Recent reviews El Djem
[oldwasp, 20/12/2007] We visited El Jem as part of a coach tour to different attractions around Tunisia. For me this had to be the highlight of the tour.
El Jem is a Roman amphitheatre which is in better condition than the one in Rome and almost as big. The Colosseum was thought to hold up to 30000 - 45000 people at any on time.
On the road towards El Jem the amphitheatre can be seen from a distance and the closer you get the more impressive it gets.
Up close the Colosseum towers above the town of El Jem and for such an impressive 3rd century ruin there are very few tourists about, possibly due to it being in la
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