Cruise with ArTours

Artours & Events deals with worldwide MICE & Business Travel Agencies. Our customers are treated as PARTNERS and We appreciate and respect the trust in our Team work. Our Partners are from: Automobile Industry, Pharmacy & Cosmetic, Bank, Corporate and others, and we always do our best to make any stay or Event just successful and ensure warm memories.

We offer the following:

• Budgeting and financial offer
• Technical arrangements
• Special VIP Treatments
• Hotel accommodation
• Travel & Transportation
• Assistance from airport to airport: efficient & productive ways.
• Social Events; Gala Dinners, Outside catering, special Parties & special occasions
• Tours and Excursions
• Cultural Programs
• Team Building activities to bring Partners together
• Spouses programs
• Off Road – Self driving upon request!

The most significant ports in Tunisia are: La Goulette, Bizerte, Sousse, Sfax, Gabes and Zarzis.

La Goulette: located at around 36°49′5″N, 10°18′18″ECoordinates: 36°49′5″N, 10°18′18″E.

La Goulette (Halq al Wadi) is the old port of Tunis. Goletta was of considerable importance for the protection of the city. In 1525 internal dissension gave Barbarossa Khaireddine an excuse to seize the city of Tunis in the name of the Ottoman Sultan; in 1535 Goletta was attacked by Charles V of Spain who seized Barbarossa’s fleet, the arsenal and 300 cannon. The Spanish controlled Tunis and several other points on the coast for about 35 years, until the Ottoman Turks regained control of the country. Goletta’s importance both as port and fortress declined throughout the 19th century, especially from 1893, when a ship canal through the shallow lagoon was opened directly to the city. Today, La Goulette is the main Cruise Gate to Tunisia.
Sousse: Sousse (Arabic سوسة Susa), is a city of Tunisia, located 140 km south of Tunis, at only 20 km from the international airport of Monastir.
A bustling port open to the town centre and giving a touch of gaiety to its activity.
A medina charged with history, draped in its fortifications and which continues to live at its own rhythm, harmoniously contrasting with the modern city of typically Mediterranean charm.
A seaside resort stretching to the north, making up together with the integrated complex of Port El Kantaoui one of the most complete and most diversified tourist zones of the Mediterranean, promoting all possible pleasures relating to evasion and recreation and making it to an all-season resort.
The Gulf of Gabès  at 34° N 10.4166667° E.
The gulf is 100 kilometers long and wide, with the Kerkena Islands on the northeast and Djerba Island on the southeast. It has a large tidal range, 2.5 meters at spring tides.
Southern Tunisian port city in Gabes becomes major Mediterranean cruise ship destination:

For many of the visitors coming from Germany, Italy, Great Britain, France, the USA, Australia and Japan, the stop over in one of Tunisia’s greatest southern cities is an opportunity to get a strong flavour of the country’s magical south.
Cruise Terminals: Berth 4 and 5 suitable for cruise vessels.
Zarzis (Arabic: جرجيس) is a coastal town in southeastern Tunisia, it has a major port where a park of economic activities is based. In fact this very port is of major importance and played a very crucial role throughout the history of Zarzis, to the Phoenician, Romans and Arabs the port was of strategic importance.

Excursions from Tunis / La Goulette Pier

Transportation with deluxe air-conditioned coaches of 50 seats.
Multilanguage speaking guide
Entrance fees to the visited monuments
Lunch en route according to the program

Excursions from Tunis / La Goulette Pier

½ Day Carthage & Sidi Bou Saïd

Founded by the Phoenician Elyssa Didon in the IXth century B.C, CARTHAGE can still show off its splendor. You will visit :
ð the Theatre provides an attractive setting at summertime for the International Festival of Music
ð the Amphitheatre, former essential place of entertainment in the roman city. It is partly destroyed. One can see the excavations.
ð the Antonine Thermal Baths, former bath house where Romans developed a taste for physical cleanliness, healthy sports and cultural improvements. A granite column has been raised again in recent years to a height of 15 meters as evidence of the eight columns necessary to support the massive vaulted roof of the Frigidarium (cold Pool).
ð Mount Byrsa was the Acropolis of punic and roman Carthage. Under French protectorate a large cathedral and a seminary for Carmelite priest were built on the Hill. The Museum contains an impressive collection of archaeological finds from the site.
Continuation to the gigantic Punic Ports.
On to Sidi Bou Said, a splendid Moorish village, perched on its headland and wreathed in flowers, where you can enjoy a unique peppermint tea.
Optional : Visit of Baron d’Erlanger Palace. This Palace is the work of a wealthy and cultured heir who fell in love with Sidi Bou Saïd and decided to build his “dream palace” there. It is today the centre of Arab and Mediterranean music's and a museum of Tunisian musical instruments.
Drive back to the Ship.

