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El Jem's a Gem

October 17, 2006 at 10:15 AM | 0 Comments

Over in Ireland the Belfast Telegraph published their Complete Guide to Tunisia this week, reminding us what a gem of a place it is to visit. There's a pun there, but you probably won't recognize it until we tell you about El Jem.

You know the Colosseum in Rome, right? Move it to the middle of the desert, shrink it just a touch (you won't notice the size difference, though, because in the desert there's nothing to compare it to) and build in particularly claustrophobic underground chambers for those ferocious animals and bold-hearted gladiators. Oh, and sell cous-cous at the restaurant next door instead of spaghetti. Now you have El Jem's colosseum, a few hours by train south of Tunisia's capital Tunis. So next time you're craving a fill of impressive Roman ruins, flick the tourist crowds and try our favorite gem of a colosseum instead.

[Photo: alanaplin]

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· Complete Guide to Tunisia [Belfast Telegraph]
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