Carthage to Sidi Bou Said

Profil altimétrique

3-102 M / TUILES DE TERRAIN ÉCHANTILLONNÉES LE LONG DU TRACÉ

Photographies

Photos : Noomen9 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Verity Cridland (CC BY 2.0), Habib M'henni (CC BY 4.0)

Point de départ

Voiture

About 20 min from central Tunis.

Bus / train

TGM train from Tunis Marine to Carthage Salammbo; back from Sidi Bou Said station.

À proximité

• Les indécisBar<1km
• Carthage Paleochristian MuseumMusée<1km
• Carthage National MuseumMusée<1km
• Magon QuarterMonument<1km
• Antonine BathsMonument1,2km
• Roman Theatre of CarthageMonument1,4km

La randonnée

From the Punic ports up Byrsa hill and down to the Antonine baths, then along the coast to the blue and white village of Sidi Bou Said.

Carthage is spread over the suburbs north of Tunis, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979. The walk starts at the circular Punic military port, climbs Byrsa hill, the heart of the Punic city, with its excavated houses and the view over the gulf, then drops to the Antonine baths, the largest Roman baths in Africa, on the shore. It finishes with the climb into Sidi Bou Said, whose white walls and blue doors look across the Gulf of Tunis. The TGM train links every stop.

• Punic ports
• Byrsa hill
• Antonine baths
• Sidi Bou Said

Météo et saison

SAISON

Year-round

Normales mensuelles 2011-2020 au point de départ, par Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0). Les mois teintés sont la saison annoncée pour cette randonnée.

Pratique

Eau

Cafes and shops throughout.

Guide

optional

Permis

A single Carthage ticket covers the main sites.

Dangers

Traffic on the roads between sites.

Tracé

Ligne approximative le long des chemins cartographiés, entre des points vérifiés. Suivez un guide ou une trace GPS sur le terrain.

Partir avec un guide

Ces opérateurs et clubs organisent des randonnées guidées en Tunisie :

• WildyNessTunisian booking platform for guided hikes with local guides (Cap Blanc, Mides, Selja, Dahar, El Haouaria), several with GPS downloads.
• Association Tunisienne des RandonneursHiking association in Tunis that runs and writes up group hikes across the country.
• Mosaic North AfricaTour operator offering custom hiking trips, including the Chebika, Tamerza and Mides oases.
• Destination DaharPublishes the official topoguide (12 stages, 194 km) of the Grande Traversee du Dahar.
• Grand Sahara AventuresDjerba-based operator running Berber village and desert treks in the south.
• Destination TunisTunis-based guide publishing and leading day hikes around Tunis and Cap Bon.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Carthage
• Wikipedia: Sidi Bou Said