Cosmetic surgery in Tunisia: Travel and accommodation

Tunis Carthage International Airport is located eight km from the centre of Tunis and Airlines flying from the UK into Tunis include Tunis Air from London Heathrow four times a week and GB Airways which flies five times a week from London Gatwick, as well as a collection of charter airlines. The best way to get from the airport to the centre of town is by yellow taxi. Although there are buses from the airport to the centre of town they can be unreliable but the NY-style taxis are plentiful and charged by the meter. The taxi journey will cost approximately 6 Dinar (under £3) and traffic permitting takes around 20 minutes.

Flights to Tunis with GB Airways operate from Gatwick at 0815 on Monday, Friday and Sunday and at 1910 on Tuesday and Wednesday. There are no flights on Saturdays or Thursdays. Return fares start from £193.30 including taxes, fees and charges.

There are six other airports in the country which are served mostly by charter airlines, for example, Thomas Cook flies into Djerba, My Travel, Britania Airways, First Choice, Excel Airways, Thomas Cook, Airlines Astraeus, East Line Airlines and British Midland flies to Monastir while the other four airports in Tunisia, namely Sfax, Tabarka, Gafsa and Tozeur are not on the direct flight route from the UK.

For non flyers it’s possible to travel to Tunisia by train. Seat 61 suggests taking the Eurostar from London’s Waterloo Station to Paris then connecting with a sleeper train to Marseille or Genoa, then ferry liner to Tunis, with a total journey time of 48 hours, and a cost of approximately £300.

To get around the country Tunis Air operates from Tunis to Djerba, Tozeur and Sfax. Alternatively, towns and cities are linked by a reliable, good value rail service and timetables can be obtained from any main train station. If you’re staying for a week or two it’s a good idea to buy a weekly rail card which allows unlimited travel on all routes as well as entry into museums and monuments. These can be bought from mainline train stations with two-passport photographs and cost approximately £15.

There is an electric train network in Tunis, which runs between the city centre and the suburbs of La Marsa, La Goulette, Carthage and Sidi Bou Said, and a tram service operates in the city centre. To get about town the Louage taxi (a shared taxi which goes to a fixed destination and leaves when full), is the local mode de transport. The louages connect all towns and villages and tour companies offer excursions, but in resorts such as Djerba the best option is hiring a bicycle because the island is flat and you can take in the atmosphere much better. Local buses are good value and available over most of the country, as are taxis which are mostly run by meter.

The usual international car hire services such as Avis and Budget, are available from the airport and major cities and driving is on the right.

Three to four star hotels cost from £15-£40 per night per person, based on two sharing, but during the high season (and depending on the hotel), it could be slightly more. Equally in a lesser known region during the low-season it could be much less.

The currency in Tunisia is the Dinar and £1 is equivalent to 2.4 Dinars (TND). Dinars can only be obtained in Tunisia and cash or travellers cheques are readily exchangeable in banks, hotels and bureaux de change. ATMs are also available in major cities.

The time zone in Tunisia is GMT + 1 and European citizens do not need visas, just their passport to enter Tunisia.

Photo courtesy of The Tunisian National Tourism Office

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