Then to El Djem museum which contains the mosaics from a few villas in the rich section of the Roman city of Thysdrus. The museum itself is house that was next to the archealogical site and was donated to house the mosaics.

Today we’ve chosen to take the optional day trip to the UNESCO world heritage site of El Djem and the old Roman city of Thysdrus.

Today is Sunday and many things are closed, so it will be a less full day, with more free time.

Kairouan is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Today we travel to Hammamet for a short stop to tour the Medina and then continue on to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kairouan which was the first fully Islamic city in North Africa.

Today we got to breakfast at 7:30 am again for an 8:30 am departure by bus to the old Roman town of Uthina. It is known for it’s mosaics. Many of the nice mosaics have been moved to the Bardo Museum.

We tour around Tunis today.

We fly from London to Tunis today.

We spent a few days visiting my sister and her family before our trip. The twins and my sister have birthdays right at the beginning of the trip, so we celebrated a few days early.

Today is a mostly free day for us. We didn’t book a tour today.

Today we have a snorkeling trip out to the Belize Barrier Reef and the Hol Chan Marine Reserve along it.