The city of Tunisia is the same capital of the country Tunisia, a colorful half-blooded city with an Arab, African, Mediterranean and European soul . Simultaneously urban and provincial, eastern and western, Tunisia knows how to make you love yourself . One he will swirl in a noisy whirlpool old city bazaars and enchants with echoes of prayer calls, rolling along the minarets of numerous mosques, others will subjugate the classical French architecture and spacious boulevards, in the cafe on the curbs which is so nice to have a cup of chorus of your coffee with a croissant - in a word, surprise, entice yourself, trust ... and completely take over your soul .
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How to get to Tunisia
Despite the presence of the airport, most direct flights from the cities of Russia and Ukraine (travel time about 4 hours) They fly to the airports of Enfidy or Monastir, focused on charter loading and located closer to the main resorts. If you want to land at Tunis-Cartage airport, use the services of the national carrier Tunisair (2 flights a week in high season and one in winter) or European airlines (for example, Alitalia, Turkish Airlines, Air France, Lufthansa). In the latter case, you will have to fly with a transfer.
From the airport to the city center you can get in several ways:
- taking a taxi. In contrast to the Moscow taxi drivers who have already become the talk of the town, their Tunisian counterparts work on the meter even at the airport. The road to the center will cost no more than 7 TND.
- by bus number 35, arriving in the center of the capital, on Avenue Habib Bourguiba. The fare is 0, 6 TND, the ticket is purchased already on the bus, from the airport buses are sent every half hour.
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Orientation
Tunisia Central Street - Habiba Bourguiba avenue . Eastern end, it goes to the bulk road through the Gulf of Tunis (Lac Tunis) leading to the northern suburbs - La Gulette, Carthage, Sidi Bou Said and La Mars . The western extremity marks the entrance to the old city - medina Tunisia . Perpendicular to Habib Bourguiba avenue from the square with a clock Dit avenue of Mohammed V, where the Russian Orthodox Church is located, and further - the Bardo district with the famous Roman mosaic museum . Remember this easily: Bourguiba Avenue is planted with fig trees, and Mohammed V - date palms .
Climate of Tunisia
Cloudy, light rain + 15 ° С in the afternoon + 9 ° С at night ° C water |
Clearly + 17 ° C by day + 8 ° C by night ° C water |
Clearly + 19 Day + 12 ° C at night ° C water |
| Weather forecast in Tunis city for 10 days | ||
July - August heat in the city center is not mitigated by the saving breeze: it's better to spend such days on museums and festivities on the covered eastern bazaars in the medina of the city, as well as visiting the coastal suburbs of Carthage and Sidi Bou Said. In winter, here, on the contrary, it is more rainy than in the rest of the country, do not forget the umbrella.
Transport in the city
The most convenient mode of transport (and at the same time inexpensive) is a taxi, yellow cars with signs on the roof. Tariffs for services are fixed throughout the country: 0, 4 TND per landing plus 0, 03 TND - every 100 meters of the way. At night (from 21:00 to 5:00), the cost increases by 50%: 0, 6 and 0, 045 TND respectively.
Car rental is very inexpensive by European standards: prices for economy car models start from 65 TND per day with unlimited mileage. In Tunisia there is an abundance of rental offices, most of the cars are in excellent and very good condition. When driving, you need to be prepared to ignore traffic rules by the rest of the drivers.
In Tunisia, you can also travel on urban yellow buses or the light metro (metro léger), but they are more suitable for trips to sleeping and working areas and not too convenient for sightseeing.
To get to the suburbs of Tunisia - Carthage, Sidi Bou Said and La Mars, it is best to take the metro TGM. Its terminal station, Tunis Marine, is located at the eastern end of Habib Bourguiba Avenue (near the clock tower). Trains depart every 10 minutes, the fare depends on the zone (1, 1 TND to the far stations), the journey time is about 25 minutes to Carthage, 30 to Sidi Bou Said and 40 to the final La Marsa.
- See the best Roman mosaics in the Bardo Museum.
- Drink a glass of lemonade and refresh yourself with pizza in the historic Le Grand Café du Théâtre.
- Take a photo with the Tunisian Big Ben - the openwork steel tower with a clock.
- Lost in the narrow streets of the ancient medina and get out of there, loaded souvenirs to the outset.
- Walk in the shadow of ficuses on Habib Bourguiba Boulevard.
- To buy magnificent albums about the country in the bookstore Al Kitab.
- Get out of the city center to the north - to Carthage and the picturesque Sidi Bou Said.
Money
Exchange currency can be in numerous branches of banks, the rate is approximately the same everywhere. There are almost no 24-hour exchangers. Commission for transactions is not charged. You can withdraw money from a bank card almost everywhere: at ATMs at bank branches, shopping centers and hotels.