½ Day Bardo Museum & Medina

The Bardo Museum, located in one of the Bey of Tunis’ former Palaces, is famous for its impressive and prestigious collections of mosaics, the most important of the world. The prehistoric, Punic, Christian and Moslem periods are represented as well.
Continuation to the Medina of Tunis, living example of one of the most beautiful sites of traditional town planning and architecture in the Arab world.
Visit of the old City famous for its Ez-Zitouna Mosque (only the inside courtyard).
Option : Visit of Dar Ben Abdallah, old house converted into a museum offering scenes of the daily life of an upper-class family of yesteryear).
Visit of the bustling Souks : You will enjoy walking around these narrow streets, admiring the brightly colored carpets, the pure wool blankets, the small pieces of typical furniture, the traditional Jewellery & perfumes.
Way back to the ship

½ Day Medina & Sidi Bou Saïd

Drive to the Medina of Tunis, living example of one of the most beautiful sites of traditional town planning and architecture in the Arab world.
Visit of the old City famous for its Ez-Zitouna Mosque (only the inside courtyard).
Option : Visit of Dar Ben Abdullah, old house converted into a museum offering scenes of the daily life of an upper-class family of yesteryear).
Visit of the bustling Souks : You will enjoy walking around these narrow streets, admiring the brightly colored carpets, the pure wool blankets, the small pieces of typical furniture, the traditional Jewellery & perfumes.
On to Sidi Bou Said, a splendid Moorish village, perched on its headland and wreathed in flowers, where you can enjoy a unique peppermint tea.
Optional : Visit of Baron d’Erlanger Palace. This Palace is the work of a wealthy and cultured heir who fell in love with Sidi Bou Saïd and decided to build his “dream palace” there. It is today the centre of Arab and Mediterranean music's and a museum of Tunisian musical instruments.
Drive back to the Ship.

½ Day Nabeul & Hammamet

Nabeul is renowned for its numerous handicraft specialties : varnished and painted ceramics, rush mats and pieces of embroidery figure among the main products. It is as well a town famous for orange trees and jasmine where flowers are distilled each spring.
Visit of a center of pottery. The neighboring town of Dar Chaâbane perpetuates the tradition of carved stones.
Continuation to Hammamet, an old fishing village which has become an important tourist resort. The charm of its Medina surrounded by ramparts, with its white washed houses, has remained intact. Visit of the Spanish Fort and the fishing Harbor.
Drive back to the Ship.

Full Day Carthage / Sidi Bou Saïd & Shopping

Founded by the Phoenician Elyssa Didon in the IXth century B.C, CARTHAGE can still show off its splendor. You will visit :
ð the Theatre provides an attractive setting at summertime for the International Festival of Music
ð the Amphitheatre, former essential place of entertainment in the roman city. It is partly destroyed. One can see the excavations.
ð the Antonine Thermal Baths, former bath house where Romans developed a taste for physical cleanliness, healthy sports and cultural improvements. A granite column has been raised again in recent years to a height of 15 meters as evidence of the eight columns necessary to support the massive vaulted roof of the Frigidarium (cold Pool).
ð Mount Byrsa was the Acropolis of Punic and roman Carthage. Under French protectorate a large cathedral and a seminary for Carmelite priest were built on the Hill. The Museum contains an impressive collection of archaeological finds from the site.
Continuation to the gigantic Punic Ports.
On to Sidi Bou Said, a splendid Moorish village, perched on its headland and wreathed in flowers, where you can enjoy a unique peppermint tea.
Optional : Visit of Baron d’Erlanger Palace. This Palace is the work of a wealthy and cultured heir who fell in love with Sidi Bou Saïd and decided to build his “dream palace” there. It is today the centre of Arab and Mediterranean music's and a museum of Tunisian musical instruments.
Lunch in Carthage.
Drive to the Medina of Tunis, living example of one of the most beautiful sites of traditional town planning and architecture in the Arab world.
Free walk and Shopping in the bustling Souks : You will enjoy walking around these narrow streets, admiring the brightly colored carpets, the pure wool blankets, the small pieces of typical furniture, the traditional Jewellery & perfumes.
Drive back to the ship.

