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Why
holday in Tunisia?
This
skinny chunk of relaxed
Islamic republic - squashed between two massive and unpleasant neighbours - offers
an appealing mix of sunshine, excellent beaches and interesting
ancient sites. Hannibal the Elephant warrior and scourge of Rome was a Carthage man, but the Romans eventually crushed him and built the usual solid amphitheatres and temples all over north Tunisia.
Tunisia tourism is mostly about package people at the moment, so hotels
are well organised to deal with groups.
Had enough of Roman relics and hot, white beaches? Sahara dunes and a thousand mentally disturbed camels
await your thighs...
And all this at a reasonable price, with fair and varied food [better
than some north African neighbours, that's for sure...] and few safety
or crime concerns.
But...much of central Tunisia is a monotonous tract of olive trees and the normal
seven hour bus ride from Tunis down to the sights of Matmata/Sahara is
flat and dull, sporting a few million olive trees
and a clutch of half-built towns, though seaside resorts such as Sousse and
Mahdia have impressive forts, mosques and city walls and El Jem Colosseum
is, well, a gem.
Souk sellers are spoilt for action so can be aggressive and unpleasant if you show a tendency to haggle with no financially beneficail conclusion.
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