Money and costs


The currency of Tunisia is the Dinar (TND). There are ATMs in cities and in the main beach resorts of the country. Payment with credit cards is a conventional practice in the most sophisticated establishments and businesses, certainly in those belonging to multinational companies.

ACCOMMODATION

In most Tunisian cities, the most affordable accommodation is concentrated within the medina, where inns, pensions and even the residents' houses are rented for daily rates in the order of €15 to €20 per double room. Intermediate hotels have daily rates from €30 to €50. The most refined hotels and resorts have prices starting at €50 and can go up to €150, in the case of those belonging to the most reputable international chains. 

Prices for all types of accommodation vary a lot depending on the time of year. 

FOOD

It has the same base ingredients from other countries in North Africa and a series of dishes and snacks that define the national cuisine:  shorb Frik, coucha, khobz tabouna, brik, mlift, tunisian salad, hArissa, fricasse and bambaloony. Tunisian restaurants are divided into three types. Those frequented by Tunisians who are the most genuine and the most accessible. Those regularly frequented by foreigners who rarely resist making some concessions to please tourists more and have much higher prices, and those who are part of the best hotels and resorts that do both, with prices substantially higher than in any restaurant in road.

INTERNET

Barring recent changes, many cities have their own public Wi-Fi networks, called Publinet. Access costs around €0,35 an hour at relatively slow speeds 2 Mbits in Tunis, significantly slower in other cities. 

Different mobile internet solutions are provided by telecommunications companies competing in the country, the Tunisia Telecom and Orange Tunisia (both sites in French).