Full Day Medina / Bardo Museum & Sidi Bou Saïd

Drive to the Medina of Tunis.
Visit of the old City famous for its Ez-Zitouna Mosque (only the inside courtyard).
Option : Visit of Dar Ben Abdullah, old house converted into a museum offering scenes of the daily life of an upper-class family of yesteryear).
Visit of the bustling Souks : You will enjoy walking around these narrow streets, admiring the brightly colored carpets, the pure wool blankets, the small pieces of typical furniture, the traditional Jewellery & perfumes. Lunch.
Drive to Bardo. The Bardo Museum, located in one of the Bey of Tunis’ former Palaces, is famous for its impressive and prestigious collections of mosaics, the most important of the world. The prehistoric, Punic, Christian and Moslem periods are represented as well.
On to Sidi Bou Said, a splendid Moorish village, perched on its headland and wreathed in flowers, where you can enjoy a unique peppermint tea.
Way back to the ship

Full Day Kairouan

Departure to Kairouan via El Fahs. En route visit of the roman aqueducts.
Kairouan, first Moslem city and for a long time, the Maghreb capital, rises in a steppes landscape.
Its magnificent Medina is a museum-town which harbors important monuments:
ð the Big Mosque  or Sidi Okba mosque is one of the most significant mainstays of Islamic architecture. It has for instance one of the oldest existing pulpits (Minbar)
ð the Aghlabides Basins, built by Aghlabide sovereigns to provide the town with water, represent the most important hydraulic installation of the Middle Ages.
ð the Zaouia (mausoleum) of Sidi Sahbi also called the Barber Mosque dates from the XVII century. It includes a Medersa (school for religious studies). Girls offers over there their first handmade carpet.
Lunch in a very special and typical restaurant “La Kasbha”.
Kairouan is also the “carpet making” capital. The Souks will offer you their various shopping amenities.
Drive back to the ship through Enfidhaville.

Full Day Utica / Bizerta

Drive to Utica, oldest Phoenician trading station in North Africa. It is older than Carthage itself.
Visit of the Punic city of Necropolis and a roman house.
Wine tasting in Château Feriani. Wine is an old tradition in Tunisia dating from the Carthage era and carried on by the wine growers from Italy.
Continuation to Bizerta, melting-pot of various influences such as roman, Spanish and Turkish.
Visit of the Port, the Medina and the ancient Fort. Lunch.
Drive to National Park Ichkeul. Birdwatchers will simply adore Lake Ichkeul which is the meeting place for numerous birds which come here to enjoy a more clement winter.
Way back to the ship

Full Day Medina of Tunis

Drive to the Medina of Tunis.
Visit of the old City famous for its Ez-Zitouna Mosque (only the inside courtyard).
Visit of Dar Ben Abdullah, old house converted into a museum offering scenes of the daily life of an upper-class family of yesteryear.
Lunch in a traditional luxury restaurant in the heart of the Medina.
Visit of the bustling Souks : You will enjoy walking around these narrow streets, admiring the brightly colored carpets, the pure wool blankets, the small pieces of typical furniture, the traditional Jewellery & perfumes.
Way back to the ship

Full Day Bardo Museum / Medina / Carthage / Sidi Bou Saïd

Drive to Bardo. The Bardo Museum, located in one of the Bey of Tunis’ former Palaces, is famous for its impressive and prestigious collections of mosaics, the most important of the world. The prehistoric, Punic, Christian and Moslem periods are represented as well.
Drive to the Medina of Tunis.
Visit of the old City famous for its Ez-Zitouna Mosque (only the inside courtyard).
Option : Visit of Dar Ben Abdullah, old house converted into a museum offering scenes of the daily life of an upper-class family of yesteryear).
Visit of the bustling Souks : You will enjoy walking around these narrow streets, admiring the brightly colored carpets, the pure wool blankets, the small pieces of typical furniture, the traditional Jewellery & perfumes. Lunch in Carthage.
Founded by the Phoenician Elyssa Didon in the IXth century B.C, CARTHAGE can still show off its splendor. You will visit :
ð the Theatre provides an attractive setting at summertime for the International Festival of Music
ð the Amphitheatre, former essential place of entertainment in the roman city. It is partly destroyed. One can see the excavations.
ð the Antonine Thermal Baths, former bath house where Romans developed a taste for physical cleanliness, healthy sports and cultural improvements. A granite column has been raised again in recent years to a height of 15 meters as evidence of the eight columns necessary to support the massive vaulted roof of the Frigidarium (cold Pool).
ð Mount Byrsa was the Acropolis of Punic and roman Carthage. Under French protectorate a large cathedral and a seminary for Carmelite priest were built on the Hill. The Museum contains an impressive collection of archaeological finds from the site.
Continuation to the gigantic Punic Ports.

On to Sidi Bou Said, a splendid Moorish village, perched on its headland and wreathed in flowers, where you can enjoy a unique peppermint tea.
Way back to the ship