• Closed :Mondays
• Hours :04/01-09/15 :8:00-12:00 _ 15:00-19:00
• Normal Hours :9:00-12:00 _ 14:00-18:00
• Notes :In the Kasbah of Sousse. Shop, refreshments

The lovely "Pearl of the Sahel" noted for its beaches and hotels, Sousse is also famous for the wealth of its archeological treasures in both Islamic and Punic/Roman Museums. The latter holds the largest collection of antiquities after the Bardo National Museum.

The museum of Sousse is located in the 9th century Khalef al Fata tower in the kasbah. On entering, the spellbinding Head of Medusa seems to hold your gaze, and the Phoenician sea-god Hadad, patron of sailors is symbolic of Mediterranean sealife.

Around a small courtyard garden, arcades and various rooms contain choice mosaics from both nearby Christian catacombs, Roman country houses and Punic steles dedicated to Tanit. Sousse also boasts over 5 kilometers of remarkably preserved catacombs with their funeral galleries and marble tombs, the "Bon Pasteur" section is open while others are under restoration.

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