The Rough Guide to TunisiaA comprehensive guide to North Africa's most popular destination, this text features coverage of the resorts - Hammamet, Sousse, Port el Kantaoui - and their beaches, with details of excursions, including trips to the Star Wars film set; recommendations of places to eat and stay for all budgets; accounts of all the sights; advice on getting around the country; and background on Tunisian history, culture and society, wildlife, and the country's passion for football. |
Contents
PART | |
Getting there 3 | |
LIST OF MAPS | |
Insurance 17 | |
Getting around 23 | |
Eating and drinking 30 | |
PART | |
Tunis Medina 7677 | |
THEJRID | clvi |
Seldja 307 | clxv |
Tamerza and the Chott el Gharsa Tozeur 310 | clxvi |
Nefta 321 | clxxxv |
Douz 332 | cxc |
Travel details 343 | cxcvi |
GABtS AID MATMATA 345 | cciv |
Matmata 354 | ccxii |
Bardo Museum 95 | |
Hammamet Cap Bon 124 | |
Greater Tunis 108 | |
Hammamet 126127 | |
HAMMAMETANDCAPBONl23 | ii |
CHAPTER 1BIZERTE AND THE NORTH 150 | xxxvii |
The Raf Raf coastline 160 | xlv |
Utica 162 | xlvii |
West of Bizerte 166 | xxiv |
Beja 179 | xxvii |
Jendouba 182 | xl |
Monaslir 211 | xlvii |
Monastir 212 | lxx |
Mahdia 228 | lxxxvi |
Mahdia 230231 | lxxxviii |
EUem 235 | xcvii |
The Kerkennah Islands 252 | cx |
Travel details 257 | cxv |
The Tell 260 | cxviii |
THEItll 259 | cxix |
El Fahs 263 | cxxi |
Testour 267 | cxxv |
Le Kef 276 | cxxxiv |
Haidra 284 | cxl |
Sbeltla 291 | clii |
Travel details 296 | cliv |
JERBA AND THE SOUTHEAST COAST | ccxxi |
Jerba 365 | ccxxiii |
Houmt Souk 367 | ccxxiv |
Sidi Mahares beach 374 | ccxxxvi |
El Kantara 377 | ccxxxviii |
Jorf and Gightis 385 | ccxlvii |
Jerba to Zarzis and the Libyan frontier 386 | ccxlviii |
Travel details 391 | ccliii |
THE KSOUB 393 | cclvi |
The Jebel Haouaia 399 | cclxi |
Tataouine 404 | cclxvi |
The Maztouria loop 409 | cclxxi |
The Berber villages 411 | cclxxiii |
KsarGhilane 414 | cclxxviii |
Travel details 421 | cclxxxiii |
PART THREE | cclxxxv |
Architecture 447 | cccix |
Motorway | cccxiv |
the background 456 | cccxviii |
Traditional society 462 | cccxxiv |
Passenger railway | cccxxxiv |
| ccclviii | |
International boundary | 1 |
Ferry route | 154 |
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