Author Description

This Travel Guide to Tunisia is by award-winning travel writer Mike Gerrard. The guide covers Tunis, Carthage, Sidi Bou Said, archaeological sites like Dougga, excursions to the Sahara Desert, and all the main Tunisian beach resorts and tourist towns. There is also a practical section with advice on menus, language, Tunisian customs and culture, activity sports, and what to do for children. ABOUT THE BOOK This 13,000-word guidebook includes dozens of colour photos, and an index. Instead of attempting to cover the entire country, the author focuses on those places most visitors go to – the capital of Tunis, and popular holiday resorts such as Monastir, Hammamet, Nabeul, Port El Kantaoui, and Sousse. Each section includes an overview of the best things to see in each place, shopping advice and the best beaches. The book also covers the most popular excursions from each place, to help you plan your holiday and decide which excursions are for you. These include visits to Tunis, Carthage, Sidi Bou Said, Dougga, El Djem, Matmata, Tozeur, Kairouan, Zaghouan, and a trip to Douz, on the edge of the desert, to take a camel ride into the Sahara. The author also includes three travel pieces, previously published in British newspapers: Tunisia by Taxi On the Tunisian Frontier At the Bardo Museum. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mike Gerrard has been to Tunisia many times, and visited most of the country, his favourite place in North Africa. He regularly updates the Globetrotter Guide to Tunisia for New Holland, and was the Editorial Consultant on Dorling Kindersley’s Eyewitness Guide to Tunisia. He and his wife Donna Dailey also wrote the Michelin Pocket Guide to Tunis. Mike has written or contributed to over 30 guidebooks for such publishers as National Geographic, the AA, AAA, Fodor’s, Moon Handbooks, Dorling Kindersley, New Holland, Thomas Cook, Insight Guides, and many more. He is also the author of Snakes Alive, a collection of his travel writing, which includes