Tunis for The Three Generations: a Friday-to-Monday weekend
Whitewashed hills, a medina of domes, and Carthage under the pines.
A weekend everyone can keep up with. Flat routes and places to sit, a boat or a funicular for the view, one highlight a day that works at eight and at eighty, and dinners with a long table.
Friday: Easy evening
- Avenue Habib Bourguiba
A flat, wide, shaded avenue with benches; walk it end to end at the pace of the slowest.
- Le Grillon
An early family dinner in a roomy hall with step-free access and big plates to share.
Saturday: Ruins by taxi
- Antonine Baths
Roman baths by the sea with level paths and sea views; arrange a taxi for the whole morning.
- Le Golfe
A long table on the terrace for fish and couscous.
- Sidi Bou Said village
Take the taxi up to the village for views and benches; the lanes are cobbled, so go slowly.
Sunday: Mosaic morning
- Bardo National Museum
A palace of mosaics with wide halls, lifts to the upper floors and benches throughout.
- Marché Central de Tunis
A lunch at the market's cafés, with fruit and grilled fish.
- Parc du Belvédère
A level hilltop park with a lake and benches; the children can run, the grandparents sit.
Monday: Tea with the gulf
- Café des Nattes
Tea and doughnuts on mats and low chairs at the famous café.
- La Marsa corniche
A level seafront stroll in La Marsa with benches.