Tunis Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Today we were going to investigate the joys of the Tunisian public transport system by getting a train from Hammamet up to Tunis. As had been promised to us by our scaremonger of a rep, absolutely no part of it turned out to be an ordeal. A second class return ticket sets you back the pricey sum of 6.95 dinar (~£3.50), and the train was clean, c...

Taking the train to Tunis. We buy a ticket to get on the train to Tunis, we are like the only white people on that train. When we get there we starting to see old stuff from 2000 years ago. Took the train back later that day.

Sunday Jul 27th - Arrived at 7AM at le Port La Goulette in Tunis. No point in rushing out of the cool ferry, the wait will be long at customs. 3 hours later we make it out of customs and get a taxi to our hotel in Sidi Bou Said. We spend the day walking the different sites in Sidi Bou Said and starting to breathe this new atmosphere, this differ...

We pulled into Tunis around 8am expecting a customs fiasco (due to stories from other travellers). Instead customs moved rather quickly and the next thing we knew we had exchanged some dollars for dinars, taken a cab from the docks (which are considerably removed from downtown Tunis), and found ourselves in Tunis' medina. We decided that our wee...

Visited Tunis, Dougga, El Kef, Tozeur, Douz, Tataouine, Chenini, Djerba, Sfax, el Jem, Mahdia, Kairouan, Carthage and Bella Regia. We rented a car and drove around the country. It's a great way to travel freely. People hitch rides along the way. There's a desert festival in Douz, including camel races, games and Bedouin competitions. It fell in ...