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

View of La Goulette

Get in

By taxi, the town is 15 minutes from Tunis and costs 15TND. There is a train station, some 200 meters from the town center.

La Goulette is a also a port for cruise ships.

Get around

Town Center. Avenue Roosevelt on the right

See

Police station

Do

Beach

Eat

• L'Aquarius, Grilled fresh fish, couscous, and steaks. Mains 12-15 TND.
• L'Avenir, ☏ 71735758NOCC. 18, Avenue Roosevelt. Great food at reasonable prices; mains for 10-12TND; serves alcohol. 
• La Sirene across from L'Avenir. Good and cheap fish. There is no menu list: You choose a fish from the big marple counter at the next door fishmonger, pay by weight, and add 2TND 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 10TND.
• 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 15TND.

Sleep

• La Jetee, ☏ +216 71736000. Hotel at the beach -- 70TND per night. 

Go next

• Carthage