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El Jem Colosseum Tour
Excursions & day trips
Port El Kantaoui-Sousse, Tunisia
4.6/5
Free Cancellation
Language:
English
,
Italian
Mobile voucher accepted
Duration:2 hours
Do this because
Explore the city of El Jem and learn about its rich history
Wander around the largest colosseum in North Africa
Discover ancient Roman mosaics at the Archaeological Museum
What to expect
With an amphitheatre to rival that of Rome, El Jem makes for a fascinating trip back in time. You'll travel from Port El Kantaoui to the colosseum to have a look around. Then it's off to the museum to learn even more about the games and battles that took place there.You'll be stepping into the age of Gladiator on this half-day tour, which includes a visit to the largest colosseum in North Africa. Once you arrive, you'll have time to explore, taking in the wonder of this vast historic space and UNESCO World Heritage Site. It could once hold up to an incredible 35,000 spectators who came to cheer and jeer the games and battles unfolding on stage.You'll also have the chance to admire how El Jem, formerly Thysdrus, was hugely important during the time of the Roman Empire. Then cap off your visit at nearby El Jem Museum, where a selection of Roman mosaics and exhibitions on the games provide a captivating insight.
What's included
Transport
Guide
Admission fees
What to remember
Ask your TUI Rep to confirm the pick-up time and day
Not suitable for expectant mothers
Not suitable for expectant mothers or guests with back problems
Not suitable for wheelchairs
Not suitable for guests with reduced mobility
Provider
TUI TUNISIA
Booking Fee
Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.
Cancellation Fee
Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins
Reviews
Excellent
4.6/5
Based on
37 reviews from verified customers
S
Steve
March 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 40 years old
Excellent
Absolutely brilliant guide and driver. Superb knowledge and conveyed everything really well. Safe/ Secure and really glad we went.
V
Val Swindell
December 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 50 years old
Excellent
Picked up on time, friendly, knowledgeable guide. Plenty of time to explore and take photos
T
Timea
November 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as
Alone
- 28 years old
Excellent
El Jem is must see World Heritage Site and I am so happy that I could see it.
H
Half a day spent well
October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 45 years old
Great
A
Ali
October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 37 years old
Excellent
Guide was very informative, and interesting the whole trip was really good El jem is definitely well worth a visit
N
Nick Pyttlik
September 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 57 years old
Excellent
Apart from been 1/2 hr leaving seemed to spend a long time picking people up. Nearly 10 o'clock before we headed to el jem. But tour was good and informative guide seemed to know his stuff really enjoyed ??
L
Louise
September 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 22 years old
Excellent
The tour guide was amazing and knew his stuff would highly recommend this trip to anyone
S
SJ
September 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as
Alone
- 34 years old
Excellent
G
Gary
August 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 21 years old
Excellent
Well worth the visit, great views if you are able for the climb. Very interesting and the musuem was an added bonus, beautiful Mosaics. Guide was informative!
L
Lewis
August 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 9 years old
Great
The guide was excellent and very informative and friendly providing a wide range of facts about Tunisia that kept you interested throughout the journey/trip. It was very hot on the day and not a lot of cover in the Amphitheatre so would recommend bringing plenty of water and a fan.
O
Old red
July 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 40 years old
Excellent
Takes about hour and a half each way, nice scenery, EL JEM and museum well worth a visit
W
Warmal.
July 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 55 years old
Excellent
Beautiful historical tour, very informed guide.
A
Anonymous
May 2024
From United Kingdom
Great
Really enjoyed the trip. Very informative guide who told us lots of interesting facts about the amphitheatre. Would've liked more time at El Gem to explore the town. Didn't enjoy the mosaic museum, would've rather spent the time at El Jem. Overall value for money
A
Alex
April 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 25 years old
Excellent
Informative guide. Good bus ride. Family of 4 for just under 100 pounds felt slightly on the high side.
J
John webb
January 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 47 years old
Great
K
Keith
December 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as
Alone
- 49 years old
Great
The coach turned up 20 minutes late, and when we got to the colliseum and the museum the time we had just wasn't long enough to take everything in. But overall it was an enjoyable experience.
J
Joanna
December 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 36 years old
Excellent
Everything was made very easy. All the instructions were clear and easy to follow. The rep was brilliant and gave us local information and tips that turned out to be very useful too.
C
Colin
November 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 55 years old
Excellent
Best hotel and staff ever, food fabulous, all of the staff were so friendly and helpful, a really great holiday experience thanks
A
Anonymous
November 2023
From United Kingdom
Excellent
Excellent value for money. A friendly and very informative guide, giving local detail on the journey, information of the amphitheater, and lots of information at the mosaics museum. Highly recommend this excursion. A wonderful experience.
