Tunis - New Town

The central axis of the new town of Tunis between the Medina and the Harbor which was developed during the period of French occupation is Avenue Habib Bourguiba. This magnificent avenue, planted with palms and eucalyptus trees, heads eastward in a dead straight line from Place de l'Indépendance, just outside the old town, towards the harbor, where it joins the expressway which crosses the Lake of Tunis on the causeway to La Goulette. On the harbor is the TGM station (services to the northeastern suburbs of La Goulette, Carthage, Sidi Bou Said and La Marsa).