Bizerte Transportation

Louages leave from Bab Saadoun in Tunis (just past Bab Sawika in Halfaouine) for Bizerte, costing around 3TD for the 1 hour 30 minue trip. On the way, look out for views of Lac Bizerte and Menzel Jemil, a town which has a few colonial buildings by the roadside. The louage will drop you some distance from town, the wrong side of the Qantara, so the best option is to take a taxi...a trip into the town centre costs around a dinar, more if you want to go to the Corniche area.

Leaving Bizerte for towns south and east, you have to make your way to another louage station, outside the train station beyond Bizerte's port. I saw a louage heading for Tabarka, and it was a toss-up between Jendouba and Beja for me, depending which one filled up first...thet's how I ended up in Beja! The road out passes Lac Bizerte and also the more impressive Lac ichkeul, which is a national park, fairly difficult to visit without your own transport. To Beja, a two hour trip, the driver asks for 5TD.