El Jem Colosseum & Mahdia's Architectural Gems Day Tour from Tunis

$205
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8 hours
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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.

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Max People
10

Inclusions

Air-conditioned vehicle
WiFi on board
All Fees and Taxes
Private transportation
  • WiFi

Exclusions

Lunch
  • Food & drinks

Tour Plan

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Day 1 The Salakta Archaeological Museum is a small museum set up within the ancient site of Sullectum, a port city south of Mahdia which was very prosperous in Antiquity and which maintained commercial relations with other Mediterranean ports, notably Italian ones. And it shows in the windows of this antiquarium.

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.

Day 2 Installed at the entrance to the old town in old renovated town hall premises, this museum is as much a reflection of the general history of the country to which the city has contributed by a good chapter, as that, more specific, From Mahdia herself.

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)

Day 3 Mahdia, a city with a glorious past - it was the first capital of the Fatimid caliphs in the 10th century -, is built flush with rock on a thin peninsula. She pulls everything, its charm of its sapphire-colored sea, of its superb beaches, its medina and its

animation of traditional small town, the town of fishermen and silk weavers.

Day 4 This Borj, also known as a Kasbah, is a fortress that was erected at the end of the 16th century on the site of an ancient Fatimid palace and is considered to be one of the finest examples of Ottoman military architecture.

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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Pick-up only: Customers must be picked up from selected pick-up locations.

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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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