Even those who have come to rest in Tunisia on "all inclusive", will spend on unplanned snacks, excursions, entertainment and souvenirs. Find out how much money you need for a budget, comfortable and luxurious vacation in Tunisia for 10 days in 2021.
Food
Exchange rate: 1 Tunisian dinar (TND) ≈ 27 RUB.
Most tourists come to Tunisia for "all inclusive", and there is almost no need for additional meals - except that vacationers buy drinks and snacks on the beach or excursions and sometimes go out to cafes and restaurants in the evenings. Non-alcoholic drinks in Tunisian resorts are the same as in Russia: 1.5 liters of drinking water - 0.6-0.7 TND, a liter of juice - 2-3 TND. Find out how much an all inclusive holiday in Tunisia costs.
Food in local cafes and street food is inexpensive. Sweet donuts bambaluni sell for 1 TND, hearty brick with meat or fish - 3 TND, a slice of pizza - 2-4 TND, and coffee - 0.5 TND. If you eat in inexpensive local establishments, you will spend 15-25 TND a day.
Tunisian restaurants won't drain your wallet too much. Salads, snacks, shakshuka and pastries cost 3-4 TND, main course 8-12 TND and drinks 2-4 TND. For three meals a day in restaurants, you will have enough TND 50-60 per day.
If you buy groceries and convenience foods in stores, you can eat 10-15 TND per day. This is the cheapest option, but, of course, no one does this - people come to Tunisia to have a rest, and not to live economically.
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Excursions and entertainment
Entrance to water parks in 2021 will cost 25-50 TND. How much money do you need in Tunisia for other entertainment? Boat trip - 85 TND, catamaran ride - 10 TND, paragliding - 25-40 TND, and a ticket to the zoo - 30-50 TND.
Prices for popular excursions in Tunisia:
- sightseeing tour of the resort - from 115 TND
- Carthage, Sidi Bou Said and Tunisia - 130 TND
- El Jem - 72 TND
- zoo "Phrygia" and show "Zulu" - 108 TND
- boat trip on a pirate ship - 60 TND
- ATV ride - 50 TND
- Sugar for two days - 335-360 TND.
To save money, some tourists go to the sights themselves: the entrance ticket to Carthage costs 10 TND, the Archaeological Museum in Sousse - 10 TND, the Ribat fortress in Monastir - 7 TND, the Bardo Museum of Antiquities - 11 TND.
There are no discount tourist cards in Tunisia, and you won't be able to save! But there are many interesting places in the country, where they are allowed to enter completely free of charge: Sidi Bou Said, the clock tower - Tunisian Big Ben, the El Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba and the musical fountains of El Kantaoui.
Shopping and souvenirs
How much money in Tunisia to take for shopping and what to buy? Souvenirs are inexpensive. Tourists willingly take tunics - national dresses with embroidery, handmade ceramics, wallets and leather bags. Clothes made of cotton and linen cost from 20 TND, and ceramics - from 10 TND per item.
Beautiful handicrafts made from olive wood, Tunisian wine, sweet halva with pistachios, local hot spice are popular harissa and spices - red pepper, turmeric, nutmeg and saffron. Olive oil costs 15-20 TND per liter, and delicious Tunisian dates - 10-15 TND per 1 kg. If you want to save money, be sure to bargain!
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karamelina3: "As for the quality of leather goods, it is, to put it mildly, so-so. But the prices are very budgetary - a wallet will cost from 3 dinars, and a bag - from 15 dinars. Special attention to spices. They are sold by weight: 100 g from 3 dinars ".
Transport
Local transport is inexpensive. Tourists hardly ever travel by bus, because without knowing the language it is difficult to understand the timetable and route map. Minibuses, on the contrary, are convenient. The fare for them is only 1-2 TND.
Intercity transport is cheap. Tickets for the Sahel Metro train start at 1 TND, and for a bus from Tunisia to Hammamet - 3.9 TND.
Taxis are also inexpensive. You will pay 0.54 TND for getting into the car, and 0.5 TND for each kilometer. According to the rules, taxi drivers must drive with meters, but they refuse to turn on the meter for short distances. Travel within the resort usually costs 3-6 TND.
Conclusion: how much money to take to Tunisia
For inexpensive vacation for one person for 10 days take $ 150: food - $ 50, excursions and entertainment - $ 70, shopping and souvenirs - $ 20, minibuses, buses and trains - $ 10.
If you want to relax in comfort, take $ 300 per person: food - $ 100, 2 excursions - $ 120, shopping and souvenirs - $ 60, minibuses + 3 taxi rides - $ 20.
How much money does Tunisia need in 2021 to relax 100%? For luxury holiday take $ 600 per person: food - $ 150, 2 excursions + a trip to the Sahara - $ 250, shopping and souvenirs - $ 150, daily taxi rides - $ 50.
Traveler's notes: "In addition to the cost of the voucher, we spent about $ 650 in Tunisia. In total, the vacation cost us a little more than 180 thousand rubles. For comparison, two years ago in Crimea, we spent exactly the same amount for the same two weeks. ".
July_27: "Of the excursions, we ordered only a two-day trip to the Sahara with an overnight stay, since it would be problematic to organize it on our own - $ 200 for two. Meals in Tunisia seemed inexpensive to us, we also did not spend much money on shopping either."
