• Get in
• Get around
• See
• Do
• Buy
• Eat
• Drink
• Sleep
• Get out

Sfax is on the east coast of Tunisia, approximately midway on the highway between Tunis and the border with Libya.

The walls of Sfax's old Medina

[edit] Get in

Sfax-Thyna Airport has one flight per week to/from Paris Orly Aiport with Tunisair. You can also reach Sfax by internal flights with Sevenair from Djerba, Tozeur, Tunis or with a Libyan Air or Sevenair flight from Tripoli.

Train connections are available from the train station in the centre of Sfax to most major Tunisian cities.

[edit] Get around

[edit] See

[edit] Do

Wander around the fascinating Medina (which has an easily mastered and logical layout) where life and business go on much as they have for years and where tourists, although welcome, are few and far between.

[edit] Buy

[edit] Eat

[edit] Drink

The Tea House just inside Bab Diwan is one of the best places to sit back and relax in friendly and comfortable surroundings.

[edit] Sleep

[edit] Get out

• Catch the ferry out to the Kerkennah Islands, where traditional fishing methods are still practiced today.
• Head south for Tataouine and its Berber influences.
• If you have a visa which permits, continue on the coast road into Libya.
• Travel southwest (via Gabes)to the town of Matmata and its film-set hotel.