La Goulette is located at the Mediterranean coast, some 10 km east of downtown Tunis.

Get in[edit]

By taxi, the town is 15 minutes from Tunis and costs 10 DT. There is a train station, 200 m from the town center.

La Goulette is also a port for cruise ships.

Get around[edit]

Map of La Goulette

See[edit]

• 36.81427410.3035021 Fort de la Goulette (Karraka). (updated Nov 2018)
• Ouzara Barracks. (updated Nov 2018)

Do[edit]

Buy[edit]

Eat[edit]

• L'Aquarius, Grilled fresh fish, couscous, and steaks. Mains 12-15 DT.
• L'Avenir, ☏ +216 71735758. 18, Avenue Roosevelt. Great food at reasonable prices; mains for 10-12 DT; serves alcohol. 
• La Sirene across from L'Avenir. Good and cheap fish. There is no menu: you choose a fish from the big marble counter at the next door fishmonger, pay by weight, and add 2 DT to have the fish prepared for you. You can have a salade tunisienne while the chef prepares the fish on the big coal-fired grill. No alcohol. A whole meal can be less than 10 DT.
• Ma mie Lily just off Ave. Habib Bourguiba, on the street running from the Goulette Casino TGM stop. Small Tunisian-Jewish restaurant; delicious all-Mediterranean food; cozy atmosphere; open for dinner Saturday-Thursday. Mains around 15 DT.

Drink[edit]

Sleep[edit]

• La Jetee, ☏ +216 71736000. Hotel at the beach. 70 DT/night. 

Go next[edit]

• Carthage
• Sidi Bou Said