Tourist information
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Changing money
The monetary unit of Tunisia is the dinar (TND), which is divided
into 1000 millimes.
50,-,20,-,10,- and 5,-dinars notes and 5, - and 1, - dinar coins as
well as 500,-, 100,-, 50,-, 20,-, 10,- and 5,- millimes coins are in
circulation.
A Tunisian Dinar (TND) is approximately 0,3
Euro or 0,32 US$. The TND is not convertible abroad so be
sure to change only what you need. All foreign currency or
traveler's cheque can be converted into dinars. The dinar is
available from banks, money changers and hotels during the day.
There are cash machines almost everywhere, where withdrawals can be
made using Visa or MasterCard. Credit cards (American Express,
Dinners Club, MasterCard or Visa) are accepted by all tourist
establishments as well as many shops and restaurants. You can also
re-exchange, when leaving Tunisia (at the airport), the dinars that
you would not have spent, on presentation of Exchange receipts. So
keep them in that event.
Tunis in a nutshell Tunis, Carthage,
Sidi Bou Said, La marsa, souks and museums... so many
magical places to discover. Tunis El Médina
Self-sufficient, the
city is home to residences, palaces, cemeteries,
mausoleums, hammams, schools, medersas, ovens, warehouses,
craftsmen's stalls, squares and gardens. Under the
protection of its patron saint Sidi Mahrez, crowned with
white domes, terraces and slender minarets, the medina
develops into a tightly woven network of buildings
assembled in clusters and criss-crossed by a dense network
of streets, alleys and cul-de-sacs. The city's overall
layout obeys the rule of preserving the intimate Haram
space and separating residential and commercial quarters.
Thus, the original commercial district was built around
the mosque, forming a quadrilateral where noble trades
such as booksellers, perfumers, silk manufacturers,
chechia makers, embroiderers, tailors, jewelers, wine
cellars and delicatessens were grouped together - like so
many alveoli in a beehive. The hierarchy of guilds pushed
the noisier or more polluting trades to the outskirts of
the city. A living entity, the medina retains its mystery
and indefinable charm, while remaining welcoming.
3- Bardo
MuseumToday, The Bardo is one of
the most important museums in the world. Its reputation
stems from the quality and variety of its archaeological
finds, jewels of Tunisian history spanning several
millennia and several civilizations.However, the building
itself is not lacking in interest.Built in the second half
of the 19th century, the building was intended to serve a
palatial rather than a cultural function; however, when it
became a museum in 1882, and was thus named the Musée
Alaoui - after the sovereign of the time, Ali Bey
(1882-1902) - it underwent a happy transgression of usage
that turned it into a Mecca of culture and civilization.In
1899, the authorities of the time added a second space to
it, the small palace that would henceforth house the
Islamic art collections. Today, the architectural quality
of these two palaces makes them an integral part of the
national museum.
Here's Virgil
writing the Aeneid; here's Ulysses tied to the ship's
mast! So many rhythms, those of time (the four seasons or
the signs of the zodiac), those of people (scenes of daily
life, work, hunting, leisure, gladiatorial combat, circus
games...), those of culture!
Of course, the Bardo
also contains many other collections and items of Tunisian
material culture, from prehistoric times to the present
day.They all bear witness to a plural, open and
conciliatory Tunisia!Here, too, history is woven into the
fabric of the works; there are many stops along the way,
from the 40,000-year-old hermaion of el-Guettar to the
ethnographic collection relating to daily life in modern
Tunisia! |