Carthage Reborn
Walk through Rome's greatest rival, rebuilt as Africa's wealthiest city. See the world's greatest Roman mosaics at the Bardo, stand in the third-largest amphitheater ever built, and taste wines from the lands that fed and supplied Rome with grain, oil, and wine.
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Carthage Ruins
Walk through the ruins of Rome's greatest rival, destroyed in 146 BC and rebuilt as Africa's greatest Roman city. The Antonine Baths were the largest outside Rome. Wine was central to both Punic and Roman Carthage.
tour $$ - 2🗺️
Bardo Museum
The world's greatest collection of Roman mosaics outside Italy. Room after room of stunning floor mosaics depicting wine, harvests, Bacchus, and daily Roman life in Africa. Simply extraordinary.
tour $ - 3🍷
Cap Bon Wineries
Tunisia's wine peninsula, jutting into the Mediterranean. The Grombalia and Mornag regions produce most of Tunisia's wine. Visit estates reviving the tradition that made Africa Rome's wine cellar.
tasting $$ - 4🗺️
Domaine Neferis
One of Tunisia's most ambitious wineries, producing quality wines that compete internationally. The estate combines modern winemaking with ancient terroir that has produced wine for millennia.
tour $$ - 5🗺️
El Jem Amphitheater
The third-largest Roman amphitheater in the world, rivaling the Colosseum. Rising from the Tunisian plains, this UNESCO site could seat 35,000. Wine was served at gladiatorial games.
tour $$ - 6🍷
Thibar Monastery
The White Fathers monastery has made wine since 1880, continuing ancient traditions. Their communion wine descends from Roman practices. A unique oasis of Christian winemaking in a Muslim country.
tasting $ - 7🗺️
Dougga
The best-preserved Roman city in North Africa. A complete town frozen in time: Capitol, theatre, baths, forum, temples, houses. Walk streets where Roman wine merchants conducted business.
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