Kairouan — private tours

Islam’s fourth holy city, built around the Great Mosque and its vast cisterns.

The fourth holy city of Islam and the oldest Muslim city in North Africa. The Great Mosque is a plain fortress from outside and a forest of columns within, most of them taken from Roman and Byzantine buildings — you can still read the reuse. Non-Muslim visitors can enter the courtyard, not the prayer hall. The Aghlabid basins on the edge of town are ninth-century reservoirs, open and circular, still holding water. Dress covered here; it is a working religious city, not a monument.

Kairouan 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