the 30,000-seat Roman Amphitheatre in El-Djem  
  The structure is only
slightly smaller than
Rome’s Colosseum		  
  We spend the night
in Sfax, the second
largest city in Tunisia		  
  Sfax has impressive
old city walls, with
some sections dating
to the 9th Century		  
  Matmata is world-famous
as the location for Luke
Skywalker’s home planet,
Tatooine, in “Star Wars”		  
  George Lucas filmed in the
troglodyte cave houses dating
back to the 4th century B.C. 		 
  Visit an ancient ksar,
once a granary and now
used as dwellings		  
  Djerba is an island of
ten thousand palm trees
known as the “Polynesia
of the Mediterranean” 		 
  Enjoy two nights in
Djerba for beach time
and optional adventures		  
  Interior of La Ghriba
Synagogue at Djerba		  
  The lush oasis of
Douz is the gateway
to the Sahara Desert		  
  Tozeur is one of the many
oasis towns that have
sprung up around the
Chatt el Jerid salt lake		  
  Enjoy a half-hour camel
ride in the desert		  
  A trip to the oasis of Nefta includes dramatic views
of canyon walls		  
  Sbeitla is the site of
well-preserved ruins
of a 3rd century
Roman town 		 
  The Great Mosque of
Kairouan is the holiest
site in all of Tunisia		  
  Our circuit tour of
the country ends
back in Tunis		  
 

This generous sampling
of the exotic flavors
of Tunsia includes the
Sahara Desert, . . .

  
  . . . colorful handicrafts, . . .  
  . . . historic and
sacred sites, . . .		  
  . . . friendly, welcoming
people, . . .		  
  . . . and exotic
adventures in a
savory land . . .		  
  . . . that will whet
your appetite for more