8-Hour Medina Flavors & Heritage Tour
Highlights
Tunis
art, cultural, walking, Cooking
Tour Type
art, cultural, walking, Cooking
Private Tour
8 Hours
Easy
Arabic, English, French, German, Italian
Languages
Arabic, English, French, German, Italian
Description
Explore the vibrant artisan souk near Zitouna Mosque and savor local fricassés while admiring the historic mosque. Visit the spice souk to discover unique spices, herbs, and sweet makrouds. Learn about medina history and art at the Museum of Tunis and Tourbet el Bey. Participate in a perfume-making workshop at Souk El-Attarine, creating your signature fragrance. Sip mint tea with baklavas at a medina café. Immerse in cultural and artistic activities at Dar Ben Gacem.
Itinerary
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Petit-déjeuner street food
- Enjoy fricassee, fried breads filled with tuna, eggs, olives and harissa, in the handicraft souk near the Zitouna Mosque.
- Visit the Zitouna Mosque, one of the oldest and most important mosques in Tunisia, and the spice souk, where you can buy and taste spices, herbs and makrouds, cakes made from semolina, dates and honey.
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Visit spice shop in Souk El Blat
- Enjoy couscous, the Tunisian national dish, made of semolina, vegetables, meat and sauce, Dar Slah which beyond its gastronomic delights, Dar Slah also offers engaging culinary activities, including cooking classes suitable for
adults and children. - Visit a spice shop in Souk El Blat which is one of the oldest and liveliest souks in Tunis. It specializes in the sale of food products, including spices.
- During this visit, tourists will have the opportunity to discover the world of Tunisian spices. They will be able to learn how to recognize them, use them and combine them to create unique flavors.
The guide will accompany them to a traditional spice shop. He will introduce them to the different varieties of spices available, as well as their origins and properties. Tourists will then be able to purchase the spices needed to prepare the dishes they tasted during their visit.
- Enjoy couscous, the Tunisian national dish, made of semolina, vegetables, meat and sauce, Dar Slah which beyond its gastronomic delights, Dar Slah also offers engaging culinary activities, including cooking classes suitable for
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Visite du musée de la ville de Tunis
- To learn more about the history, culture and art of the medina, and of Tourbet el Bey of Tunis which thanks to its unique architecture and exquisite decorations reflecting a fusion of various local and foreign artistic and architectural currents, the Tourbet el-Bey remains to this day one of the most precious funerary buildings and historical monuments of the city of Tunis.
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Visite de Dar Ben Gacem
- An authentic traditional house located in the heart of the Medina of Tunis, several cultural, artistic or creative activities are organized there, including Coffee talks around the Medina to discover the secrets and hidden stories of the Medina.
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Goûter
- Sip mint tea accompanied by baklava, flaky pastries filled with dried fruit and honey, in one of the many cafés in the medina, such as Café El Ali.
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Parfumerie El Zitouna
- Perfume Creation Workshop by Zouhair Ghorghar, a perfumer with twenty years of experience in the perfume industry, offers the opportunity to create your own fragrance during 2-hour workshops at Souk El-Attarine - Souk des parfumeurs.
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Dîner (optionnel)
- Enjoy a gastronomic experience in Dar El Jeld, a restaurant located in a former 18th-century palace, where you can savor revisited traditional dishes, such as mloukhia, tajine or lablabi.
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Détente (optionnel)
Treat yourself to a moment of well-being in the Hammam of the Bayram Palace, a Moorish bath where you can enjoy a hot bath, a scrub, a massage and a facial treatment.
What's Included
What's Excluded
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
Adult | |
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1 to 12 | /person |
Child | |
1 to 12 | /person |
This is a private tour |