FUTURE TRAVEL-WHERE AND WHY?-TUNISIA-COUNTRY 60

Hi Everyone!

Hope you enjoyed yesterday's Japan post. There will be a weekly post about past travel and a weekly post for future travel-starting with today:

So much to look forward to! Let's start with this year:

Tunisia
Tunisia is not too far away if you live in England-about 3 hours 15 minutes. We are flying from our local airport which is about 20 minutes away from where we live. We have only been able to use this airport once before for a flight to Italy so we are very happy to do so again.



Despite its close proximity to England, Tunisia, a bit like Morocco, feels like a long haul destination. It has always been on my radar because it's close, exotic and a relatively cheap place to visit.

When we had to change our trip to Brazil, we had a option to make next year's trip a greater adventure by visiting the wildlife (especially the birds) at the Amazon Rainforest and the Pantanal. So we wanted to save as much money as possible for that. Hence Tunisia came to mind!

We decided the cheapest way to go was an All inclusive Hotel. We have never stayed at one before, however on a practical level we know that all meals and drinks are covered for the time we are there. Exceptions will arise when we go on excursions but we will take money to cover that.


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Talking of excursions:

Atlas Mountains-Stopping at Traditional Berber villages, where homes are carved into rock, and livings are made by farming and rug weaving.


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El Djem, the world’s third biggest Roman amphitheatre-30,000-seater colosseum and you’re instantly transported to the days of the gladiators. Expect goosebumps as you enter its underground tunnel, where slaves and animals were kept before entering the arena.



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Honey-stoned Ribat fortress, which played a starring role as the wall in the movie ‘Life of Brian’.


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Grand Mosque-Kairouan


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Ancient Roman Sites
Roman City of Utica-one of the oldest in Northern Africa.
Carthage-home to warrior Hannibal. Amphitheatre, Villas and Baths.
Dougga-UNESCO World Heritage Site-Temples, Theatres, Shops.




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Have you been to Tunisia?

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