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The 6 Best Things to do Good for Big Groups in Sousse, Sousse Governorate
Sitting where the Phoenician colony of Hadrumetum once stood nearly 3,000 years ago, the modern-day Sousse is a resort destination, especially popular with Europeans. Sometimes called "the Pearl of the Sahel" (referring to the central section of Tunisia's eastern shoreline), Sousse is prized for its excellent beaches. Arab-Islamic since the 7th century AD, the city has many fascinating attractions, like the 9th-century Great Mosque, and its medina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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1. Engaging Cultures Travel Tunisia - Day Tours
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5.0 based on 40 reviews
Several cultural engaging day tours & trips allowing you to explore a traditional Berber village built on a hilltop and eat lunch with a Berber family, discover Tunisia's most recent Roman excavation, visit Sousse's local food market experiencing everyday shopping in the old city, preparing a Tunisian meal in a local home, and day excursions in the Sahara!
2. Sousse Archaeological Museum
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4.5 based on 532 reviews
Reviewed By 670fidan - Deauville City, France
The archaeological museum of Sousse is a must. The building itself is very interesting. The museum is compact and well designed with beautiful mosaics and relics.
3. Magiceye 3D Experince
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4.5 based on 82 reviews
Magic eye 3D MUSEUM refers to a traditional technic art of optical illusion ,which turns two-dimensional paintings into three-dimensional images through the use of optical illusions. Paintings on the walls, and ground bring you into the setting of a scene and you become part of the artwork Immerse yourself in different settings at 6 themed zones . All visitors are encouraged to step inside the
Reviewed By Roving29826
Great afternoon with my 12 year old nephew staff were excellent and run you through everything you need to know and the easiest way to use the downloaded app you use.the way these paintings come to life is amazing
4. Ribat
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4.0 based on 370 reviews
Reviewed By justme123515 - Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
worth a visit 2 dinar to see the local costumes but do not visit if you cannot climb steps I mansged it but it was hard gioing
5. Grosse Moschee von Sousse
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4.0 based on 351 reviews
Reviewed By 333hediaa - Kusadasi, Turkey
Good trip very peaceful and calm Had a look around and prayed , lovely people looking after it . If you are not Muslim you are still welcome to visit at 10 mainly because you get to have an interpreter and good look around and explain the history behind it Ez-Zituna was the second mosque to be built in Ifriqiya and the Maghreb region after the Mosque of Uqba in Kairouan.The exact date of building varies according to source. Ibn Khaldun and El-Bakri wrote that it was built in 116 Hijri (731 C.E.) by Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab.A second source states that the Umayyad Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ordered the building;[5] however, Ahmed In Abu Diyaf and Ibn Abi Dinar attributed the order to Hasan ibn al-Nu'man who led the conquest of Tunis and Carthage.Most scholars agreed that the third possibility is the strongest by evidence as it is unlikely that the city of Tunis remained a long time without a mosque, after its conquest in 79 Hijri.Thus the closest date is 84 Hijri (703 CE), and what El-Habhab did was in fact enlarge the mosque and improve its architecture. It was used as a place of prayer by the Muslim conqueror Hasan ibn al-Nu'man. For almost two centuries (1812 - 2011), the majority of the Grand Imams of the Zitouna mosque were part of the Cherif and Mohsen families, notably including AbdelKebir Cherif, Ahmed Cherif, Mohamed Cherif, Hamda Cherif, Hassan Cherif, Mahmoud Mohsen, Mohamed Mohsen, and Mostafa Mohsen. The Cherif and Mohsen families are part of the aristocracy "Tunisoise" of Tunis Carthage; are descendants of the Islamic prophet, Mohamed; and are a dynasty of religious scholars, sheikhs, imams, and landowners.[1] These families were founded by an ancestor who arrived in Tunis by the XIV-e century. The descendants of Sheikh Mohsen Cherif changed the line from Cherif to Mohsen, creating the Mohsen branch out of the Cherif line.
6. Medina of Sousse
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3.5 based on 2,726 reviews
This medina contains the Great Mosque of Sousse.
Reviewed By branka011 - Belgrade, Serbia
The Sousse Medina is one of the largest in the Islamic world, encircled by walls, it makes a world for itself with old crafts, small shops, pastry shops, a large and colorful market, a variety of cafes and of course a mosque.
