Mahdia is a city of several architectural masterpieces that heritated its rich past.
You will admire the fortified Fatimid gate of Skifa Kahla
Visit the old Punic port, the large Ottoman Fortress Bordj El Kébir
, and the archeological museum.
Stop for photos on magnificent white sand beaches and turquoise crystal water, breathtaking sceneries.
Enjoy Mediterranean seafood and the flavor of the region
The next attraction will be the guided tour of the El Jem Colosseum will dive your tour into the deep of Roman times, followed by a visit to the archeological mosaic museum of Tythdrus.
A combined tailored one-day tour will let you discover other hidden sides of Tunisia.
El Jem Colosseum & Mahdia's Architectural Gems Day Tour from Tunis
About This Tour
Inclusions
WiFi on board
All Fees and Taxes
Private transportation
- WiFi
Exclusions
- Food & drinks
Tour Plan
The visit opens on a mosaic panel reproducing a poem (translated on a sign) that celebrates the benefits of swimming and the pleasures of life. Then, at the back of the room following the hall, another mosaic panel depicting a lion awkwardly executed but of impressive proportions:3 meters high!
Most of the objects exhibited in the windows of the 4 rooms that make up this museum come from the necropolis adjoining the museum and which, moreover, provided specimens of terracotta burials; Others come from ancient port facilities or from the Christian catacombs built in the basement in surrounding fields.
Under the first part, the museum returns to us, on the ground floor, objects dating back to Libyco-Punic and Roman-African antiquity while part of the floor is dedicated to the legacy of the Byzantine and Islamic. Greek civilization is represented by two marble columns, partly gnawed by mollusks and coming from a Roman wreck loaded with war booty that was wrecked off Mahdia and most of the cargo, recovered in the 1940s, is exhibited in the 'Mahdia' wing of the Bardo museum.
Under the second part, the floor gives us a large number of handicrafts (carved and painted woodwork, mosaics, ornate stucco, ceramics, earthenware, treasures, and jewels)
animation of traditional small town, the town of fishermen and silk weavers.
Founded on a quadrangular plan and later endowed with bastions of angles, the building is surrounded by a powerful wall originally pierced with a single entrance (after its reassignment for prison use, another access was there Built in the 19th century). This door gives access, by a vaulted and bent passage, to a courtyard on which give rooms, also vaulted.
At the southeast corner of this courtyard, an oratory of previous construction that has been saved and integrated into the building.
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller / pram accessible
- Animals or pets allowed
- Public transportation nearby
- Infant seats available
Please Note
- Infants must not sit on laps
- Wheelchair accessible
- We pick-up all travelers From any address in Tunis Hammamet Sousse and Monastir
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