The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
In port at Sidi Bou Said, the bucket-list move is Carthage Ruins: Private Guided Deep-Dive with Archaeologist. Below: 1 bucket-list things to do on a Sidi Bou Said port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Walk the bones of one of antiquity's greatest civilisations with a specialist archaeologist beside you. From the Byrsa Hill Punic Quarter to the colossal Baths of Antoninus at the sea's edge, Carthage rewards the truly curious — and a private expert unlocks every layer.
Book itVIP Private Tour Tunis: Carthage, Medina & Sidi Bou Said$23 per person
The Bardo holds the world's largest collection of Roman mosaics — jaw-dropping floor-to-ceiling tableaux ripped from Carthaginian villas. A private guided visit transforms it from overwhelming to transcendent, revealing the myths, patrons and master craftsmen behind each panel.
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Sidi Bou Said is one of the Mediterranean's most ravishing villages — cobalt doors, jasmine-draped alleys, and clifftop panoramas over the Gulf of Tunis. The Baron d'Erlanger's extraordinary Ennejma Ezzahra Palace hidden within it is the unmissable secret of the hillside.
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A UNESCO-listed medieval medina of souks, zaouias and mosques, the Medina of Tunis is one of North Africa's finest — and a private food-focused walk with a local expert is the most sensuous way to experience it. Harissa, brik, makroudh and tunisian mint tea await.
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Perched on the cliff edge of Sidi Bou Said with panoramic views stretching to the Gulf of Tunis, Dar Zarouk is the most celebrated restaurant in the village — a boutique manor house where traditional Tunisian haute cuisine meets one of the Mediterranean's most spectacular dining terraces.
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The Antonine Baths of Carthage at the water's edge, with the Gulf of Tunis turning gold behind Rome's giant column stumps, is among the Mediterranean's great photographic spectacles. A private late-afternoon tour with a local photography guide makes it a bucket-list visual experience.
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Your day in Sidi Bou SaidNothing picked yet — tick what you fancy
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Now plan the rest of it
You know what to do on the day. Here is the trip it belongs to —
each one opens as a whole plan, not a list: where to fly in, every port, what it runs.
