Tunisia Getting Around

Getting Around

By train The national train company SNCFT runs modern and comfortable trains from Tunis south to Sousse, Sfax and Monastir. There are three classes of service, namely Grand confort (deluxe 1st), 1st and 2nd, and all are quite adequate. Example fares from Tunis to Sousse are 12/10/6 dinars in Grand/1st/2nd class. A good thing to do it's to buy a carte bleu (blue card). It costs around 20 dinars for a week and you can travel all around the country using the banlieu (short distance train) and grande ligne (long distance). For the long distance you will have to make a reservation and pay a small fee (1,50 dinars or so).These passes can also be bought to cover 10 or 14 days. there are rarely queues at the booking office and a little bit of french goes a long way. trains go also to tozeur and gabes in the south where it is easy to access the sahara and ksour regions respectively. By louage (shared taxi) Locals use louage where there is no train or bus. there are no timetables, but they wait in the louage station until 8 people turn up. They are nearly as cheap as the walk up train fares and operate with fixed prices so you won't get scalped. eg Douz to Gabes (120km) for 7 dinars. By Taxi Dirt Cheap but negotiate a price before you get in A light railway also connects Tunis northward to Carthage and Marsa.