Ave Habib Bourguiba — Local services in Tunis

Avenue Habib Bourguiba is a pleasant and lively street, with lots of restaurants, cafés, and things to see. It’s a great place for a stroll, and it’s often buzzing with activity, especially in the evenings.

However, like in parts of the Medina, it’s important to stay alert. You may be approached by individuals who seem friendly and eager to offer advice, directions, or local tips — sometimes even claiming to recognise you from your hotel or a nearby shop. While a few may be well-meaning, many are scammers trying to draw you into a situation where they ask for money, push unwanted services, or lead you somewhere under false pretences.

Unfortunately, this kind of behaviour can happen in plain sight, with little intervention from the police. That said, it’s not reflective of Tunis or Tunisia as a whole. Most people you’ll meet in the country are genuinely kind, respectful, and welcoming — it’s just worth being cautious and mindful...

الشارع العشق قلب مدينة تونس يقع بين محطة تونس البحرية شرقا وساحة الاستقلال غربا. يمتد عبر الطريق المؤدي إلى حلق الوادي شرقًا وشارع فرنسا غربًا. شارع الحبيب بورقيبة (نسبة إلى الحبيب بورقيبة) هو أهم شوارع مدينة تونس بالجمهورية التونسية. في عهد الحماية الفرنسية في تونس حمل اسم شارع البحرية‏، ثم من عام 1900 حتى الاستقلال شارع جول فيري. تلتقي في شارع بورقيبة العديد من الشوارع الرئيسية: شارع روما وشارع الجزائر العاصمة وشارع باريس وشارع مرسيليا وشارع القاهرة وشارع محمد الخامس، من جهة شارع جمال عبد الناصر وشارع اليونان وشارع قرطاج وشارع ابن خلدون. شهد شارع الحبيب بورقيبة أكبر مظاهرة في الثورة التونسية و التي كان لها الدور الأكبر في هروب الرئيس زين العابدين بن علي بعد أن هدد المتظاهرون بالتوجه إلى القصر الرئاسي وهذا في يوم 14 جانفي 2011

Avenue Habib Bourguiba (Tunisian Arabic: شارع حبيب بورڨيبة) is the central thoroughfare of Tunis, and the historical political and economic heart of Tunisia. It is named for Habib Bourguiba, the first President of Tunisia and the national leader of the Tunisian independence movement. Today, the broad Avenue aligned in an east-west direction, lined with trees and facades of shops, and fronted with street cafes on both sides, and which is compared to the Champs-Élysées in Paris, and its extension, the Avenue de France, Place de l'Indépendance marking the central roundabout with Lake of Tunis at the eastern end. Many of the important monuments are located along this avenue, including Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul, French Embassy in Tunisia and Théâtre...

One of the most beautiful avenues in Africa is also the most beautiful avenue of Tunisia. Plenty of green shady trees on both sides; roadside restaurants & street cafes, ice-cream shops; snack bars; parfume stores and good hotels/restaurants. Also the best promenade, a nice place for an evening walk and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea or ice-cream. Well-decorated, well maintained; great atmosphere, police security and interesting shopping. We spent every evening there when we...