An ideal climate, a long and gentle seacoast, Tunisia, the northernmost
country of Africa has for over 3000 years witnessed the invasion of Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Turks, Spanish and French. They came as fugitives or adventurers, to conquer or to claim, warriors and missionaries, traders and farmers each leaving a part of their story in stones or mosaics, on the hills of Carthage and the threshold of the Sahara.

This heritage, Tunisia's greatest wealth, has been held in trust and preserved in hundreds of sites and museums from the small Punic museum in Utica to the vast collections of the prestigious National Museum of Bardo. Most Museums are closed on Mondays, whereas many on-site archeological museums and ruins are open all week. An entrance fee is usually charged and a caretaker will often act as guide.

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