Le Bardo Travel Guide

 Willettsworld Says:  This room features a Roman thermae discovered in Acholla, 40km north of Sfax. They have rooms for cold baths (frigidarium) and others for warm baths (caldarium). The frigidarium comprises a large rectangular room flanked by two long wings, two bathtubs, a swimming pool and a... 

 Willettsworld Says:  The best and oldest of Africa's mosaics are located on the second floor and come from the Trajan Baths. One mosaic of Ulysses and the Sirens is based on the Odyssey and comes from Dougga, dating from around 260 AD. 

 Willettsworld Says:  El Jem is famous for its colosseum which was surrounded by fine Roman villas. This room features several small mosaics of animals. 

 Willettsworld Says:  The Dougga room features a highlight mosaic of the Triumph of Neptune dating from the mid-2nd century AD and comes from the seaside town of Chebba. 

 Willettsworld Says:  When I entered this huge room I was instantly struck by its wonderful domed ceiling. I then looked down and saw a huge 2nd century AD mosaic from a Sousse villa of a wealthy horse breeder covering nearly 140 sq metres. The mosaic is that of Neptune's triumph where he is... 

 Willettsworld Says:  This fabulously decorated room features two balaconies at either end and more mosaics from Althiburos. 

 Willettsworld Says:  Next room from the Garden features a huge mausoleum tomb and is surrounded by more large mosaics. 

 Willettsworld Says:  This room features a reconstruction of a ROman courtyard garden with 4 large urns that have been reconstructed from original remains. In the centre is a small pool. Surrounding the garden are some huge mosaics with nautical themes. 

 Willettsworld Says:  This small area before the Mahdia shipwreck exhibits features columns and different types of capitols. 

 Willettsworld Says:  Leading off from one side of the reception room of Carthage is a room featuring mosaics from Oudhna (uthina). These features animals such as tigers and lions killing deer and horses. 

 Willettsworld Says:  Statues and mosaics from Carthage fill the museums centrepiece room which is a grand, colonnaded reception room with an icing sugar ceiling. There is a huge statue of Jupiter Capitoline from the Odeon in Carthage and one of Venus the goddess of love hiding her bosom under... 

 Willettsworld Says:  This area of the museum was once the ruling beys private apartment which is decorated with tiles and stuccoed and now contains the onlt contemporary portrait of the poet Virgil listening to Clio and Melpomene. This mosaic was found in Sousse and is one of the jewels of the... 

 Willettsworld Says:  The last room on the ground floor features heads of Roman emperors such as Auguste from El-Jem, Vitellius, Vespasian from Bulla Regia, Trajan from Thuburbo Majus, Lucius Verus from Dougga, Severus and Gordian from Carthage. 

 Willettsworld Says:  These wonderful statues are the best in the museum and come from Roman Bulla Regia. They feature Apollo dating from the 2nd century AD. 

 Willettsworld Says:  In the centre of this room lies the 6th century cruciform baptismal fonr from El-Kantara. On the surrounding walls are wonderful early Christian mosaics including Daniel in the lion's den from a 5th century mausoleum and other mosaics from chapels. There is also an unusual... 

 Willettsworld Says:  Around the corner from the Stele in a corridor leading to the exit lie some Roman sarcophagi. The corridor leads to the Tiles Hall, which was closed when I visited.