KAIROUAN & SOUSSE

KAIROUAN / SOUSSE /PORT EL KANTAOUI

• 07h30: Departure from Hammamet to Kairouan.
• 09h00: Arrival in Kairouan, guided visit of:

1.  Aghlabides pools : 15 min
2.  Mausoleum of Sidi Sahbi: 45 min
3.  Great Mosque : 45 min
4. Visit of Dar Kairouan to see short film about the city.30 mn

• 12h00: Lunch in Kairouan: 01h00
• 13h00: Departure for Sousse.
• 14h00: Arrival in Sousse, visit of the Archeological Museum: 45 mn
• 14h45: Departure Medina and visit 60 mn.
• 16h00: Departure to Kantaoui.         
• 16h15:  Visit of El Kantaoui marina.
• 17h15: return to Hammamet .
• 18h00: arrival to the 1st hotel.       

Highlights and descriptions:

Kairouan: The first Muslim city built by Arab Muslims in the mid 7^th century and known for the great mosque, the mausoleum of Sidi Essahib, the Aghalabitan water reservoirs, the Medina, the best carpets weavers, the Makroudh cakes from semolina and date paste and famous for being the city of the 100 mosques.

 Sousse & Port El Kantaoui: Formerly Sousse was called Hadrumète. He was built at century IX, by the phenicians. Located at 130 km from Tunis, Sousse counts 110 thousand inhabitants. Pleasant city with a pretty beach, an Arab old city with ramparts and souks, a trade and fishing port and modern districts in seaside...

The Marina El Kantaoui made great strides unceasingly, growing since its construction in 1977. It is a marina, built, according to an architectural style arabo-Andalusian, with lanes, vaults, small places, houses imbricated, shops, restaurants and coffees.