How to travel to Tunisia?

By road: From Algeria, border guards of Tabarka, Boots, Bouchebka, Hazoua. From Libya, at the border crossing at Ras Jedir.

By boat: The CTN (Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation) and SNCM (Société Nationale Corse Méditerranée) provide direct ferry connections between the port of La Goulette and Marseille, and La Goulette in Genoa, Naples and Trapani in Italy.

Italian private companies also provide links between Italy and Tunisia.

By plane:

Airport Info: The international airport of Tunis - Carthage is located 9 km from downtown Tunis. Starting a half hour by bus No. 35 (less than a dinar), leaving every half hour and 15 minutes by taxi (from 2 to 4 dinars depending on traffic). Djerba Airport is located 25 km from the resort. Allow 15 minutes by taxi (8 dinars), there is no bus. In Monastir, the airport is located 9 miles from downtown. Have less than a quarter of an hour by taxi (3-4 dinars) and half an hour by bus (2 dinars). In Tozeur, the airport is located 2 kilometers from the tourist area. In Sfax, the airport is located 15 kilometers from downtown.

How to travel to Tunisia?

Given the small size of the territory, Tunisia enjoys a good transport network from the capital. However, it is attacked in August-September and during holiday periods. Then you have interest in booking.

Collective and Individual taxi: The most quick and effective to move from one locality to another is to trust those who are commonly known as hire cars, ie taxis. They are old Peugeot 404, 504 or 505 for the transport of 5 persons. They can be found in bus stations, or if there is not a lease station, The car rental leaves only when full (5-8 passenger).

As for individual taxi, you can order them from hotels. Rates are correct as compared to France or Belgium (2 to 3 times cheaper than France for example).

Starting € 0.5 per km, and well agree with the driver on departure. Vehicles over 250,000 miles on it do not expect to last merco.

Buses and coaches: in regard to bus transport is managed by a national company, the SNTRI, but also by private companies with old ways and often without air conditioning. Prices are a little more interesting than the train and bus are the preferred means of transport of Tunisians.

Train: There is also a national trains, SNCFT, which can count on a rail network but not large modern, which developed from north to south axis on the Tunis-Gabes, via Sousse and Sfax.

The internal flights: The network of internal flights is small, since the distances in Tunisia are not consistent enough to use air travel. But there are daily connections Tunis Djerba Tunis-Tozeur with 5 weekly flights, Tunis-Sfax, 4 flights, 2 flights Tozeur Djerba, prices for one-way range from 15 to 50 euros, all provided by the company flag Tunis Air.

Car rental: Rent a car costs about 200 TD per week for a small car with a further 17% tax, 0.28 TD per km per day and 10 TD Insurance; certain periods in summer , or in Djerba in Tunis, it is virtually impossible to find one if it was not booked in advance. The gas is 0.63 a liter TD. We find the car rental at airports and main stations in the country. To the south, the roads are worse than in the north and the less dense. Roads are often tracks.