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Very impressive amphitheatre
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warm
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More than just a roman amphiteatre!
MikeAtSea Says: In the gallery surrounding the courtyard are exhibited mosaics and fragmentary sculptures and inscriptions. The most remarkable among the mosaics are those with geometric plant motifs, which attained their finest expression in this region in the late second and early third...
Willettsworld Says: There are a few places to eat beside the Colosseum and this place is on the southern side right opposite the entrance so you have a great view. They do lunchtime food such kebabs cooked on a grill, pizza's, sandwiches, omlettes etc.
JLBG Says: At first, I wondered what this man, sit on an empty sack was busy doing! On the second photo, I have made a close-up (you need anyway to enlarge it) that allows to see that he has a hand saw for fresh wood that he uses to fix a handle on a pickaxe. He has almost finished...
MikeAtSea Says: Some of the ruins and antiquities one can visit are over 2000 years old and are not in the best of conditions anymore, since neither Phoenicians nor Romans can come back to fix them anymore. Hence it is a silly idea to climb onto the ruins and destroy them for others to see,...
Double use ticket - arena AND museum
gajner Says: Don't throw away your ticket after visiting the arena. You can also enter to the magnificient museum with it that's about 10 minutes walking distance. If you threw your ticket, find a FAT tourist that's coming out the arena, and ask his/her ticket that still valid for the...
leics Says: ....take the time to wander round its outside. Most people don't, so you'll get chance to explore awitout being distarcted...maybe help your imagination a bit.Look for the patches of 'opus signinum', the Roman mortar containing bits of tile. You'll see it on the walls,...
MikeAtSea Says: All ancient sites, mosques, museums and antiquities charge a photographic fee. The ticket for this has to be purchased when one buys the entrance ticket. For each camera a separate fee has to be paid. During my visit the fee was 1 Dinar.
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Q: Hi, I'll be staying in Sousse. Is it possible to get there by train? If so what are the departure times from Sousse and from El...
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Since I was grown up in Pula, another town with great Roman amphitheatre, I couldn't wait to see this one in El Jem. My first impression was pretty disapointing because the amphitheatre in Pula is...
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El Jem used to be called Thysdrus.It was known as a farming centre in Carthaginian days,nothing very memorable occurred until the 3rd century A.D.when the Romans chose this site to build Africa's...
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We arrived in El Jem at about 2.30, the hottest part of the day, after driving from Kairouan. What really stands out in El Jem is what attracts most of its visitors: the famous amphitheatre. It's by...
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Were it not for the amphitheatre in El Jem, I doubt that it would ever feature in any tourist brochure. But the romans went and built this huge amphitheatre here, making El Jem a must for anyone...
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