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 Car Hire & Driving in Tunis, TunisiaWelcome to Tunis Car Hire, Tunisia; available at Tunis Airport.Tunisia Car HireWith an area o 163,610 square kilometres (63,170 square miles), Tunisia is slightly larger than England and Wales, or Florida, providing you with plenty to do in your hire car while. The population of Tunisia stands at a little over nine million, of whom some 1.8 million live in Tunis and its suburbs, which you will find in the north of Tunisia in your hire car. Tunisia is situated in the north of Africa and is bordered by Libya to the south east, Algeria to the west and the Mediterranean sea to the north and east. Sun, sea and sand are why most people come to Tunisia. However there is more to Tunisia than this, as you will be able to find. The land that lies beyond Tunisia’s beaches, and a land or you to explore in your hire car, is a land of desert oases, Roman relics, beautiful mosques, and fascinating walled cities. Tunisia may be small, but it’s full of sight for you to explore in your hire car. Tunisia is friendly, safe and generally hassle-free, but still offers an experience in your hire car that you can genuinely call an adventure. In your hire car you will find that Tunisia, especially in the north, is recognisable Mediterranean in character and very much moulded by a century of French colonial rule. The main language on Tunisia is Arabic, but most people speak French, and the French influence on Tunisia is still strong. Tunisian culture is firmly rooted in the Islamic faith professed by some 99% of the residents of Tunisia. But religion is lighter than some Islamic countries. The people of Tunisia can drink alcohol if they want and the women of Tunisia have greater equality here, largely thanks to Tunisia’s modern interpretation of Islam. Despite this huge variation in geography, Tunisia is a very compact country, and easy to get around in your hire car. Even on a two week holiday, you will have no problem taking off on a tour in your hire car that covers coast, mountains and desert a like across Tunisia. The journey in your hire car from Tunis, the capital of Tunisia on the north coast, to Tataouine, in the heart of the desert, can be made in a little over ten hours in your hire car and, while most other trips you will take in your hire car are considerably shorter, the majority of journeys you will experience in your hire car leave an impression of real travel in the transformation from one type of landscape and culture to another. All this makes Tunisia very satisfying to explore in your hire car – an accessible introduction to the Arab world and the African continent. With all this to see in your hire car while, where do you start? Of Tunisian’s cities to explore in your hire car, the capital, Tunis, is rather a sedate town by Mediterranean standards, and easy to explore in your hire car. Tunis has a fascinating medieval Medina and a very French influenced new town for you to explore in your hire car, and Tunis’ museum, the Bardo, houses some of the world’ finest Roman mosaics, that you really should visit in Tunis. North of Tunis in your hire car, on the northern tip of Tunisia, the port of Bizerte has a pleasantly laid-back feel, centred around and old harbour where you can relax with a coffee, or watch the fishing boats chug in and out from Tunisia. Another place to visit is Le Kef. Located in the mountains of the north west of Tunisia is an ideal place to rest up for a few days in your hire car. Le Kef is built on a mountain and dominated by its fortified Kasbah, which you can also visit in your hire car while exploring Tunisia. In the centre of northern Tunisia, Kairovan is another place worth visiting in your hire car and has a more religious feel. Kairovan’s Great Mosque is Islam’s fourth holiest site in the world, and the Medina is chock-full of fascinating religious architecture to check out in your hire car while in this area of Tunisia. Not far away, Sousse is now a major holiday resort of Tunisia, but also a vibrant town with a compact and easy to explore Medina for you to visit. Just down the coast, the larger and more industrialized city of Sfax has a Medina that most visitors to this part of Tunisia agree is the most interesting, which is worth visiting for its authentic feel. Another place to visit is Gabes on the east coast of Tunisia and the gateway to the south of Tunisia. Gabes is unique in having both an oasis and a beach together. In terms of monuments to investigate in your hire car while, the Roman sites of the north are the best known, and even if your interest is very casual many are quite spectacular and definitely worth investigating while exploring Tunisia in your hire car. Islamic Tunisia has a varied architectural legacy for you to explore in your hire car, taking in early Arab mosques, the most outstanding at Kairovan in the east of Tunisia; the first Arab capital of North Africa, and the sophisticated Turkish building of Tunis, as well as the strange Berber fortress of the south, equally worth a visit. For more hedonistic pleasures of Tunisia, the coast is at its most beautiful around Hammamet and Sousse-Monastir on the north east of Tunisia, and the island of Jerba, which is connected by a causeway to mainland Tunisia which can be