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- Tunis
- Capital
- Tunisian Dinar (TND)
- Currency
- 9,705,102
- Population
- TN
- Country Code
Tunisia Slideshow
Tunisia
Travel Blogs from Tunisia
5ème et 6ème jour : Rencontre du garde de l'hôtel
Le 2ème jour à l'hôtel, en revenant de l'épicerie pour la seconde fois (avec cette fois légèrement plus d'achats, soit 2/3 petits sacs plastiques) le garde nous a vu passer et nous a arrêté... nous disant qu'il était interdit de rentrer avec de ...
The Med - along the North African coast
Tunis 13 Jan. 12 I know I have a strange sense of humour – shared with some but not all! These two text messages, received within an hour of each other as we made our way passed Algeria, ...
1st day in Africa
... . Long story short, the man who ran the country up until last year was named Ben Ali. He promised the people of Tunisia many things, but never followed through. He was also very corrupt and the government took on similar characteristics of the mafia. He ...
Trip to El Jem and Sousse
... our hotel just in time for some drinks and dinner at a nearby Brau Haus. An OK restaurant, but learned something new about Tunisia today - most meals, including 'vegetable/ vegetarian dishes' come served with tuna...grrrr... will definitely remember that! ...
The Ramadan Special
Today was filled with all sorts of interesting things. After breakfast I got going and bought a train ticket out to the town of Sidi Bou Said, just past Carthage and about half an hour outside of Tunis. The town is renowned for its white houses with blue ...
Politika again
... I found myself in an interesting situation. A nice Canadian friend offered me shelter at her place. Fun thing, there is a law in Tunisia forcing to declare yourself if you are staying at someone's place. For our own security of course, but mainly for our ...
Dec 20, 2010
Camel Market
Went back into town and checked out the camel market. It was very busy. Mom had a go at haggling but wasn't used to it ...
movings good
Ahhh...moving again and it feels good. As I sipped my espresseo at Facebook tea house in the Ville Nouvelle area (downtown basically) of Tunis I was contemplating why I had this feeling of elation at the thought of moving. I don't always feel this way. ...
Free Day in Paradise
Our guide escorts about half of the group into the Capital of the island today, a place called Houmt Souk. They explore the fortress and the medina and the harbor together. A big wind has come up during the night, and we are grateful that an optional ...
Tunisia: Camels and Horses and Vendors...Oh My!
... excursion again. Nor would I go on another planned excursion there, as I heard NO positive feedback about any of the Tunisia excursions. I might consider going to the markets with just Julien, but not even sure about that. In ...
Sidi Bou Said - City of Blue, White and Green
... lovely blue and white village is gaily perched on the cliffs overlooking the Bay of Tunis and is perhaps the most cherished in Tunisia. Upon arrival on the TGM train, we had to dodge the workers refreshing all the Tunisian Blue paint at the railway ...
Tunis - Carthage - Sidi Bous Said - Airport - Home
... any different to what we saw in Sousse etc, but more interesting as busy. Drinks were more epxensive here than elsewhere in Tunisia. Then to Carthage area - the hill, museum, saw a church (not from Carthage times), ruins, then short ride to Roman ...
Day trip to Tunis area
Another rainy morning in Port El Kantaoui, the only difference is it's my birthday yay!!! Rang the same driver and headed for Tunis area to see the capital, the ruins of Carthage and famous village of Sidi Bou Said. First stop: Carthage and its most ...
Here comes the sun!
... ; pity he started so late as we found most tourists to be eating out early (7-9 PM). It was our very first night in Tunisia without any rain and you could tell there was more people out but still not what I was expecting of a Mediterranean ...
Walking through and around the city.
If memory serves myself correctly, we have gone to La Goulette four times. Its harbour is an habitual docking point for cruises on the Western Mediterranean, but almost no one of their guest stay in this city, being most frecuent to go to Tunis, ...
Medina(s)
Since it's ramadan and Woman's day our workshop teaching art and crafts in kindergarten was cancelled.. so we took 2 days off and travelled to Sousse and Hammamet. This trip is really special to me because it was the first trip that we travelled with the ...
Arrival in Tunisia
Got to Nabeul at around 8:30pm and checked into the Neapolis Hotel. We had dinner and then went to ...
Into the Sahara
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Into the Sahara Dear Readers: We make one more visit as a group this morning to Houmt Souk to see the souks and enjoy a coffee before leaving the island of Djerba. Retracing our route back to Matmata, we stop to ...