A short guide about Tunisia
Tunisia is more than an excellent place to play golf in the winter; here you can find real deserts with beautiful oasis, old cities, lots of carpets and fine beaches. Combined with a good climate, warm people and good opportunities, Tunisia is a popular destination for a relaxed holiday.
One of the more striking features of a visit to Tunisia is that every single city you visit seems really old. Tunisia has been a part of Phoenician, Carthagenian, Byzantic, Roman, Arab, Turkish and French empires and they all left their beautiful traces here. Tunis and Carthage date back to pre-roman times and the town of El jem has its own Coliseum. Kairouan is considered a young city even though it was founded in the 6-th century by the Arabs.
The coast of Tunisia is beautiful. Towns like Mahdia, Sousse, Monastir, and Tozeur are worth a visit and their beaches are quite nice. Avoid staying in the big tourist traps on the coast, as it is hard to appreciate real Tunisian life. To the west is rugged mountain land and in Metlaoui you can take the 'lezard rouge'. The lezard is a train from 1920, used in the past by the Bey, it shows off the mountainside as it winds its way through mountain gorges.
The cave dwellings of Matmata are in the south of Tunisia and this region is mostly desert. Because of the landscape looking so desolate it was the perfect place to film the last episode of Star Wars. There are many ways to visit this Tunisia and Tourabout has all the options for you; a tour to ‘Libya via The Desert Road’ or ‘Across the Sahara – Cairo To Casablanca’ all sounds very nice, but I think I’d prefer the ‘Classic Italy and Mediterranean Cruise’, as Tunisia is only 600km from Sicily.