Tunisia

La Goulette

Tunisia

Population
79,795
Currency
TNDد.ت2.924/$

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

Guide content adapted from the Wikivoyage article "La Goulette". Source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Weather

Live

33°C

Clear sky · feels like 35°C

  • 54%
  • 19 km/h
  • AQI 40
  • SunPartly cloudy26° / 32°
  • MonMainly clear27° / 32°
  • TuePartly cloudy27° / 32°
  • WedMainly clear26° / 34°
  • ThuFog25° / 36°

Measured at 36.818, 10.305 · Africa/Tunis

La Goulette map

Getting there

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.

Getting around

Get around

editedit source
Map of La Goulette
Town Center. Avenue Roosevelt on the right

What to see

  • 1 Fort de la Goulette (Karraka).
  • Ouzara Barracks.

What to do

Where to eat

  • L'Aquarius, Grilled fresh fish, couscous, and steaks. Mains 12-15 DT.
  • L'Avenir, ☏ . 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.

Drinking & nightlife

Shopping

Where to stay

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

All guide text on this page is adapted from Wikivoyage and reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Prices and opening hours change — verify anything that matters before you rely on it.

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