We didn’t book a ship excursion as were trying to save money…so we weren’t sure what we were going to do here. We had read some posts on this site about just finding a cab outside and going it alone. As we walked out of the terminal there was a line of cabs with a woman matching people up with the cabs.
We stood there for a minute to see how it was all working and to read the fares and she yelled out that they were looking for a foursome…we said we were three. It turned out that there was a foursome from Malta looking to share a tour with another foursome to bring the price down per person…so we went with them. They spoke English so that was great. I think it ended up being about $20 per person with the tip.
They took us to Sidi Bou Said and we walked around and shopped for about an hour. Pretty to see the white buildings and blue trim…but the vendors were very pushy and that was unpleasant. It was also raining on and off. We drove by Carthage…was too quick and then on to Mdina which I would have preferred to miss altogether. It was getting late and dark and there was a ton of city traffic. We were all concerned about not making it back to the ship…that we could see in the distance. We ended up making it back with no problem but the stress of that last hour or so prompted us to go right in and cancel our private excursion in Rome and to book a ship sponsored one! I did not want to be an hour and a half away from the ship and have some unforeseen thing happen to make us miss it.
We really felt like the best part of Tunis for us, was getting the Africa stamp on our passports! We had a good time but it was not one of my favorite ports.
We stood there for a minute to see how it was all working and to read the fares and she yelled out that they were looking for a foursome…we said we were three. It turned out that there was a foursome from Malta looking to share a tour with another foursome to bring the price down per person…so we went with them. They spoke English so that was great. I think it ended up being about $20 per person with the tip.
They took us to Sidi Bou Said and we walked around and shopped for about an hour. Pretty to see the white buildings and blue trim…but the vendors were very pushy and that was unpleasant. It was also raining on and off. We drove by Carthage…was too quick and then on to Mdina which I would have preferred to miss altogether. It was getting late and dark and there was a ton of city traffic. We were all concerned about not making it back to the ship…that we could see in the distance. We ended up making it back with no problem but the stress of that last hour or so prompted us to go right in and cancel our private excursion in Rome and to book a ship sponsored one! I did not want to be an hour and a half away from the ship and have some unforeseen thing happen to make us miss it.
We really felt like the best part of Tunis for us, was getting the Africa stamp on our passports! We had a good time but it was not one of my favorite ports.
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