Tunisia (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

360 Pages·2005·76.46 MB·English

by  Elzbieta Lisowscy

eyewitness travel guides
T N S A
ancient sites
beaches
m o u n ta i n s
resorts
markets
The Guides that show you what others only tell you
Tunisia Region by Region
Béja
Le Kef
CENTRAL
TUNISIA
TUNIS
Pages 64–89
NORTHERN Gafsa
TUNISIA
Pages 122–143
Tozeur
SOUTHERN
TUNISIA
CENTRAL
TUNISIA
Pages 212–241
0 km 100
0 miles 100 SOUTHERN
TUNISIA
Pages 190–211
GGREAAATTTER TUUUNNIIS
TUNIS
Sousse
Kairouan
THE
SAHEL
GREATER TUNIS
AND CAP BON
PENINSULA
Pages 90–121
Medenine
THE SAHEL
Pages 144–173
JERBA AND THE
MEDENINE
AREA
Pages 174–189

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDES
TUNISIA

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDES
Tunisia
EL˚BIETA AND ANDRZEJ LISOWSCY
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C
ONTENTS
HOWTOUSE
THISGUIDE6
Produced by Wydawnictwo Wiedza i ˚ycie, Warsaw
SENIORGRAPHICDESIGNER Pawe∏ Pasternak
EDITORS Robert G. Pasieczny,
Joanna Egert-Romanowska, Agnieszka Majle
AUTHORS Andrzej and El˝bieta Lisowscy
GRAPHICDESIGN Pawe∏ Kamiƒski, Piotr Kiedrowski
CARTOGRAPHERS Magdalena Polak, Olaf Rodowald
PHOTOGRAPHERS Artur Paw∏owski,
Nicolas Fauque, Krzysztof Kur
ILLUSTRATORS Bohdan Wróblewski,
Micha∏ Burkiewicz, Pawe∏ Marczak
CONTRIBUTORS MaDar sc
and Sabina Kocieszczenko
For Dorling Kindersley
Ruins of a Roman temple on the
TRANSLATOR Magda Hannay capitol hill in Dougga
EDITOR Matthew Tanner
SENIORDTP DESIGNER Jason Little
PRODUCTIONCONTROLLER Rita Sinha
Printed andR beopuronddu icne db yb Ly- RCeoxlo Purrisnctainng, SCinogmappaonrye Ltd., China INTRODUCING
TUNISIA
First American Edition, 2005
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Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited.
ISSN 1542-1554
ISBN 0-7566-0912-7
The information in this
Dorling Kindersley Travel Guide is checked regularly.
Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date
as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however,
such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging
arrangements and travel information are liable to change. The publishers
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Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, Great Britain Comfortable tents for visitors in
Ksar Ghilane
Mosque in Chenini – a town built on rocky terraces
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SURVIVAL GUIDE
PRACTICAL
INFORMATION310
TRAVELINFORMATION
320
GENERALINDEX328
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
348
GLOSSARY350
Tourist centre in Port el-Kantaoui
THEHISTORYOF TRAVELLERS’
TUNISIA44 NEEDS
TUNISIA REGION WHERETOSTAY244
BY REGION
WHERETOEAT266
TUNISIAATAGLANCE
62 SHOPPINGINTUNISIA
290
ENTERTAINMENTIN
TUNISIA298
SPORTINTUNISIA302 Vegetable stall at Menzel
Temime market
ACTIVITIESFOR
VISITORS304 ROADMAPOFTUNISIA
Inside back cover
Seafood – a mainstay of Tunisian
cuisine
TUNIS64
GREATERTUNISAND
CAPBONPENINSULA90
NORTHERNTUNISIA122
THESAHEL144
JERBAANDTHE
MEDENINEAREA174
SOUTHERNTUNISIA190
CENTRALTUNISIA212 Fortress in Monastir
(see pp156–7)
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