Sousse monastery - Private

General information

Destination
Hammamet, Tunisia

Program details

After Breakfast, departure from Hammamet to Sousse, an important tourist resort. It has a Mediterranean climate, with the seaside location moderating the climate, making it an all-season resort with hot, dry summers and warm, mild wet winters. The fine sandy beaches are backed by orchards and olive groves.

We will visit his old Ribat then a free time in the souks of his Medina. UNESCO declared the medina of Sousse a World Heritage Site in 1988, citing among other things its preservation from modern development.After that we will continue our trip to Monastir, which was founded on the ruins of the Punic–Roman city of Ruspina. His Ribat was used to scan the sea for hostile ships as a defense against the attacks of the Byzantine fleet.

The Ribat was also one of the filming locations for both the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth and Monty Python's Life of Brian. After we will visit the mausoleum Habib Bourguiba The built in the lifetime of Bourguiba in 1963, according to the characteristics of traditional architecture (modern Arab-Muslim style), is located in the western part of the cemetery Sidi El Mézeri, the main burial place of the city, after the long main ally of about 200 meters wide and thirty meters.

It houses not only the body of the late president and his first wife Mathilde, but also those of his parents and his brothers and other family members in two other rooms. It was enlarged in 1978. The building, flanked by two minarets 25 meters high, is topped by a golden dome that is itself surrounded by two green domes. The mausoleum entrance gate and the gate that separates it from the rest of the cemetery are two fine examples of Tunisian art.


Meeting/pick-up point: Pick-up at the hotel.

Duration: 4 hours.

Start/opening time: 7:15am from Hammamet.

End/closing time: 1:30pm.

Languages: French, English, Spanish, german.

Others: Opening days/period: Wednesday. Min. Age: 5 years.
Max. Age: 70.