City gate in Tunis, Tunisia
Bab el Bhar
Bab el Bhar, also known as Porte De France, is a gate on the east side of the medina of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia.
It marks the separation between the medina and the modern city.
How locals move
Getting around Bab el Bhar the local way
- 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.
- Get aroundThe minivans with 8 passenger seats take off when they are full and therefore run on no particular schedule.
- Get aroundThis is a suitable transport medium for young people, but definitely not recommended if you have children with you as the minivans can be quite oppressive.
From Wikivoyage: Tunis, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Diego Delso (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.