Getting Around

Holidays by Destination Africa Tunisia Getting Around 

Taxis are cheap, useful if you are in accommodation outside the centre of your resort - approximately £5 for a 20-30-minute ride. Louage taxis (often microbuses) which leave when full are even cheaper.

Rail conveniently runs from Tunis down the coast so is useful for day trips and the network means it is easy to visit both Carthage and El Djem. It is also cheap at around £15 for a seven-day pass, bought on the spot. The Red Lizard, until 1911 the private train of the Bey of Tunis, offers two-hour trips from Tozeur through the Selja Gorges.

Self-drive is theoretically possible, but specialist operators do not generally recommend it. Around Tunis driving styles make it testing for the uninitiated. In the south you need to be able to handle difficult roads and find your way round the desert. In addition rental cars are not allowed on unsurfaced roads which rules out quite a lot of them. It is however relatively easy to hire a car with driver.

The domestic airline Tuninter tuninter.dc@gnet.tn operates flights between Tunis and Tozeur, the largest town in the southern desert region.

There is a minibus service from Hammamet to Tunis in 90 minutes. Electric trams operate between Tunis and the suburbs such as Carthage, and Sidi Bou Said.