Tunisia Experience

Tunisia - Land of sun, sea and great scenery

Advantages: Sun nearly all year round
Disadvantages: Avoid getting hassle from the locals!

...you are looking to visit Tunisia on holiday you'll be nearly guarenteed sunshine all year around - just avoid November - February - it's as cold as the UK! The scenery is brilliant if you choose to go outside the hotel and on the many trips - be sure to book with your hotel rep if possible as this is usually the cheapest option and you are guarenteed not to be conned. Tips to having a good holiday in Tunisia: 1. As Tunisia is a closed currency ...
...close at 9pm. 2. Tunisia is a muslim country - although they accept European ways in certain areas it is advisable that you respect their culture, an example is it's ok to sunbathe in bikini's etc and even sunbathe topless in the hotel grounds but in other areas the locals may not be too friendly about showing alot of skin, getting drunk etc - although quite a few of the Tunisians drink! 3. In the bars outside your hotel the locals may be friendly ...

jayne0910 01.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Tunisia - Holiday (Tunisia)

Tunisia - a mini guide

Advantages: Short flight, hot, cheap, lovely people
Disadvantages: Poor country, Poor food

We booked a week in Tunisia because the hotels are luxurious for a cheap price - I won't go on about the hotel - that's a separate review - we were not impressed. I'll advise you on the general bits we found about tunisia Weather We went in September and were told our weather was not at all typical, which judging by the weather here and in France I can believe. We had very bad thundery rain storms 3 days out of the 7. It was very warm (32-35 degrees ...
...in the evening, so best to take a cardi perhaps. Most hotels have air conditioning through the summer months. Money Tunisian Dinas (TD) can only be bought once you're in the country. We took English notes, hotels also deal in dollars, Euros, travellers cheques for a small extra charge. We got £100 changed at the airport while we were waiting for the luggage to be unloaded, and they don't charge commission. I think I'm right in saying they don't ...

Lyndsayep 26.09.2006 · Read full review
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Review of General: Tunisia

Sousse, Tunisia

Advantages: Good Bargains At The Medina
Disadvantages: Industrialised, Hassle From The Locals

...could be forgiven for missing Sousse off the itinerary whilst visiting Tunisia. After all it is Tunisia's second largest City, but unlike Tunis the Capital, Sousse has a reputation of being a lot more industrialised. During my recent visit to the Country I stayed in a Holiday Resort called Port El Kantaoui, which is a purpose built Resort just 12 Kilometres from Sousse. FIRST IMPRESSIONS My first glimpse of Sousse was from the transfer Coach from ...
...Sousse seemed like a bustling, lively, place with plenty of traffic and People, but it did look rather run down and not the sort of place where one would spend a Holiday. THE LOCATION The City is located on the Coastline but sprawls inland for several Kilometres and the Coast is only a relatively short stretch of around 3 Kilometres. This is however the Mediterranean Sea and the same Sandy Beach that is found at Port El Kantaoui. It has a population ...

micksheff 01.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Sousse (Tunisia)

  Tunisia - I Came Home For A Rest!

Advantages: Great Spring weather. Loads to see and not a mozzie in sight
Disadvantages: Local dishes a bit thin on the ground and insipid international cuisine

...be a long one! TUNISIA – WHERE IS IT? Just before we went, an Australian colleague of my wife’s said “Tunisia? – I’ve got NO idea where that is.” So for him and a few others, here’s a brief description. Tunisia is ‘third country from the left’ in North Africa. These three, including Morocco and Algeria too are known as The Maghreb, i.e. the west in Arabic, I believe. Both the city of Tunis and the country itself are called Tunis in Arabic. It ...
...than the price paid in Tunisia – Yes, why does the Italian quota of bottled oil exceed the amount pressed? b) Allowing Libyan trucks access to Tunisian ports, thereby busting any trade sanctions placed on the former. The Libyans even built their own dual carriageway to speed up the process. c) Phosphate mining. The fertiliser is used either at home or by ‘poorer countries’, which can’t afford to worry about what it does to the water table. d) ...

BNibbles 13.04.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Tunisia - Tunisia in general....

fantastic vacation

Advantages: everything
Disadvantages: little afraid to go inside the old town

i read all the reviews here before i went to sousse, tunisia, so thank you. i have to tell you about my experience now (briefly). i of course will speak for the hotel where i stayed because the impression may differ also according to that. we stayed in Marabout hotel ***. The personnel was nice and smiling all the time. No tips expected. Cleaned rooms and clean towels + toilet paper every day even on the weekend. We had breakfast and dinner. We could ...
...the food was great. The hotel is right on the beach. The beach belongs only to the hotel guests. It is cleaned. The sea is normally clean and clear, the temperature was fine. This briefly describes a wonderful vacation for me. We never walked to town since taxis are cheap. We went to the Soula shopping center but didn't find much new stuff that I would really want to buy. We walked just a little more around the center. Tunisian people are very nice. ...

moungir 09.07.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Sousse (Tunisia)