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What
is Tunis, Tunisia's capital? Is it the reminiscent of the French
protectorate, which is still expanding as the modern city. Or is it the Medina,
the old town, one of the Arab worlds best (as long as you don't want to
shop handicrafts)?
Left: In downtown Tunis, nobody should be in doubt about the colonial
past of Tunisia.
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Right: Tunis is fairly green, there are parks spread around the whole city. Most are bigger than this of course.
When entering Tunis keep your eyes open for the efficiency, the cleanliness, the lack of beggars, and all the women wearing modern garments. Depending on your preferences, visit the Bardo museum, which is nice, but not big. Or the zoo, in the northern part of the city, which is very charming, well kept, and with far more animals than you would expect to find before entering.
Next
to that, you will find yourself surrounded by people, but no Westerners.
But more than anything else, use your time in and out of the suq,
stroll along the vegetable stands, head into the meat and fish market
(between the suq and the railway station), and end up in almost
any cafe, ordering Direct with three sugar cubes. And do not forget
sitting down, relaxing, looking at people, telling quick moving young
men to get lost, and start talking with everyone else
From the port of Goulette, with its Spanich fort to the infinite dunes and beaches of Gammarth, the coasts of Carthage offer an infinite variety
The Coasts of
Carthage stretch over 25 Kilometers. it has a rich diversity the wide range of
hotels such as the tourist hotel and the congress hotel, he fishing port
and holiday village of Sidi Bou Said, and the
boating facilities of Gammarth
