Europe and the Mediterranean
Tunis
Capital of Tunisia; Tūnis en Arabic
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Directions
BY AIR
- Tunis Airport – Carthage
- Monastir Airport (100 km south), the second in the country
BY SEA
- Ports of La Goulette and Rades, country’s main commercial port
BY LAND
- Highways: A-1 (Tunis-Sfax), A-3 (Tunis-Oued-Zarga) y A-4 (Tunis-Bizerte)
- 200bus lines (STT); light rail, with 1 line, suburban train (TGM), with 1 line; suburban train line under construction (RFR), with 5 lines
Currency
Tunisian dinarWhere to sleep
To visit
Sights
Roman Era:
- Ruins of Carthage
Middle Ages:
The historic centre of Tunis (the Medina) was declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO; is very well preserved
- Walls, with the gates of Bab el Bhar, Bab el Jazira and others
- Al-Zaytūna Mosque or of the Olive
- Mosque of Al-Qșar
- Kasbah Mosque
- The souks, a network of narrow shopping streets
Museums
- Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions in the Dar Ben Abdallah Palace
- National Center of Ceramics, in the mausoleum of Sidi Kacem al Jellizi
- Bardo National Museum, the most important archaeological museum in the Maghreb (includes Roman mosaics)
- Science City: http://www.cst.rnu.tn/html/fr/pg.htm
Also…
- Belvedere Urban Park (more than 100 ha)
- Tunis Municipal Theater (1902) and the Tunisian National Theater, with quality programs
- The International Festival of Carthage, founded in 1964 is celebrated in the Roman amphitheatre
- Some beach resorts nearby: Raf Raf, Sidi Ali El Mekki and the Island of Djerba
Do not forget
- Tunis became a French protectorate between 1881 and 1956, and today, French is the language most spoken in Tunisia after Arabic
- Anselm Turmeda (1355-1423) was a Majorcan writer who converted to Islam and adopted the name of Abdallah at-Tarjuman. He wrote important works in Catalan and Arabic. He is buried in Tunis
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