Tunisia

Inside the cities, taxis are a pretty cheap option, if it’s too far to walk. We never tried any local buses. Between the cities, there’s bus, rail, and louage. Some buses are government run, and the rest are a hodge podge of local companies, using buses that by all right

We’ve met some people who thought we were brave to go to Tunisia independently. We never once felt threatened. The only time we felt vaguely uncomfortable, was sort of our fault.…

We speak French fluently, which certainly helped us navigate the country. Unlike Morocco, almost everyone speaks French – not just people involved in the tourist business. Both old and young, educated and non, all had a working amount of French.…

My wife being vegetarian made restaurants difficult to find, but we found that even when nothing was offered on the menu, they were always willing to try to help. In general, we did not have many very memorable meals – but our choice of restaurants was restricted.…

Bring warm clothes in the winter, as nowhere is heated – neither restaurants nor hotels. The days were generally warm enough, but in the evening, the lack of heat got to us – even as a couple of hardy Canadians.…

The hotels are in general not good value for the money. They are expensive compared to other third world countries – especially considering that they have no heat. Although we are usually happy to stay in the ‘budget’ category of hotels (per Lonely Planet/Let’s Go

Overall, we think that a week to a week and half is more than enough time to visit the sights of Tunisia.  We were able to move around quickly and see all the highlights comfortably. …

Ksar Ouled Sultane, a highlight of TunisiaMy wife and I visited Tunisia for two weeks during Christmas ’03. Why Tunisia? We visited Morocco in 2001 and loved it – and we thought this would be similar.…