 Carthage / Sousse, Tunisia |
 From Roman amphitheatre to Muslim Medina, ancient Carthage to Saharan salt lakes, Tunisia offers much more than sunshine and sand.
Plus all the couscous you can eat!
Tunisian tourism focusses on sun-starved Europeans, but for the rest of us its allure derives from desert scenery and a rich cultural heritage, from ancient Carthage to the Ottoman Empire with a touch of French Foreign Legion.
Down south, near the Sahara, Matmata is a Berber village which hangs its hat on an underground lifestyle evolved in response to the desert climate. Ever wonder how it feels to be a Third World villager when the tourists come to town? Check in any of Matmata’s three underground hotels and the roles are reversed. You become part of a peepshow as coach parties of rubber-neckers spill into the lobby, filing through the women’s bathrooms in search of exotica.
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