The desert rock formations of Tadrart Acacus

Country guide

Tunisia

4 places across the five collections. Start with what draws you here, then build a journey that gives each place enough time.

PhotographLuca Galuzzi (Lucag) · CC BY-SA 2.5

Find your way through Tunisia.

The country guide gathers The Original 100 and every alternative included elsewhere on the site. A shared regional wonder may appear in more than one country.

Country orientation

Find the shape of your journey.

See how the 4 entries are distributed, then choose a cluster that suits the journey you want. Numbers on this map refer to the list alongside it.

Representative points, including broad regions and shared-border entries. A pin is not a visitor entrance or evidence of a direct travel connection.

  1. The Sahara

    Honourable Mentions · Dunes are only the beginning of the world's great hot desert.

  2. Carthage

    Further Horizons · A layered coastal archaeological landscape connects Punic history, Roman rebuilding and the wider Mediterranean.

  3. Kairouan

    Further Horizons · A historic city brings monumental religious architecture, water infrastructure and medina streets into a coherent whole.

  4. El Jem

    Further Horizons · A monumental amphitheatre makes the scale and structural organisation of Roman public entertainment exceptionally visible.

Honourable Mentions

101–200 · 1 place in this country

The desert rock formations of Tadrart Acacus

131 · North Africa

The Sahara

Dunes are only the beginning of the world's great hot desert.

Further Horizons

301–400 · 3 places in this country

Vegetation among the ancient ruins of Carthage

308 · Tunisia

Carthage

A layered coastal archaeological landscape connects Punic history, Roman rebuilding and the wider Mediterranean.

The southern courtyard portico of Kairouan’s Great Mosque

313 · Tunisia

Kairouan

A historic city brings monumental religious architecture, water infrastructure and medina streets into a coherent whole.

The Roman amphitheatre at El Jem

353 · Tunisia

El Jem

A monumental amphitheatre makes the scale and structural organisation of Roman public entertainment exceptionally visible.

Turn the collection into a journey.

Begin with an anchor place and its suggested base. Compare the guides’ seasonal notes and allow separately for time spent travelling. A collection of places in one country is not automatically a sensible route, particularly where islands, mountains or remote regions are involved.

Use the travel workbench to record your chosen overnight stops and the transport information you have checked. It keeps unresearched connections visible and produces a day-by-day outline you can print or export.

For international travel, check current entry requirements, regional advice and the operating details of the actual transport and visitor authorities. Country and territory labels here organise the guides; broad shared landscapes do not imply unrestricted border crossings.