Tunis, Wellness Day & Anthology • Kath Eats

Right here’s a recap of our port cease at Tunis and my wellness day on Explora II. Plus our fancy dinner at Anthology. Try my Explora II cruise put up right here.

Halfway by means of the cruise we stopped at Tunis, Tunisia. Having simply achieved 4 intense journey / touristy days in a row, I knew I might be craving a mid-way relaxation day the place nothing was scheduled. Thomas the Adventurer determined to ebook a sightseeing tour of a few of the historical ruins within the space, so we did our personal issues this present day! I had deliberate to satisfy him to browse the markets, however as soon as we bought there we realized it was a forty five minute shuttle simply to get to the markets, so I ended up simply staying on the boat the entire time.

Tunis

Thomas’s tour left pretty early within the morning and went for a lot of the day. They went to a market, adopted by the UNESCO-listed Medina of Tunis and ruins of historical Carthage. Whereas he stated the ruins had been good to expertise, the market was crowded and full of cigarettes.

Wellness Day

For my wellness day, I began with my favourite chia pudding and fruit bowl on the Market.

I spent a while strolling the monitor on the ship and trying out the views from afar.

Spa Therapeutic massage

My subsequent cease was a therapeutic massage on the spa! They’d a promotion the place for those who booked a therapeutic massage on a port day you bought a bonus 30 minute mini-facial, so I bought to do a therapeutic massage/facial combo that was heavenly.

I additionally frolicked within the sauna, pool, and salt room!

This sauna wasn’t as enjoyable because the ACAC one full of 10 girlfriends chatting it up!

I had an incredible little lunch out on the deck and loved some glowing rose too!

I parked myself on the pool and waitied for Thomas to return from his journey!

Anthology

For dinner we had a reservation on the fancy restaurant: Anthology! This one is obtainable for an additional price ($$$), and we used the just about 1,000 Euros of on-board credit score that my sister bought us from her firm and an Explora promotion for each the therapeutic massage and the upgraded eating expertise.

The foyer bar in the course of the ship.

Anthology was very elegant, and the service was impeccable. I additionally cherished the dishes!! The view of the sundown was additionally beautiful.

We began with glowing wine, lobster bisque, and a bit roll topped with mozzarella and basil.

Appetizers

I want I had extra romantic descriptions of all the things – I had Sicilian prawns and Thomas had caviar with lobster!

Salad Course

We each bought this salad with pea cream, arugula, asparagus, morel, and Sicilian almonds. I LOVED the creativity! Every little thing we had right here was so inventive.

Pasta Course

I had Radicchio risotto with goat cheese, and a 25-year aged balsamic drizzle.

Pop Rocks Palate Cleanser

My favourite dish of the night time was this palate cleanser granita made with lemoncello, lemon and lime zest, and POP ROCKS! Sure, the sweet that pops in your mouth! It was so cool.

Major Course

We each ordered the Wagyu beef with porcini-stuffed Swiss chard and a truffle potato cake. Did I point out we had a distinct small wine pour with each course?!