Tunisia Way

1. Other archeological sites
(Tourism/Historical sites)

... was dominated by them together with the Carthaginians. Numidia was far less developed country compared to Carthage, yet these tombs from around the 2nd century BCE are deeply fascinating. ...

2. ZAGHOUAN
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...tant town in Roman times, then known as Ziqua, administering one of the most important water resources for Carthage. A few interesting traces of this past is found in town, like a triumphal arch an...

3. OUDNA
(Tourism/Historical sites)

... to Oudna, are some of the finest Roman aqueducts in Tunisia. The aqueduct carried water from Zaghouan to Carthage. What has survived stretches for a few kilometres, and appears quite surreal. A...

4. MEDEINA
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...ttractive remains of the Roman city of Althiburos. Back then, the city stood right on the highway between Carthage and Tebessa (now Algeria). This stands in stark contrast to the present landscap...

5. KERKOUANE
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...a bit off the beaten track, has the best ruins after the ancient Carthaginian civilization, far better than Carthage itself. Kerkouane was founded in the 6th century BCE, and was destroyed during the...

6. Dar Abdallah
(Tourism/Museum)

... and chosen to house the Center for Traditional Arts and Customs. In 1977, that center was transferred to Carthage, and the museum was opened in 1978. The museum presents traditional a...

7. Carthage Museum
(Tourism/Museum)

The National Museum of Carthage located on the Byrsa Hill, contains a most interesting Punic and Roman collection from marble sarcophagi to everyday household items as well as a model of Punic Ca

8. Bardo Museum
(Tourism/Museum)

... Punic Era  Here begins the familiar legends : Elyssa and Amilcar, Hannibal and his elephants, and Carthage the beautiful, destroyed and strewn with salt. In the many rooms dedicated to the ...

9. Dougga
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...midians. The city served as one of the capitals of Massinissa, an Roman ally, and one of the contenders to Carthage. The location was ideal, as it was fairly close to the heartland of the Carth...

10. Bulla Regia
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...culture: imported Greek ceramics of the fourth century BCE have been found; it came under the hegemony of Carthage during the third century, when inscriptions reveal that the inhabitants venerated ...

11. DAR CHERAIT
(Tourism/Attraction & Entertainment)

...nvolved in the history of Tunisia through a trip of 60 million years ever since prehistory passing through Carthage, the Ottomans until we settle in the contemporary Tunisia  1001 ...

12. Carthage Land
(Tourism/Attraction & Entertainment)

Back to back with Médina  and lying on around 5 hectares, this unique thematic Fun Fair will take you back to the Carthaginian epoch, just the time for a day full of enjoyment and dis

13. Puffed up glass
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

...ry. The Punic ones inherited this practice their ancestors Phéniciens, to adapt it and develop it in Carthage and Kerkouane. After the decline of the Roman Empire, the Tunisian glass-makers c...

14. La Marsa
(Tourism/Coast)

...ng a seat. After Sidi Bou Said, the train often gets crowded. The TGM passes the stops of Sidi Bou Said, Carthage and La Goulette.  ...

15. Bizerte
(Tourism/Coast)

...dence from France. Initially a small Phoenician harbour, the city came under the influence of Carthage after the defeat of Agathocles during the Punic Wars. The city was then occupied b...

16. Korbous
(Tourism/Coast)

...g trwyddi, rhwng y mynydd hwnnw a'r môr, roedd Korbous eisoes yn gyrchfan poblogaidd gan drigolion y CarthageRufeinig. Deuai trigolion Carthage yno mewn llongau arfordirol dros Gwlff Tunis i ym...

17. Carthage Film Festival
(Culture/Festivals in tunisia)

The Carthage Film Festival is a biannual October film festival hosted by the government of Tunisia.The festival was created in 1966 by the Tunisian Minister of Culture to showcas

18. International Festival of Carthage
(Culture/Festivals in tunisia)

...ances in the well-preserved Roman amphitheatre of this illustrious ancient site. Carthage was the capital of the Phoenician empire which reached its zenith in the 3rd-4th c...

19. Why Tunisia?
(Tourism/Overview)

...n Tunisia's beaches is bound to be one of a kind because of the hot weather condition. Ancient City of Carthage: Tunisia was founded by Carthagians - Phoenician traders who eventually settled ...

20. Print Media
(Media/PRINT MEDIA)

...Dar El Jil El Jadid» . « Kaous qouzah », a children's magazine published by the «Carthage» printing company. Women:  «Al-Mara», a magaz...

21. transports
(Economy/Services)

...02, Tunisia had 30 airports including several international airports. The most important one is the Tunis-Carthage International Airport but other significant airports serve Sfax, Houmt Souk, Monas...

22. Theater
(Culture/Arts in Tunisia)

... eager to have more freedom for their scenographic proposals. But, the charm of the ancient theaters such Carthage, Dougga and El Jem less does not continue to satisfy the public during the summer ...

23. Cinema
(Culture/Arts in Tunisia)

... very first Pan-African and Pan-Arab film festival, the "Journées cinématographiques de Carthage" (JCC, the Carthage Film Days) which are now as popular as they were in 1966....

24. Institution
(Culture/Culture)

...zing namely in dramatic arts. "Beit El Hikma" or House of Wisdom, which is located in Carthage, has been promoted to the rank of "Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters&quot...

25. Introduction
(Culture/Culture)

...aks to encourage investments in restoration and protection of archaeological monuments (e.g. Cathedral of Carthage;) promulgation of legal texts allows free importation of books and paper destined ...

26. Kairouan
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...others were produced locally. There are 414 columns in the mosque. Almost all were taken from the ruins of Carthage. Previously, it was forbidden to count them, on pain of blinding. Among ...

27. Zembra et Zembretta
(Tourism/National Parks)

...emel and a tower of watchtower (dimension 271) testify that the island was used as shield with the gulf of Carthage during the military conflicts opposing the punic metropolis to the Greeks, then to...

28. Utica
(Tourism/Historical sites)

is an ancient city northwest of Carthage near the outflow of the Medjerda River into the Mediterranean Sea, traditionally considered to be the first colony founded by the Phoenicians in North A

29. Thuburbo Majus
(Tourism/Historical sites)

... located roughly 60 km southwest of arthage on a major African. This thoroughfare connects Carthage to the Sahara.  Other towns along the way included Sbiba...

30. Musti
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...ht miles from Dougga) was an important town in the Roman era, located along the Roman road that ran between Carthage and Tebessa. The limits of the town were set in 238 by two triumphal arches, erect...