BUS (Tunis) — SNT and TCV are the two main bus companies in Tunis. The green-and-white privately owned TCV buses cost more than the SNT buses. However, buses are not tourist-friendly (for westerners), since destinations and maps are written only in Arabic. Fares vary according to distance (starting at .32 Dt). See the following website […]
TAXI (Tunis) – in Tunis, the base fare will be .50 Dt. , but after 9:00 p.m. you pay a fifty percent surcharge (= .75 Dt). Here are some taxi companies that operate in Tunis: Taxi Mami Tunisie: +216 98 201 300 Taxi Tunis Hammamet: +216 29 970 054 Taxisat: +216 71 187 600 […]
Sousse Archaeological Museum (Rue Abou Kacem Echabi, Sousse) — The Sousse Archeology Museum is located within the Kasbah (fortification) of the medina (old city) of Sousse, a World Heritage Site. At the entrance of the museum, a large vaulted room displays the history and the monuments of the Sahel region from Antiquity to the Muslim […]
Pupput (Hammamet area) — Pupput is an ancient city lying about three kilometers north-west of the medina of Hammamet. Today it is submerged by the tourist zone built over the major part of the archaeological site. It was probably a satellite town of its neighbor Neapolis. Pupput seems to have gained some importance during the […]
Museum Dar Essid (65 rue du Remparts Nord, Sousse) — this fascinating museum is located in a beautiful home that adjoins the walls of Sousse’s medina. A small, private museum, its collections include costumes, jewelry and everyday items. The decor has been recreated in the style of a well-to-do Arab household from the 19th century […]
Medina of Sousse (Rue de L’église, Sousse) – located 1 ½ hours (148km via car) south of Tunis, this is one of the finest and best conserved buildings of the series of “fortress-monasteries” that dotted the North African coastline to serve both as defenses against assailants come from overseas and as a place for spiritual […]
Kasbah of Hammamet (Avenue de la Republique, Hammamet) — the Kasbah of Hammamet is certainly best enjoyed from the outside, where it watches over the ocean and the beach. Even walking along its base in the medina is enjoyable, but inside there is sadly little to intrigue a visitor. The Kasbah dates back to the […]
Forte El Ribat (Monastir) – located 2 hours south of Tunis (at the coastal town of Monastir), this is the oldest and most important defensive work to have been built along the North African coastline by the Arab conquerors in the early days of Islam. A spiral stair of about a hundred steps leads to […]
Ez-Zituna Mosque (Rue Jamaa Ezzitouna, Tunis) — the mosque is at the heart of the city of Tunis, the core around which the city such as we know it today has developed. It is said that originally the site was occupied by the retreat of a Christian monk and that nearby there was an olive […]
El Djem Amphitheater (El Djem/Thysdrus) – located 2 hours (via car) south of Tunis, this beautiful Roman structure was built by proconsul Gordian in the 3rd century AD in the ancient city of Thysdrus – one of the main Roman cities in Berber Africa. It was constructed to hold 35,000 spectators, and mainly used for […]