Day 4 Roman Sufetula near to Sbeitla

The Roman and Byzantine remains at Sufetula.

This is a long day on the bus and incredibly for somewhere so close to the Sahara desert, its raining. Still the water does bring out some of the colours in the mosaics and stonework.

This became part of the roman empire during the reign of Vespasian (67 to 69 AD). It's wealth was based on Olive production. Decline took place during the late empire and it was occupied by the Vandals. Later was reconquered by the Byzantines.

Byzantine baptismal font

A Roman road complete with camber and grooves caused by chariot wear

Monuments to the 3 main gods of the Roman world. Jupiter, Juno and Minerva.

Day 3 - Makthar and Kairouan

Selling spices in Kairouan

The great mosque in Kairouan. This is one of the oldest mosques in the moslem world and makes this city the 4th most holy place in Islam after Mecca, Madinah and Jerusalem

Roman and Punic remains at Makthar

Day 2 - Dougga and Le Kef

One of the mosques in Le Kef

The French part of the fort is not in good repair. This part dates back to the 19th century

The fort at Le Kef near the Algerian border

The only Punic relic at Dougga. This monument was knocked down by the English in the 19th Century to take the inscriptions away to the British Museum. Another triumph for civilisation.

The rubble was rebuilt by the French during their occupation

Rita & Norman with Alec enjoy a well deserved sit down

The forum in Dougga

The Capitol building in Dougga

Various pictures in and around the roman amphitheatre at Dougga

Pomegranates are grown everywhere in Tunisia. As the new superfood will these poor farmers soon be super rich?

The town of Testour founded by Muslims expelled from Spain in the 17th century

Day 1 Afternoon - Sidi Bou Said & Bardo Museum

The next sequence is from the world famous Bardo museum in Tunis
A mosaic of the God of the sea

A rather drunken Hercules

Some of these mosaics are hung on the walls of the museum, others (unbelievably) remain under foot

Sidi Bou Said is a village near Tunis. It was founded in the 13th century around the tomb of a holy man. During the First World War it opted to paint all the buildings white with blue doors. Magistrates had yellow doors. Not sure why they did this.