El Jem Amphitheatre — private tours

The Roman amphitheatre often called the Colosseum of Africa, among the best preserved anywhere.

The amphitheatre is the third largest that survives and the most complete thing the Romans left in Africa — room for something like thirty-five thousand people in a town that now has far fewer. What makes it worth the stop rather than the photograph is that you can go down into the underground passages where animals and fighters were held and come up into the arena the way they did. It stands directly in the town, so it arrives without warning above the rooftops.

El Jem Amphitheatre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and 14 private tours reach it — the shortest 8.5 hours, from €112 per vehicle for the whole group. All depart from Sousse/Monastir with hotel pick-up, and the vehicle is yours alone.

14 private tours, from €112 per vehicle · UNESCO