La Goulette, We thought this had been deleted from the itinerary due to political situation and were surprised to find that MSC had reintroduced their visits here. We were even mnore surprised by the events of our day ashore. We walked thro' the 'village' of tourist shops at the port and then looked for a taxi. Inside the port the taxi marshall charged 40 euros to Medina (Old town souk) and back ...
i would have given it a zero but 1 was the lowest number. Celebrity if you are reading this, pls dont stop at Tunis ever again. This was the worst stop i have every been at. We were forced to go to a market that bullied everyone at the market. The bus left us and we were forced to stay in the sun at 108 degrees for over 1 hour.
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The boat as well as most websites had us quite frightened about the unrest in Tunisia. We were told not to travel around on our own, so we rented a van and tour guide. Women were told to keep themselves covered. I was the only one who wore a long skirt and shirt and there was no problem about wearing shorts or short sleeved clothing. We were taken to the down town area and food market, to a stall ...
wouldnt fancy walking around Tunis the Capital on my own but found the organized trip very interesting the coastline was beautiful Panoramic Tunis was the trip about 4 and a half hours there was a couple of photo stops and the driver was excellent
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Was glad to see it, saw lots of cool stuff, probably don't need to return.
Warning VERY VERY VERY aggressive market vendors (and it's all fake crap, don't be taken in). DO NOT, do not, let your ship tour take you to a rug vendor, there were horror stories from other cruisers about being "locked" in a shop for over an hour, after being escorted there by the cruise line tours.
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Not a great experience. A "pop up" village has been created at the dock for those that would like to wander through a simulated market of Tunisian goods. Tunisian band greeted us at the port, as well as camels for photo ops.
Everyone is clearly there for the ship's tourists. Highlight was getting my son's picture riding a camel...then we were back to the ship for fun around the pool.
Even if ...
We did Best of Tunisia tour. Guide was very informative, especially about the recent Jasmine Revolution. Carthage was v. interesting. I really enjoyed the Bardo museum, where one of the guards allowed us to have a peek in a room being restored - fabulous ceiling. It makes me want to go back.
The Medina is a typical souk, labyrinthine streets, dealers offering to bargain, but not too ...
