Tunis
Tunis is the capital and largest city of Tunisia.
Tunis is the capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. As of 2020, it was the third-largest city in the Maghreb region and the fifteenth-largest in the Arab world.
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Worth seeing in and around Tunis
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bardo National Museum
The Bardo National Museum or Bardo Palace is an arts and North African history museum in Le Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia. It is one of the most important museums in the Mediterranean region and the second largest museum in Africa after the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
4.2 km · national museum in Tunis, Tunisia · Wikipedia - 02Lake of Tunis
The Lake of Tunis is a natural lagoon located between the Tunisian capital city of Tunis and the Gulf of Tunis. The lake covers a total of 37 square kilometres, in contrast to its size its depth is very shallow.
6.2 km · lake in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 03Al-Zaytunah Mosque
Al-Zaytuna Mosque is a major mosque at the center of the historic medina of Tunis, Tunisia. The mosque is the oldest in the city.
1.4 km · mosque in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 04Ez-Zitouna University
Ez-Zitouna University is a medieval public university in Tunis, Tunisia. The university originated in the Al-Zaytuna Mosque, founded at the end of the 7th or in the early 8th century, which developed into a major Islamic centre of learning in North Africa.
2 km · university in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 05Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul
The Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul is a Roman Catholic church located in Tunis, Tunisia.
800 m · cathedral in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 06Stade El Menzah
El Menzah Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia. The stadium was built in 1967 for the 1967 Mediterranean Games on the site of the former Vélodrome Stadium.
3.7 km · Stadium in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 07National Library of Tunisia
The National Library of Tunisia is the legal deposit and copyright library for Tunisia. It was founded in 1885, then known as the French Library, and then the People's library.
1.7 km · national library of Tunisia · Wikipedia - 08Hammouda Pacha Mosque
Hammouda Bay Mosque or Hamouda Bay al Mouradi is a mosque in Tunis, Tunisia. It is an official historical monument.
1.3 km · mosque in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 09Tunis University
Tunis University is a public university in Tunis, Tunisia. It was founded in 1960 on the basis of earlier educational establishments.
2 km · university in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 10Sidi Mahrez Mosque
Sidi Mahrez Mosque, also known as Mohamed Bey El Mouradi Mosque, is a mosque in Tunis, Tunisia. It is an official historical monument.
1.2 km · mosque in Tunisia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Non-Muslims may not enter Islamic monuments such as mosques.
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Things to do
Simply wandering around Tunis can be an interesting experience, especially around the medina with its ancient buildings including mosques, gates and market stalls. All types of commodities including slaves used to be traded here, but today's market is mainly that of day-to-day goods, with many local handicrafts.
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Where to eat
Most hotels include breakfast, and some include dinner. There are countless coffee shops with bitter coffee, other drinks and French-style pastries to enjoy, as well as sandwich shops. Count yourself lucky if you find a dish that does not include canned tuna! Know that during Ramadan it's difficult to find an open restaurant during daytime.
- 01The Corner
36 Rue de Syrie,.
- 02Restaurant Ojja Chouchou
Popular so it may be busy, but the service is fast so people will be coming and going.
- 03Café de Paris Brasserie
A good restaurant with a beautiful interior and some outdoor tables.
- 04Etoile de La Medina
Welcoming with plentiful amounts of food.
- 05La Sirène
You pick the fish from their market and they fry it right there.
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Getting to Tunis
- Airports
- Tunis Carthage (TUN), 6 km · Annaba Rabah Bitat (AAE), 211 km · Cagliari Elmas (CAG), 289 km
- Stations
- Tunis–Carthage International Airport, 6.4 km
- Mellita → Tunis334 km · quickest by air, 3h 44m · $120–180
- Annaba → Tunis214 km · quickest by road, 4h 58m · $24–32
- Cagliari → Tunis283 km · quickest by air, 6h 45m · €120–180
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Tunis
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tunis. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTunis is a major hub for the country's louage (shared taxi) network.
- Get inTunis is the country's major port and there are ferries from a number of Mediterranean ports including Civitavecchia just outside of Rome, Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Palermo, Trapani and the French port of Marseille.
- Get inMost ferries arrive at La Goulette, 15 minutes from Tunis centre.
- Get aroundThe TGM suburban train line, starting at Tunis Marine station on Lines 1-4, connects to La Goulette (ferries), Sidi Bou Saïd, Carthage and the beaches of Marsa.
- Get aroundOtherwise, louages (shared taxis) are the most flexible of all options.
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