Shopping and shopping
The center of the East and Tunisian authentic exotics is the old city of Tunis, the entrance to which is located on the opposite tower with the clock at the end of Habib Bourguiba Avenue. Here you can buy carpets and ceramics, embossing and incense, leather goods and jewelry, in short, everything that is rich in Tunisia is Arabic. In the neighborhood - the state supermarket General, go there for dates, olive oil and local wines.
European Tunisian goods are sold along both sides of Habib Bourguiba Avenue (books, clothes, shoes) and in the VIP area of Les Berges du Lac (all entirely boutiques, such as MaxMara and Marina Rinaldi). Prices for the assortment of the latter will pleasantly surprise. Also from European goods here you can buy lingerie - all the famous French brands for ridiculous money.
Tunis Hotels
Within the city there are several hotels, mostly foreign businessmen, for example, El Mouradi Africa or El Hana International. Service there at a decent level, from the minuses - the noise and the whirl of the center of the metropolis. Tourist hotels are located in the nearest suburb of Gammarte (including one of the best hotels in the country The Residence 5 *) and in the Le Cote de Carthage area next to Carthage (the so-called charm hotels with over-the-counter prices and options such as "view to presidential palace "or" the number of Claudia Cardinale ").
Book popular Tunisia hotels at the best prices
| Tunis Grand Hotel from 6 892 rubles Tunis Av. Du Monastir Ariana, Menzah 7 | Samarons Hotels from 7 237 rubles Tunis Avenue Hedi Nouira Ennasr II 2037 | Hôtel La Maison Blanche from 6 548 rubles Tunis 45, Avenue Mohamed V |
| Golden Tulip El Mechtel from 6 617 rubles Tunis BP 3 Avenue Ouled Haffouz | Le Corail Suites Hotel from 7 168 rubles Tunis Rue de la Feuille d'Erable, Cité les Pins, Les Berges du Lac II | Hotel Paris from 8 615 rub. Tunis Rue du Lac Turkana |
| Hotel Carlton from 3 102 rubles Tunis Av. Habib Bourguiba | Hotel Tiba from 2 964 rubles Tunis 4 Rue Ali Bach hamba | Ibis Tunis from 4,204 rubles Tunis Rue de Syrie 1002 |
Restaurants and bars of Tunisia
The food in Tunisia pond ponds, from snack bars with sandwiches, panini and pizza (such a majority) to restaurants category "three forks" .If you want to "freeze the worm", pay attention to the eateries on both sides of the same avenue Habib Bourguiba: from 2, 5 TND per cask (a local sandwich with all sorts of stuff made in a baguette half) to 8 for a pizza .Le Grand Café du Théâtre, located in a former casino, is the most deserving of such establishments .If you are not attached to the city center and are not restricted in the budget, go for lunch at Les Berges du Lac - there are many classy restaurants with fine cuisine .The average score is about 70 TND, not including alcohol .
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of the city of Tunisia
In the old city of Tunisia (besides the actual medina, as the main entertainment), it is worth visiting the Mosquee Zitouna Mosque, the "mosque of the olive tree", founded by Hassan ibn Numan, the conqueror of Carthage when he was Byzantine. Zituna is a religious symbol of Tunisia and one of the oldest and revered mosques in the country.
Tourbet el-Bey, the burial vault of the Turkish beys, once ruling in Tunisia, will surprise with unusual tombstones in the form of the beloved headdress of the deceased: from a felt-cap to a classic to a Turkish turmish.
The Dar Ben Abdallah Museum is a traditional home of a wealthy family whose interior has not changed since the 19th century, an ideal place to get an idea of the life of the Tunisian bourgeoisie in the heart of the Arab city.
And of course, the markets - as the main tourist attraction. In the medina of Tunisia they are divided into specialized streets: the market of wool and perfumers, the market of tanners and manufacturers, the wedding market, the Turkish market and many others.
In the new city, your attention will first of all be attracted by a metal tower crowned with clocks, a kind of Tunisian Big Ben, erected in honor of the Day of Transformation (November 7, 1987, the coming to power of the now-expelled President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali). @
The cathedral cathedral (Cathedrale Saint-Vincent-de-Paul), built in 1883, is located not far from the entrance to the medina. In the architecture of the cathedral Gothic, Byzantine and Mauritanian tendencies mixed up, which can be assessed by everyone (open daily).
Looking at it from the opposite side of the avenue, the National Drama Theater is an example of an intricate art nouveau. The facade looks made of marshmallows - and you want to chop off a piece and taste it.
At the very beginning of Mohammed V avenue, the Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Christ, miraculously woven into a string of buildings of state offices, whose blue poppies look outlandish surrounded by palm crowns. History dates back to 1920, when ships of the Russian Imperial Navy arrived in Tunisia. There is a Russian priest in the church, Father Dmitry. To get inside, call the bell at the gate.
At 15 minutes from the city center there is the National Museum of Bardo - a magnificent collection of the best examples of Punic, Roman and Byzantine mosaics, as well as marble statues and gold ornaments in the magnificent interiors of the residence of the Turkish beys.
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