The island of Djerba is Sunny and the largest island in Tunisia, bordering the Mediterranean sea. High holiday season on Djerba is quite long and lasts an average of 8 months, from April to November. For warm sea, warm sun, white beaches and, of course, with the sun on the island every year hundreds of tourists.
To get to the island possible in just three ways, by water, by land, the bulk of the Roman road connecting the island to the mainland of Tunisia, which is tedious, and air. What about the third way to reach the island of Djerba, we will cover in this article. How to get, perhaps, everyone knows, buy a plane ticket and fly. In this article a closer look at the airport of Djerba island.
On the island Djerba only one airport, which is called Djerba Zarzis Airport, also known as Melita airport. This airport is quite large, although it has only one runway. The airport receives both domestic and international scheduled flights, including charters. So that was going to relax on Djerba, you will arrive in this airport.
The airport of Djerba has been functioning since 1970 and was created with the aim of increasing tourist attractiveness of the island. Currently, this goal was successfully realized and continues to gain momentum.
The airport of Djerba Zarzis is located 9 kilometers from the centre of the island capital of Houmt Souk. By the way, this city has a lot of the main attractions of the island, details about the city and all the attractions of Djerba, we will discuss in a future article.
External architecture of the airport is designed in the typical Arabic style of Tunisia, white building. Amid lush green scenery, after the gray cityscapes of "homeland", it looks pretty impressive and the mood immediately lifted.
The infrastructure of the airport of Djerba Zarzis includes several cafes, a duty-free shop, gift shop, post office, currency exchange offices, ATMs and tourist office (information assistance). For passengers with children has a mother and child play area. As well as toilets and Smoking areas located on the first and second floors. On the second floor in the waiting hall of departure, also have a Smoking area.
Now let's talk a little about how treatments are departures and arrivals at the airport and how to get from the airport to any part of the island.
Arriving at the airport of Djerba Zarzis, the procedure of passport control and departure from the airport
Arriving on the island and going to the airport, we find ourselves in the arrival hall, and border control. For passport control, you must fill in a migration card. Cards and pen are to fill the posts available. Suggest handle have its, pens are not enough and have to wait for vacant. Also I advise you not to take the Luggage voucher or hotel reservation, which indicate which hotel you will stay, as the hotel's name and date of being on the island it is necessary to prescribe in the migration card.
Card should be filled in block Latin letters, according to the passport and voucher (hotel reservation).
Card-application form
Arrival hall, and border control
Completing the two parts of the card stand in a queue for passing control. Control all passes quickly, provide you card and a passport, the border guards tear off one piece of card and stamped with the arrival date in your passport. Second, the lower a small portion of the card is returned to you. The spine is advised to keep up to the end of the trip, when departing you will take it. In case of loss nothing, you just wrapped up with control, and have to fill out the spine again. In order to avoid inconveniences, it is better to keep the spine.
After passing control to exit the room with Duty Free, then baggage claim and exit in the main hall of the airport. Flew Charter flights, vouchers, met representatives of the tour operators, they will indicate which bus to pass.
Here you can see the window of the currency exchange. The currency in Tunisia is Tunisian Dinar (TND, TD). 1 Dinar = 1000 Millimes, so after the comma/point, we see a three-digit number. The exchange accepts us dollars, euros and other currency.
At the exit of the airport there are buses razvozyaschim tourists on hotels
For those who flew by themselves, there is a stop at the entrance and there are taxis. All taxis are yellow, it is impossible to make a mistake. Taxis on the island are cheap, according to the meter, so for convenience and safety we recommend using it. The cost of a taxi depends, of course, on the distance, an average of 3-10 dinars. Taxi drivers are well aware of the island and hotels, for travel it is enough to show or name the name of the hotel, attraction or city you want to go to.
To order a taxi/Shuttle service on the site, in advance. At any time of the day, at the airport, you will meet your driver with a sign, which will be written your name and surname. To order a taxi is enough to inform your flight details!
That's it, we're on the island of Djerba moving to rest!
A few words about the departure from the island
Coming to the airport Shuttle with a group or alone, it doesn't matter, we will find ourselves at the entrance to the airport and bid farewell to the representative of our tour operator. If you experience difficulties at the airport feel free to contact the staff of the airport.
At the entrance to the airport we pass the inspection
If you still have currency (dinars) that exchange them back into dollars, euros, etc. is possible only at the airport with a receipt. So, to exchange currency on the island suggest small amounts, while not forgetting to take a receipt, without receipt exchange of the Dinar is impossible.
In the Internet you can find information about that dinars can not be exported in any quantity. It's not as if you want to take out a small amount of memory or a collection of friends, it is not forbidden. A strict ban on the export only works on the flora and fauna. That's really what is that, and this export will not work. So, if you are on the island you will see how to sell palm trees, turtles and other delights, and you will want to buy, do not recommend, all the good have to leave at the airport when departing.
We went to the airport, then move left to the check-in desks. To register, you must present a ticket and a passport, if an electronic ticket, then only a passport.
After registration we pass to the second floor on the escalator. The escalator one can not go wrong.
On the second floor we pass border control, which is submitted to the passport and back with the questionnaire, remember that we filled out on arrival. Then get stamped with a departure date in the passport.
After passing border control into a waiting area of departure gate. There will be a duty free shop, souvenir shops, toilets, café and a Smoking area.
General information about the airport Djerba Zarzis/Melita:
Website:www.djerbaairport.net
Address of the airport: Djerba Airport, Tunisia, 4120 Djerba
E-mail: cdt.aidz@yahoo.tn
Phone: (+216) 75 65 02 33
Fax/Fax: (+216) 75 65 05 85
Here, perhaps, and everything you need to know about the airport Djerba Zarzis.
Happy and Sunny holiday on the beautiful Tunisian island of Djerba!
