Hotel Carlton
This small, well-maintained three-star hotel has plain rooms with satellite TV...
This small, well-maintained three-star hotel has plain rooms with satellite TV...
The ashtray architecture of the chandelier sets the scene at this glitzy, refurbished business-oriented ...
A bit out of the way, the White House has a rare amount of character: elaborate furnishings in light, br...
Central, a bit characterless, but comfortable. Rooms here are smartish if a bit dull, with TV. A cheap businessmen's favourite.
Maison Dorée is charming: simple and spotless with an old-fashioned, French-feeling formality. Most of its rooms (varied in shape and atmosphere; ask to see a couple) have shuttered balconies and comforting, polished-wood, 1950s furnishings.
The rooms here are spartan but reasonably clean, with showers in a corner alcove. The 1st-floor rooms have balconies so low that you are almost on street level. Don't leave valuables in your room here as it may not be secure.
In the thick of the medina, this occupies the 18th-century Dar Saida Ajoula palace and has single-sex dorms. It has plenty of regulations. However, it's still a bargain: clean, and the large dorm has fine murals.
A small, well-maintained three-star hotel. Rooms here may not be big but have a nice, fresh feel. Those with views over the busy avenue are best.
Many of the spartan, whitewashed, blue-shuttered rooms here have great views over the square. This has a hostel-like feel, is OK for lone women, and has cleanish showers (additional charge).
Rooms here are pokey, but clean and bright, decorated in blue and white, with neat little bathrooms. Management is friendly and there's a salon de thé (teahouse) attached.
With a great medina-side location, this place is central and clean. It has narrow, iron-framed lumpy beds, is always busy (favoured by Tunisian families) and is fine for lone women.
Salammbô has spic-and-span, basic rooms. The cheaper they are, the more stairs you have to climb; pricier rooms have air-conditioning (cheaper ones have a fan). Some have balconies, and staff are friendly and efficient. The double beds are small.
Despite the unbothered reception, this is good value with smartish rooms that have busily pattern-tiled bathrooms. Ask for one overlooking the street or the interior courtyard.
This hotel is distinguished by elaborate tiling in the reception. The assorted, slightly ramshackle rooms are plain and clean, with high ceilings, shutters and lots of light. Beds are hardish and doubles small.
Airy and light, with lashings of colonial faded elegance, this option has tiling details and lots of wrought iron. Ask for a room with balcony - those at the back overlook a leafy inner courtyard.
There's nowhere like this, a converted 19th-century medina mansion, in Tunis. Run by the family that's lived here for generations, it's been beautifully converted, in a simple mix of traditional and contemporary style. All rooms are different.
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