Published: September 8th 2006September 8th 2006
Woke up to a yummy breakfast, pastries, breads, coffee etc. Went off to get our driver sorted for the rest of our travels around Tunisia after an eventful morning of trying to get money out of the teller machines. Then off to Carthage to see the ancient crumblies! Straight to the Antonine Baths on the Mediterranean Sea and then up to Byrsa Hill to see the Cathage Museum and Ancient Forum ruins. We then caught a taxi to Sidi Bou Said, which is a small village on the top of a hill overlooking the Sea. It is famous for its Whitewashed buildings and blue doors and fretwork on the windows. It was just as stunning as the pictures we had seen before arriving, we have taken so many photos of doors etc that we could publish a book on them! Back to Tunis for more wandering through the Medina, then ate at a restaurant overlooking the Place de la Victoire for people watching!
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Punic Mosaics
Beautiful Punic Mosaics inside the Carthage Museum
Antonine Baths, Carthage
Built in the 2nd Century and were once the third largest in the Roman Empire.
Byrsa Hill
Old Roman Forum a top Byrsa Hill where in Punic times housed a temple to the Carthagian God Eschmoun. Background building is L'Acropolium (1884 French)
Sidi Bou Said
Picturesque Village of Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Sidi Bou Said
Picturesque Sidi Bou Said with its Whitewashed building, windows with fretwork painted blue and fantastic ornate doors everywhere you look.
Cafe
Cafe overlooking the Mediterranean, Sidi Bou Said
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