used. Tabarka, on the north coast of Tunisia, is a quieter resort for you to visit, which also has a Genoese castle to visit and the backdrop of the Khroumerie mountains. If you want to find more splendid isolation while in your hire car, Raf Raf offers Tunisia’s least developed stretches of fine sand beach for you to explore. To really appreciate Tunisia in your hire car however, your time should ideally include a spell in the desert and mountains, as well as on Tunisia’s coast. The oases at Nefta and Tozeur, in mid west Tunisia, are classically luxuriant and should be investigated, which further south in your hire car, the ‘ksour’ around Tataouine and dunes around Douz give this region of Tunisia an almost expeditionary feel. All of this ignores one of Tunisia’s best facet – its people. While the hassle of some tourist areas of Tunisia shouldn’t be underestimated, visitors are often startled, and exhilarated by the hospitality which they are shown when away from the main resorts of Tunisia in their Tunisia hire car. In such a small country as Tunisia driving is the ideal way to get around; however car hire charges can be high if you wait until you get to Tunisia, so it is best to find a competitive car hire quote before you go. Click on our Tunisia Car Hire quote button to take you through the simple process. When driving a hire car around Tunisia there is some information you should bear in mind. Firstly it is illegal to carry more than three passengers, and to rent a car you will need to be over 21 and have held a licence for at least a year. Having a hire car definitely has many advantages. You can visit the smaller and remoter villages that you may only see through dusty windows on public transport and you can make rewarding contact with local people, especially if you pick up hitchhikers in your Tunisia car hire. While driving you will note that the main roads are straight and surfaced and often lined with shady eucalyptus trees. However in the south of Tunisia, many of the routes are made up of un-surfaced roads. Their condition varies and some may not be passable, unless you have hire a four wheeled drive vehicle. Speed limits on Tunisia are, in theory, 90km/h (55mph) in open country and 50km/h (31mph) in built up areas, 110km/h (68mph) on Tunisia’s only motorway from Tunis to Sousse, and 70km/h (43mph) on the island of Jerba. However fast you are going in your hire car, it is customary to slow down when passing highway patrols. Additionally it is a good idea to have your papers available, especially your passport, when driving Tunisia around Tunisia, as there are frequent road checks. If Tunisia is checked, it will be the lights and horn that they are most interested. If you get stopped for speeding in your hire car, be aware that fines are payable on the spot, additionally one practice that is a little disconcerting, is that the police may flag down Tunisia for a lift. It is best not to argue, and if you are not going their way they won’t force the matter. Tunisian drivers are not the safest in the world, and the roads can be quite hazardous. In fact, Tunisia has one of the highest rates of road accidents in the world. Always drive Tunisia defensively, and be wary coming up to blind curves and the tops of hills, since it is quite commonplace for Tunisians to overtake approaching these. Tunis Car HireTunis is very much a capital city: home to over a tenth of Tunisia’s population, the base of government and power, and the centre of virtually all that happens. On first impressions in your hire car Tunis is not that attractive, as the old colonial centre of Tunis becomes increasingly submerged by indistinguishable housing suburbs, and the streets have a rather Westernized air. But stay a few days in Tunis and you’ll find some allure behind this unexceptional façade. Away from the centre of Tunis, but easily reached, are three major attractions to visit in your hire car. The Bardo Museum in Tunis has one of the finest collections of Roman mosaics anywhere in the world and is best visited before seeing the Roman sites elsewhere. In the other direction and overlooking the Gulf of Carthage in Tunis, are the remains of Carthage, which are worth investigating in your hire car while Tunis. A little further in the same direction is the picturesque resort of Sid Bou Said, also worth exploring while in Tunis. Tunis Carthage International Airport Car HireTunis Carthage International Airport lies 8km (4 miles) from Tunis, Tunisia in your hire car. Tunis Carthage International Airport has just one passenger terminal with an annual capacity of 4.5 million through 64 check-in desks. Tunis Carthage International Airport operates 24 hours a day. At Tunis Carthage International Airport there are ample short and long term parking spaces available, should you need to leave your hire car at Tunis Carthage International Airport. Tunis Carthage International Airport has all the facilities you would expect, including a post office, bank, bureau de change, auto exchange machine, restaurants, cafeterias, bars, VIP lounge, duty free shop, newsagent/tobacconist, chemist, gift shop, first aid, car rental services and a tourist help desk, which can provide advice on what to see and do in your hire car while in Tunis, Tunisia.
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