Situation    

General Data

Money        

climatic Condidtions

Transport

Restaurants  

Hotels  

administratif Horar

Tunisia Access

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General Data:

Regime: presidential

Republic President:  ZINE  ELABIDINE  BEN  ALI

Capital: Tunis.

Superficial: 164.150 km2.

Littoral: 1 300 Km

Population: 10 Millions.

Official Language: Arabic. French, English, German and Italian are spoken in hotels, airports and in the artesian offices.

Religion: 98% Islamic, 2% for Christian and Jewish religions.

Population: 9,5 millions in 2000, 45% are under 16 years

Formality: valid passport; No obligatory vaccine.

Voltage: 220 V / 50 Hz

Time Zone: Tunisia is at GMT +1 (Greenwich meridian).

Historic: 3000 years of civilisation with a strategic position between Europe and Africa .
Weather: Mediterranean in the North and mi-aridian in the south.
Average Temperature is about: 26° in autumn, 16° in winter, 25° in spring, 31° in summer.

Weekly holiday: Saturday in the afternoon and Sunday (for the administrations they take also the afternoon of Friday).

Closed Day for museums: Monday.

Phone: 216 + zone index (2 numbers) + 6 numbers.

Money

Dinar is the money unit in Tunisia, divided in thousand millimes. It is an easy-used money. The exchange rate is published every day by the central Banc. The international credit cards are accepted in hotels and tourist offices.

It is the equivalent of about 0,77 Dollar U.S. and or 0,66 Euros)

MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club, and Visa are accepted. It is strictly forbidden to import or export the local money.

To exchange money, it is available in the bancs, the exchange offices in hotels and in the airports.

Bank Opening:

Monday- Thursday:
8h00 to12h00 and from 14h00 to 16h30
Friday :
8h00 to11h and from 13h00 to 16h30

Tunisia Access:

Boat Access: Port of Tunis-la Goulette from Marseille (22 hours) or Genes. available also to Kélibia from Trappani (Sicile).
Plan Access: International airports of Tunis, Monastir, Djerba, Sfax, Tozeur, Gafsa and Tabarka.

Transports

 Les taxis:

The Tunisian taxis are yellow (like in USA !!!). They transport in town center and they are equipped by a counter (it is very cheaper then that in France or in Quebec!).

 The Bus:

The National Society of interurban transport has a park of comfortable bus that assure the liaisons between Tunis and the province towns.

 The louages :

The "louages" are the taxis inter towns. It is a fast and economic mean of transport in Tunisia.

 The train:

The SNCFT have train lines that cover the north, the West north , the East center and the south. The trains in Tunisia are sure and cheap. It is the best mean to reach the big towns (Sousse,Sfax,Gabes,...).

 The plan:

There are six airports in Tunisia: Tunis-Carthage, Djerba, Tozeur, Sfax, Monastir and Tabarka.

administrative Horary :

The administrations are in general open from 8h to 17h30.

In summer (July and August), they are open from 7H30 to 13H30. Sunday, they are closed.

The restaurants :

There are two types of restaurants in Tunisia : The touristic restaurants and the popular ones. The touristic restaurants are classed into 4 types :1, 2,3 or 4 spoons. In the popular restaurants , we find more cheaper choices which are typical Tunisian (brik, couscous, Fricassé...).

Hotels:

The Tunisian hotel infrastructure has a high quality and a great diversity (from 5, 4 to 2, 1 stars).

The prices are calculated per person per room, and are variable from one season to the other.

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