Sousse Favorites

Favorite thing: the beach is 7 miles long but all the hotels have nice pools so you have plenty of choice. The area around Sousse has two wonderfull holiday places you can travel to with a very good and cheap rail network.

Fondest memory: The lack of hassle from shop or taxi people. They will ask but if you smile and say no that is it.

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Favorite thing: the energy, Afro Arab, you could sense nearly all over the place

no matter weather walking around, sitting having shisha and mint tea watching whatz up in the street, or more directly mingling with the people... Scenery and the flair are so much different than what I am used to at home, or other European ambients I've had the chance to spot...

Just take it easy and you'll like it!

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Favorite thing: Guess this is probably the "main square" in old part of Sousse. Great place to sit at one of the cafe tables here to people watch and enjoy views of the Grand Mosque and Ribat. It was quite colourful during our visit too with festivities taking place celebrating 50 years of Independance - Sun 20th March 2006.

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Favorite thing: Sousse is also a modern city, with big hotel, bank, shops and modern buildings. The tourist office is up the main road from the harbour area (where the tourist train station and tuk-tuks are) and just before the medina walls where the bus station is situated outside. The tourist office were quite helpful with maps and timetable of trains are available there.

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Favorite thing: Its was a pleasant walk from our hotel down to the beach and along the promenade to the port and medina - just over 1km stroll. Locals and tourists alike can be found enjoying the fine sand - a bit scruffy in places towards the back but in the main season I understand it is cleaned more regularly than the low season, a shame really as its beautiful soft, fine white sand. Fishermen are often seen too - no permits are required apparently. Preparations for the season were well in hand too with beach huts being smartened up - each hotel on the beach seemed to have their own.

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Favorite thing: Just wandering around the medina - whether the covered souks or the narrow stepped streets - was such a riot of colour and characters. So much to take in an photograph, a real visual delight.
Amongst the shops are some delightful little cafes with tunisian delicacies and most popularly freshly squeezed orange juice - surely the most juciest I've ever had.

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Favorite thing: There are numerous mosques in the medina but many locals want to show you the oldest one (at a price) Mosque Abd el kader. Entry is not permitted at prayer times of on Fridays and even if you find it open the actual prayer hall is off limits to non-muslims. Even so iIts worth a peep inside the courtyard for its intricate architecture and lovely ble doors.

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Favorite thing: Sousse was founded in the 9th century BC by the Phoenicians, who gave it the name Hadrumet. It's one of the oldest ports of the Mediterranean and well worth a visit - especially in the quieter off season of spring when cooler weather means you can explore the medina and museums without flagging in the heat. Sousse is the capital of the Sahel area and the beginning of an olive grove covering more than 250,000 hectares. To get an overview of the city climb the Ribat tower near the Grand Mosque and get your bearings - seeing the working port, the medina within its walls and roootops of the housess within.