Shopping: the souks found in Tunis’ Medina, are the perfect place to while away hours spent perusing unusual local products, buying tacky souvenirs for friends and family or looking for that perfect ornament to complete your lounge collection. The haggling game is an essential part of the experience and should be entered into in a friendly and respectful frame of mind. Live entertainment: of an evening, the avant-garde venue that is the Theatre de l’Etoile du Nord is the setting for performances of theatre, music and poetry. As well as appreciating the shows, visitors can enjoy the people-watching spectacle as the hip contingent of the city’s youth; gather to be seen and to fraternise with their peers. Eat with the local: befriend a taxi driver, porter at your hotel or sheesha smoker in a tea house and there is a reasonable chance that you will get invited to their house one evening for the purpose of joining their family for an evening meal. Dinner with the locals is one of the most traditional experiences you can hope to enjoy and gives a real insight into the various customs and subtle intricacies that define the average Tunisian. | 
