Electricity: No problem for your electric shaver or your hairdryer! In hotels, the current is 220 volts.

Hours: Shops are generally open from 8.30am to 12am and from 15h to 18h. During the tourist season, they stay open later. They close on Friday (day of prayer) or Sunday.

Banks are open Monday to Thursday from 8am to 12pm and from 14h to 17h, and Friday from 8am to 12pm and 13:30 to 16:30. Attention during the months of July and August, banks only open in the mornings from 8am to 14h.
The post offices are open from September to June, Monday to Friday from 8am to 12pm and from 14h to 17h, Saturday morning from 7:30 to 13h. In summer, the times change. The offices are only open in the morning (from 8 to 14h). And know that post offices are very busy. You need to show a little patience.

Hours of ONTT Tunisia: 8:15-13h and 14h30-17h (single session on Friday and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.).
During Ramadan, hours of shops, banks and post offices are changing. Since there is no lunch break, they are open continuously from 8am until 14h or 15h.

Weekly days off: Saturday and Sunday for companies and banks. The government is closed Friday afternoon, Saturday afternoon and Sunday

Telecommunication:

The network is often saturated due to the summer peak tourist, but is slowly improving. The broadband Internet are starting to deploy for 2 years or 3.
* Internal calls: 8-digit number
* Contact: 1200
* PCV: 17
* International Code: + 216 tele

Communications companies in Tunisia:

* Tunisie Telecom: http://www.tunisietelecom.tn/

* Tunisiana: http://www.tunisiana.com/

* Orange: http://www.orange.tn/

To make calls, go shopping in the pay phones or Publitel. Their prices are often cheaper than hotels.