The world's longuest Aqueduct

Explore the unbelievable architectural genuine of the Romans and the work realized to connect Carthage with a mineral water source located 80 km from the city and guarantee a regular flow of water for 300 000 inhabitants.

A car is needed for the trip, on the charge of the customer

Itinerary
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Stop At: Carthage Aqueduct, Carthage Tunisia

The trip starts in Carthage at the biggest excavated Water Cisterns in the world, it will follow the water itinerary The Aqueduct, pass by Tuburbo Majus an Afro-roman site to reach the Temple of Water at the Mount of Zaghouan.

Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: Carthage Aqueduct, Carthage Tunisia

The Zaghouan Aqueduct or Aqueduct of Carthage is an ancient Roman aqueduct, which supplied the city of Carthage, Tunisia with water. From its source in Zaghouan it flows a total of 132 km, making it amongst the longest aqueducts in the Roman Empire.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: The Water Temple, Rue Sidi Ali Azouz, Zaghouan 1100 Tunisia

Its location is as impressive today as it must have been in the 2nd century CE. Above it rises the 1,295 metre high Zaghouan Mountain, and in front stretches the fields. You may almost see the Mediterranean Sea on a clear day.
Its decoration has similarities with what you would find in a temple. There are 12 niches each having a life size statue representing the 12 months of a year. In the middle there was really a temple, of which only the central niche remains.

Duration: 1 hour