City of Tunis

the Arabesque combination of a western civilisation and the Arabian Africa - here shape of the capital of the country with the same name. Up-to-date is mirror-image-glass buildings, white Russian church, Medina (a medieval Arabian city with markets, mosques and shops), the central parkways builted by Frenchmen, the capital (has united the population - more 700  thousand inhabitants).)

Tunis - a seaport. But there is it not on to seacoast, and ashore lagunnogo loches the Ale-bahir, or of the Tunisian loch. The loch is bridged to the sea by the navigation canal. On the wide road crossing loch, motor vehicles scurry about. In virescent water, uvjazaja in slime, snow-white herons and pink flamingos walk about. Close Tunis not only white, but also very green city. Everywhere numerous flower beds, flower beds, squares. When between arbours knaps a spout, the impression is made, that you rove on a fantastic city from Thousand and one night.

On city suburb there is a green block of recreational forest the Belvedere where diverse representatives of the African flora are collected. One of places of interest of park - giant Indiarubber plants in length 20-25  the m. In the middle the Belvedere is well-known alabaster bower Kubba - a monument of ancient Arabian architecture.

In all parts of a city it is possible to see diverse monuments of Muslim architecture - mosques. Except Muslim mosques there is in a city a roman catholic cathedral on prospectus Habiba Burgiba, the Jewish synagogue on an avenue de the Bet and mentioned small Russian churchlet with the gilt crown-bulb. In Medina there is a well-known covered market, in an Arabian way - a twig. A twig in Tunis is a huge labyrinth packing of covered twisting and very pure streets, numerous rows, where it is possible to buy at a profit leather items (ascuses, shoe, clothes), items from gold and glass.

Specificity of an urban life of Tunis - numerous coffee houses and small restaurants where it is possible it is tasty and sweepingly to eat. Here sell also juicy kebaby, and shorbu, and the chicken with boiled cucumbers and odorous korenjami, and, of course, well-known brik. In park the Belvedere sugar candies on rods, sweets, ice-cream will offer you from trays cotton wool from powdered sugar. Zooms of fruits of an aboriginal cactus on carts of dealers fruit very exotically and appetizing look.