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Nightlife
Fairly good, if you go to the hotels. Here your options will include bars and Western style discos.
Change Money
No
problems. Banks, ATMs and exchange service in the receptions in the
better hotels. Many shopkeepers will accept to be paid by VISA or
MasterCard, provided that you buy above 10-15 dinars.
Transport
Acceptable
connections with principally Sousse up north. The best, and cheapest
way of getting to Sousse is however with the local train. This will
take about 10 minutes longer to get there, but costs only 1/6 of a taxi
ride (approx. 1.400 dinars, while the taxi ride costs around 10 dinars).
If you're going to Mahdia, the local train is also an option, but takes long time. If you're going to more remote destinations in Tunisia, go to Sousse first, and get your final connection there. Bourguiba's MausoleumFirst the cemetary of the 12th century holy Sidi el Maziri, with his tomb to the left. Around him, hundreds of Muslim graves are found. And behind this, the fenced in mausoleum.
A gilded statue of Habib Bourguiba as a school boy is placed in a small park near the town hall.
The mausoleum of Bourguiba's family is an odd reminder of Tunisia's political system. Habib Bourguiba was the first president of Tunisia, and although he never was elected by the people in free elections, he is generally considered as the father of the modern nation. Bourguiba died in 2000, and was buried here. Before him, his parents and his wife had both been lain to ground under one of the 2 green domes. The mausoleum was started to be built in 1963, and has many similarities to the typical mosque and holy man's tomb (zawiyya). In addition to the 3 domes (2 green and one gilded), there are 2 minarets marking the entrance to the complex. |
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