roman Travel Guide – Chris Travel Blog | CTB Global® https://www.christravelblog.com/travel-inspiration/roman/ Combined leisure & business travel; the efficient way! Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:52:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.christravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-favico-ctb-32x32.jpg roman Travel Guide – Chris Travel Blog | CTB Global® https://www.christravelblog.com/travel-inspiration/roman/ 32 32 TURKEY – The best 2 week west Turkiye itinerary: An ultimate road trip https://www.christravelblog.com/turkey-the-best-2-weeks-west-turkiye-itinerary-an-ultimate-road-trip/ Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:50:42 +0000 https://www.christravelblog.com/?p=37824 Turkey, also known as Turkiye, is a country rich in history and an ideal destination for a road trip. Given its vast size, it’s best to focus on a specific region. This two-week Turkey itinerary highlights the western part of the country, particularly the Marmara [read more]

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]]> ISRAEL – Caesarea day trip from Tel Aviv: Must see Roman ruins https://www.christravelblog.com/israel-caesarea-day-trip-from-tel-aviv-must-see-roman-ruins/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 10:48:13 +0000 https://www.christravelblog.com/?p=30466 Israel has plenty of (Roman) archeological sites and Caesarea is for sure amongst one of the highlights. It has a beautiful hippodrome, theater, wall, and other remains. Most are Roman but some are from the Crusaders era. The Roman aqueduct is located on the beach [read more]

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]]> LEBANON – The most complete Lebanon itinerary: All highlights in 10 days (or 2 weeks) https://www.christravelblog.com/lebanon-most-complete-lebanon-itinerary-all-highlights-10-days-2-weeks/ Sat, 05 Sep 2020 15:08:46 +0000 https://www.christravelblog.com/?p=29026 Lebanon is a small hidden gem in the Middle East and a beautiful destination for a 10-day trip. It’s just a 3-4-hour flight from Europe and thus a perfect destination for the May (or October) school holidays! I visited with my family (kids 13/16 years) [read more]

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]]> TUNISIA – El Jem day trip from Sousse (or Tunis) & Sfax medina tour https://www.christravelblog.com/tunisia-el-jem-day-trip-from-sousse-or-tunis-sfax-medina-tour/ Wed, 08 Jan 2020 19:52:59 +0000 https://www.christravelblog.com/?p=29413 Tunisia has a lot of Roman heritage of which two places are highlights: Dougga Roman town (covered in my 2-week Tunisia itinerary as well) and the Amphitheatre El Jem. El Jem is best visited as a day trip from Sousse / Monastir or even from [read more]

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]]> TUNISIA – A two week Tunisia itinerary: a road trip to all the highlights https://www.christravelblog.com/tunisia-a-two-week-tunisia-itinerary-a-road-trip-to-all-the-highlights/ Tue, 29 May 2018 17:53:24 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=25585 I love culture, I love nature and when I travel I like to mix this with sunshine and activities. Tunisia has everything and that’s exactly what I included in this Tunisia itinerary. We all know Tunisia had a few issues that drove tourists away but [read more]

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]]> FRANCE – The ultimate 10 day South France itinerary for a road trip packed with culture https://www.christravelblog.com/france-the-ultimate-10-day-south-france-itinerary-for-a-road-trip-packed-with-culture/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 18:44:44 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=22802 France: some love it, some hate it. I love it! During my teenage years I travelled a lot in France but this was mostly the upper half of the country. I always wanted to do a road trip in Southern France and show my kids [read more]

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]]> ISRAEL – A day trip to the subterranean cave complexes of Beit Guvrin-Maresha https://www.christravelblog.com/israel-day-trip-subterranean-cave-complexes-beit-guvrin-maresha/ Thu, 30 Mar 2017 09:02:53 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=21852 The Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park is located an hour drive south of Jerusalem or east of Tel Aviv and is a perfect day trip from either city. I visited it on the first day of my 10 day Israel itinerary on the way from Tel [read more]

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]]> PORTUGAL – A trip to old Coimbra & university on the way from Porto to Lisbon https://www.christravelblog.com/portugal-a-trip-to-old-coimbra-university-on-the-way-from-porto-to-lisbon/ Sun, 04 Sep 2016 16:47:08 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=19216 Coimbra is a city in Portugal with centuries of history and therefore a must on any road trip itinerary through Portugal. It’s also possible to visit from either Lisbon or better even Porto as a day trip. I visited Coimbra and its university on the [read more]

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]]> JORDAN – Roman ruins of Jerash, Umm Qais and the Ajlun Castle in a day from Amman https://www.christravelblog.com/jordan-roman-ruins-of-jerash-umm-qais-and-the-ajlun-castle-in-a-day-from-amman/ Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:43:32 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=13500 Towards the Syrian border in Jordan, north of Amman, you find some astonishing remains from Roman times and an important Muslim castle. The two Roman remains are of the Roman cities Gadara (Umm Qais/Qays) and Gerasa in the modern town of Jarash/Jerash. The Roman ruins [read more]

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]]> FRANCE – Montmajour & Silvacane Abbey, Glanum and Salagon: leg 4 of our South France road trip itinerary https://www.christravelblog.com/france-montmajour-silvacane-abbey-glanum-salagon-south-france-road-trip-itinerary/ Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:56:22 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=12356 The 4th leg of our family South France road trip itinerary would be the last one to be packed with things to see from early morning to late evening. It would get easier the next days. We started the day early north of Marseille in [read more]

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]]> EGYPT – A day in Coptic Cairo, the Cairo Tower and Tahrir Square with the Egyptian Museum https://www.christravelblog.com/egypt-day-coptic-cairo-cairo-tower-tahrir-square-egyptian-museum/ Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:11:31 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=9283 Cairo is a huge city with many districts and it requires several days to see it all. I was in Cairo for 9 days with my family and one day trip we did was to see the Coptic Cairo quarters, the Cairo Tower and the [read more]

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