C
Cat P
August 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 26 years old
Excellent
The guide was very knowledgeable. El Jem was amazing - although I could have spent a little longer there. It was a 10 minute walk from the coach to get it so we only had about 45mins in the actual amphitheatre. The museum was interesting. The coach ride going to Jem was very long - approx 2.5 hours which wasn’t made clear when booking the experience but this was still a very enjoyable trip
E
Emma
July 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 24 years old
Excellent
Very enjoyable day out, good guide, interesting time around the museum that we weren’t expecting to be included.
K
Kirsty Woodhouse
July 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as
With friends
- 30 years old
Great
It was advertised as 2-4 hours but we were out from 7am until 1pm. The guide was amazing, so knowledgable and knew the rights spots for us to get drinks, photos etc. Air conditioned coach was amazing at the temp rose to 50 degrees the day we went. Trip was breathtaking
N
Neil
July 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 42 years old
Excellent
Everything was well organised the guide and driver did there best nothing could be done better
K
Kat
June 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as
With friends
- 41 years old
Excellent
Tour guide was knowledgeable Was a bit disappointed that we only had an hour there, was a long way to travel. 5 hours travel, 30 minutes in the museum and an hour in the coliseum
K
Kenz Couple
May 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 49 years old
Excellent
Driver and guide were fist class. The El Jem was worth the trip on its own but the mosaics in the museum were amongst the best we have ever seen,fabulous!
T
Tristan
April 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 13 years old
Great
It's not nice for them to give you a head cover up then charge you for it after, it's not fair for those who doesn't bring any extra money with them.
H
Helen
April 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 34 years old
Excellent
Very informative guide who was able to share lots of information about tunisia and el Jem. Plenty of time at el Jem and the mosaic museum was very interesting.
N
Nick
January 2023
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
Alone
- 28 years old
Excellent
The amphitheatre was incredibly impressive and I had plenty of time to wander around and appreciate it. The mosaic museum was really interesting and well laid out - I’d never seen such large and well-preserved mosaics. Our guide was excellent and struck a great balance between giving us interesting information and allowing some time for it to sink in and observe what was around us. This is only a half day which is exactly what I was looking for on a one week holiday. Great value for money!
0
007
October 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
With friends
- 33 years old
Excellent
Guide was very passionate & made it very interesting, enjoyed that much would do again !
W
Welshlot
September 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
With family
- 21 years old
Great
There was no mention of going to the mosiac museum on the itinary, we have done the full day trip before and just wanted to do the coloseum this tine so bit of a shock when we wert to the mosaic museum. Also rep told us it would take 50 mins to get there but that was without all the pickups should have inculded pick up times. The colosuem as always was amazing and guide very knowledgeable
A
Andrew
August 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
With family
- 20 years old
Great
The Colosseum was brilliant, the Guide really knew his stuff ,we were told by Tui that this was going to be a 2-4 hours excursion, however this was not the case, we were picked up at 07.10 got to the colosseum at 09.40 to be told that we would have 1hour 15min there(10 mins of this was walking to and from the car park) this was just enough time for photos and quick walk around then 30 rushed mins in a mosaic place, finally back at hotel for 14.15. This should all be advertised.
M
Marie
August 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 31 years old
Great
Great experience just felt a little rushed. Would of liked it if there a bit longer. Felt not really long enough to explore El Jem
G
Great trip and well worth a visit..
July 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 37 years old
Excellent
Overall a great trip and experience the guide was excellent and very acknowledgable...sellers outside were a bit pushy but we expected that ..Great to see the coleseum and visit the museum. The bus trip also saw how local people lived outside the holiday resorts. Was definitely an eye opener.woukd recommend this trip definitely..
I
Ian
May 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 48 years old
Excellent
Enjoyed it all the guide was very good all was on time had a fab experience.
N
Nina.F1
May 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
With family
- 10 years old
Excellent
The guided tour of the Colosseum was great and so was the commentary through the entire trip. The museum was not as great due to being extremely hot however the reconstructed villa was amazing. Can increase the time to wonder the colosseum and remind where the shops and cafe facilities are.
P
Petunia
May 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 40 years old
Great
Really enjoyed whole experience. But to improve, I think you need headphone sets so you can hear what guide is saying. Our guide was competing against loud school parties and tried really hard to make sure we could hear him but at times it was impossible. Individual headphone sets would have solved this.
J
Jasb
May 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
Alone
- 39 years old
Excellent
Stopped off at the Mosaic Museum before the colosseum.
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