Dougga
Téboursouk, Tunisia
Dougga is the Roman town of Thugga on a hillside in northern Tunisia, about two hours south-west of Tunis, and UNESCO…
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Best ancient sites in Tunisia
7 ancient sites in Tunisia, ranked by why it makes the list from the catalogue data. Each page tells you what to see, which ticket or tour to book and when to go.
| # | Site | Country | Why it makes the list |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dougga | Tunisia | The best-preserved small Roman town in North Africa, its theatre, Capitol, temples and houses spread over olive groves, often almost empty. |
| 2 | Carthage | Tunisia | Hannibal's city and its Roman successor: the Punic ports, the hill of Byrsa and the sea-front Antonine Baths, once Africa's largest. |
| 3 | Bulla Regia | Tunisia | Roman villas built partly underground against the heat, where you stand on mosaic floors still in place, including the sea goddess Amphitrite. |
| 4 | Kerkouane | Tunisia | The only Punic town to survive largely as it was, with its street plan, houses with their own bathtubs and a temple by the sea. |
| 5 | Uthina (Oudhna) | Tunisia | A Roman veterans' colony close to Tunis with an amphitheatre dug into the hill, a huge capitol and mosaic-floored houses, rarely visited. |
| 6 | Makthar (Mactaris) | Tunisia | A Numidian town turned Roman colony on a high plateau, with two forums, a triumphal arch, great baths and Punic stelae. |
| 7 | Zaghouan Aqueduct | Tunisia | Tall Roman arcades that carried mountain spring water to Carthage march across the plain, with a Water Temple at the source. |
Carthage
Carthage, Tunisia
Carthage is the Phoenician and later Roman city on the Gulf of Tunis whose ruins now lie scattered among the villas of…
83 tickets & tours
Bulla Regia
Jendouba, Tunisia
Bulla Regia is a Roman town in north-western Tunisia, near Jendouba, famous for houses built partly underground to…
7 tickets & tours
Kerkouane
Kelibia, Tunisia
Kerkouane is the only Punic town to survive largely as it was, on the coast of Cape Bon in north-eastern Tunisia, 12 km…
3 tickets & tours
Uthina (Oudhna)
Oudhna, Tunisia
Uthina, now called Oudhna, is a Roman city on a low plateau about 30 km south of Tunis, founded as a colony for…
4 tickets & tours
Makthar (Mactaris)
Maktar, Tunisia
Makthar is the site of Mactaris, a Numidian town that became a prosperous Roman colony on a 900-metre plateau in…
2 tickets & tours
Zaghouan Aqueduct
Mohamedia, Tunisia
The Zaghouan Aqueduct is the Roman water line that carried spring water from the mountains of Zaghouan to Carthage, 132…
9 tickets & tours