You can get to the city through different means of transport , including buses , louages , trains , and metro . Some buses head to
Monastir
,
Mahdia
, and
Port el-Kantaoui
and depart from the bus-stop located just outside the medina . Some other buses depart from the new bus-station located 800m southwest of the medina and head to
Kairouan
. If you wish , you can reach
Sousse
with a louage which departs from the louage station located one kilometer south of the medina . These louages take you to
El-Jem
,
Hammamet
,
Kairouan
,
Mahdia
,
Monastir
,
Sfax
, and
Tunis
. There is a louage station at Souq el-Ahad . Comfortable train cars are also another option; and you can find them available at the train station . There are trains to Tunis ,
Nabeul
, Sfax ,
Gabes
,
Gafsa
,
and
Metlaoui
. Another fast and affordable transportation option is the metro which takes you form Sousse to the Airport at
Monastir
, and
Mahdia
.
