3 days

The High Tell

Mountains and Roman towns without crowds

Inland and uphill: Andalusian Testour, the Roman city of Dougga, the old town of El Kef, the mesa of Jugurtha’s Table, the frontier ruins of Haïdra, then Makthar and the cliff village of Kesra.

The stops

1. 1TestourBéjaAn Andalusian town in north-west Tunisia
2. 2DouggaBéjaThe best-preserved Roman town in North Africa
3. 3El KefEl KefA hilltop town near the Algerian border
4. 4Jugurtha’s TableEl KefA fortress mesa above the plain
5. 5Haïdra (Ammaedara)KasserineA Roman legion’s town on the frontier
6. 6MaktharSilianaRome in the highlands
7. 7KesraSilianaThe highest village in Tunisia