Entry requirements | Organizing your trip | Visiting | Eating | Paying | Speaking |

Entry requirements

Passport and visa service

To know if you need a visa, consult the Homevisas.com website

Diplomatic representations

Consult the directory of embassies and consulates near you on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

For more information

Embassy of Tunisia in Greece
2, rue Anthéon and Marathonodromon
154 52 PPsychico
Phone: 2106717590, 2106749791
Fax 2106713432
atathina@otenet.gr

Organizing your trip

Means of transport recommended in town

Recommendation

Public transport in town is not always on time. The best way to get around in the big cities is to take a taxi (yellow cars). They are very inexpensive and work with a meter. You are advised to check each time that the driver starts the meter correctly when you set off!

Maps of urban networks

Means of transport recommended in the rest of the country

Recommendation

The rail network covers almost all the country, linking most of the big northern cities (Tunis, Bizerte, Beja) and those on the east coast (Sfax, Gabès). The trains are quite slow, but they are economical and punctual. You can get different reduction cards from 25 to 50%: the youth card, the blue card and the museum rail card.
Tuninter serves domestic flights. This company links practically all cities with Tunis.
Buses serve the most remote places in Tunisia.

There are also taxis between towns, called "rental contract taxis". They are group taxis and only leave when they are full. Each town has a rental station. The cars with blue bands serve nearby places, those with red bands the longer distances. In some cases, they are more economical and less restricting than trains. According to the driver's style, the journey may be full of thrills!

Rail companies

Tunisian national railway company (SNCFT)

Flight from Greece

No aircraft company operates direct flight from Athens to Tunis. There is.
Between Athens and Tunis, the flight takes 2h15.

Traveling by yourself

Recommendation

Renting a car can be very useful according to the kind of trip you want to make. You have nothing to fear on Tunisian roads. To make things easier, you should avoid rush hours (12.30 pm and 6 pm). Signs on main roads and motorways are in Arabic and French.

Road maps

Road map of Tunisia

Find an itinerary

Via Michelin

Visiting

Different forms of tourism

Historical

Tunis is rich in fine architecture.
Many archeological sites are part of the world heritage (Carthage, El Jem, etc.).

Cultural

Islamic ceramics museum (Tunis), The Bardo Museum (Tunis), National museum of Islamic art (Kairouan).
Sculpture, Paintings, Theater, Concerts, Cinema, Literature, etc.

Nature

Many natural and wildlife parks.

Religious

Mosques, especially those of Tunis and Kairouan.

Thermal

The hot spring areas of Korbouse, Khebayet at Gabès, Hammam bent Jedidi.

Beach

All Tunisia's beaches are on the Mediterranean. The one at Djerba is especially renowned.

Outdoor activities

In the south of Tunisia, you can do guided tours in the Sahara in 4x4s or by camel.

Shopping

Several shopping malls and other shopping places such as Centre el Menzah6 or Berges du Lac.
For local craftsmanship, you will find souks in Tunis or any other town. Be careful, it is common to haggle over prices.

Tourism organizations

Tunisian National Tourism Office

Eating

Food specialties

Tunisian cuisine is famous for its lamb-based dishes. You can find the following specialties: couscous, tagines, dishes prepared with sheets of "bric" pastry (like filo pastry).
Tunisian dishes are very aromatic. Cumin, coriander, saffron, cinnamon, aniseed, mint, orange, rose water are all used.

Drinks

The Tunisian specialty is mint tea after meals or lemonade with almonds. In winter, people often drink fresh orange juice.

Dietary taboos

Pork is prohibited and the sale of alcohol is restricted.

Paying

Domestic currency

Tunisian Dinar

ISO Code

TND

To obtain domestic currency

The most practical way is to withdraw money directly from ATMs. There are many of them and they are easily accessible in airports, city centers, and all over the country.

Possible means of payment

Places where you can pay with foreign currency are rare.In stores, restaurants, hotels, cafés, payment is made in cash or by Credit Card, according to the sum. American Express cards are not taken so often.

Exchange rate on

Automatic Teller Machines (ATM)

To find out the locations of ATMs in in Tunisia, click on the link to your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express

Speaking

Official language

In Tunisia, Arabic is the official language. The Arabic which all Tunisians speak in their everyday communications is a dialectal variety called Tunisian Arabic.

Other languages spoken

98 % of the population speak Arabic, the rest speak Berber. French is also spoken by a large majority of Tunisians.

Business language

English is not very common. French is the language used in trade, and for some administrative texts.

Getting some knowledge

Use the travlang website

Free translation tools

Arjeeb - Free translation English-Arabic-English of text and web pages
Ectaco - Free Dictionary Arabic-English-Arabic
Babel Fish - Free Greek-French-Greek translator
Lexicool - Free Greek-Arabic-Greek dictionary

We can translate your foreign-language documents.

© Export Entreprises SA, all rights reserved.
Last updates: