Ancient Carthage
Ancient Carthage was an ancient civilization based in North Africa.
Ancient Carthage was an ancient civilization based in North Africa. It grew from a small settlement in present-day Tunisia into the Carthaginian Empire, a major power that dominated the western half of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Worth seeing in and around Ancient Carthage
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Lake of Tunis
The Lake of Tunis is a natural lagoon located between the Tunisian capital city of Tunis and the Gulf of Tunis. The lake covers a total of 37 square kilometres, in contrast to its size its depth is very shallow.
7.4 km · lake in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 02Byrsa
Byrsa was a walled citadel above the Phoenician harbour in ancient Carthage, Tunisia, as well as the name of the hill it rested on.
1 km · hill in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 03Saint Louis Cathedral
The Acropolium, also known as Saint Louis Cathedral, is a former Latin Catholic church located in Carthage, Tunisia. The cathedral sits on the peak of Byrsa Hill, near the ruins of the ancient Punic and then Roman city.
1.1 km · cathedral in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 04Carthage University
The University of Carthage is a university located in Tunis, Tunisia, and was founded in 1988.
3 km · university in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 05Carthage Palace
Carthage Palace is the presidential palace of Tunisia, and the official residence and seat of the President of Tunisia. It is located along the Mediterranean Sea in the commune of Carthage, near the archaeological site of the ancient city, fifteen kilometers from Tunis.
1.8 km · presidential palace in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 06Tophet of Carthage
The Carthage tophet is an ancient sacred area dedicated to the Phoenician deities Tanit and Baal Hammon, located in the Carthaginian district of Salammbô, Tunisia, near the Punic ports. This tophet, a "hybrid of sanctuary and necropolis", contains a large number of children's tombs, estimated to be over 20,000, which, according to some interpretations, were sacrificed or buried here after their untimely death.
400 m · cemetery in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 07Carthage National Museum
Carthage National Museum is a national museum in Byrsa, Tunisia. Along with the Bardo National Museum, it is one of the two main local archaeological museums in the region.
1 km · museum in Carthage, Tunisia · Wikipedia - 08Carthage Paleo-Christian Museum
The Carthage Paleo-Christian Museum is an archaeological museum of Paleochristian artifacts, located in Carthage, Tunisia. Built on an excavation site, it lies above the former Carthaginian basilica.
500 m · museum in Carthage, Tunisia · Wikipedia - 09Basilica of Damous El Karita
The basilica of Damous El Karita is an ancient basilica, located in Carthage, in modern Tunisia, dating from the Late antiquity and the Byzantine epoch. It is situated nearby the Odeon hills within the archeological site of Carthage.
2 km · basilica in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 10Tunis Carthage University
Tunis Carthage University, also known as UTC, is a private university in La Soukra, a residential suburb near Tunis, Tunisia. Founded in 1993, it is one of the oldest private institutions of higher education in Tunisia.
6.7 km · University in Tunisia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ancient Carthage
- Airports
- Tunis Carthage (TUN), 9 km · Annaba Rabah Bitat (AAE), 224 km · Falcone–Borsellino (PMO), 285 km
- Stations
- Tunis–Carthage International Airport, 8.9 km · Punic ports of Carthage, 200 m
- Mellita → Ancient CarthageTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Annaba → Ancient CarthageTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Palermo → Ancient CarthageTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ancient Carthage
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ancient Carthage. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTunis is a major hub for the country's louage (shared taxi) network.
- Get inTunis is the country's major port and there are ferries from a number of Mediterranean ports including Civitavecchia just outside of Rome, Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Palermo, Trapani and the French port of Marseille.
- Get inMost ferries arrive at La Goulette, 15 minutes from Tunis centre.
- Get aroundThe TGM suburban train line, starting at Tunis Marine station on Lines 1-4, connects to La Goulette (ferries), Sidi Bou Saïd, Carthage and the beaches of Marsa.
- Get aroundOtherwise, louages (shared taxis) are the most flexible of all options.
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Next door to Ancient Carthage
Ancient Carthage is 15 km from Tunis, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Carthagehistorical city in Tunisia1.2 km
- Sidi Bou SaidTunisian town3.2 km
- La GouletteTunisian town3.3 km
- RadèsTunisian town9.4 km
- La MarsaTunisian town3.6 km
- Siege of Carthagemain engagement of the Third Punic War in which the Roman Republic besieged the Punic city of Carthage in c. 149–146 BCE1.1 km