The national airline is Tunis Air (TU) (website: www.tunisair.com).

From London to Tunis is 2 hours 30 minutes, to Djerba is 3 hours, to Monastir is 3 hours and to Sfax is 3 hours 15 minutes.

Tunis (TUN) (Carthage International) is 8km (5 miles) northeast of the city (journey time - 15 to 30 minutes). To/from the airport: An airport-city coach and buses are available. Return is from Ave Habib Bourguiba. Taxis are available.

Monastir (MIR) (Skanes) is 8km (5 miles) west of the city. To/from the airport: Buses and taxis are available to the city centre.

Tozeur (TOE) (Nefta) is 4km (2.5 miles) from the city. To/from the airport: Taxis are available.

Facilities: All the above airports have bars, restaurants, both incoming and outgoing duty-free shops, banks/bureaux de change and car hire.

For more information on airports in Tunisia, contact the Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airport Authority (OACA) (website: www.oaca.nat.tn).

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Main ports: Tunis.

SNCM (tel: 0825 88 80 88; website: www.sncm.fr), CTN (tel: 71 341 777; website: www.ctn.com.tn) and Viamare Travel (tel: (020) 8206 3420; website: www.viamare.com) run ferry services from France and Italy to Tunisia. The major routes are Marseilles-Tunis (journey time - 21 hours) and Genoa-Tunis (journey time - 22-24 hours). Ferries also run from Tunis to Palermo (Sicily), Cittavecchia, Naples (from June to September), Salerno and Livorno. Cruises in the Western Mediterranean also stop in Tunisia.

Theoretically, there are several points of entry by road from Algeria, served by louages (shared taxis): Annaba and Constantine (in Algeria) to Tunis. However, political unrest means that it is difficult for tourists to cross the border.

Entry by road from Libya is at Ras al-Jedir, east of Ben Guerdane. There are daily buses to Tripoli from Tunis (journey time - 16 hours), and louages from Tunis, Sfax, Gabès, Medenine, Houmt Souq and Ben Guerdane.