Tunis
Beautifully tiled arched rooms, full of fragrant shisha smoke, open onto the medina's busiest pedestrian thoroughfare. Sadly, females won't feel welcome…
Tunis
Beautifully tiled arched rooms, full of fragrant shisha smoke, open onto the medina's busiest pedestrian thoroughfare. Sadly, females won't feel welcome…
Tunisia
The bougainvillea-covered streetside terrace at this cafe behind the El Jem Amphitheatre is a popular spot for tea, coffee, soft drinks or shisha.
Tunisia
One of Mahdia's most atmospheric cafes, Gamra offers tables under leafy trees in the heart of the medina.
Hammamet
At the foot of the kasbah, this domed zaouia (shrine for a local patron) has been converted to a lovely cafe that's perfect for watching a sundown over an…
Cap Bon
This little cafe just below Fort de Kelibia has colourful rugs spread over stepped seating across several levels, including a roof terrace. The splendid…
Cap Bon
Workshop tries to tap into the hipster vibe, with a '90s hip-hop soundtrack and walls of Route 66 signs. Coffee snobs might turn up their noses at the…
Djerba
The tables here are scattered over the entire square – on the lawn, under the pavilion and inside – and while it’s hard to determine who your waiter is,…
Tunis
Huge yellow umbrellas signal the presence of one of Ave Habib Bourguiba's most popular cafes. Next to the Théâtre Municipal, its tables are arranged on…
Sidi Bou Saïd
Café des Délices' series of whitewashed terraces cascade down the cliffside, offering seating with million-dollar views. Hugely popular as a result, it is…
Sidi Bou Saïd
The most popular of the contemporary cafes in Sidi Bou Saïd's lower village, this place near the train station has a large front terrace that functions as…
Cap Bon
Sidi El Bahri is a relaxed place to while away time over mint tea and shisha in a primo seaside setting. It's popular, so track down a table on the paved…
Hammamet
This club is made up of three Cuban-themed rooms, with live music, billiards and an open-air bar upstairs. A full restaurant takes up the ground floor…
Sousse
Café El Kasbah is secreted in a vaulted, cushion- and rug-strewn space deep in the medina. It's got atmosphere in spades, though we found the service here…
Tunis
The outdoor seating at this modern cafe on a cobbled square near Pl de la Kasbah is a popular meeting place for students and bohemian types, who enjoy the…
Tunis
The quality of the coffee and the non-smoking interior are the major drawcards at this small Bondin franchise cafe. Its location opposite the town's…
Tozeur
A step up from the street-side cafes, La Grotte, à la its name, is fitted out to look like the inside of a cave, albeit a cool, air-conditioned one. It…
Sousse
If you’ve ever wanted to party on what appears to be the movie set for an American western in Tunisia, then this surreal steakhouse and disco pub opposite…
Southern Tunisia
One of several serviceable cafes along Ave Habib Bourguiba. Most of the tables here are set up in the interior courtyard of the Gabès Centre, though there…
Tunis
This dimly lit lounge bar in the Maison Blanche hotel is quiet during the week, when regulars like to watch football matches on TV, but functions as a…
Sousse
A popular cafe in the medina where local males go to smoke shisha, drink coffee and watch football on the TV. You can sit in the tiled interior or on the…
Tunis
Wreathed in cigarette smoke, this bar/restaurant has Moorish-style decor, simple food and a casual vibe. It's not as sleazy as many other bars in the…
Southern Tunisia
This cafe is a standard no-frills coffeehouse, but it's used to seeing groups of foreign tourists, so is a little less macho than some Tunisian cafes.
Restaurant-Bar Le Petit Prince
Tozeur
Previously a restaurant, now a smoky local boozer, this is the best place to get a drink outside the hotel bars in the Zone Touristique.
Northern Tunisia
Just one of several near-identical cafes strung out along the marina, perfect for a coffee or a fruit juice with your people-watching.
Douz
A standard Tunisian pavement cafe, but with a good location on the main street for people watching.
Douz
In the southwest corner of the souq, this is a good place for a coffee or juice.
Sousse
Somewhat bizarrely offering Brazilian coffee and snacks, this place has indoor and outdoor seating. The clientele is young and predominantly male.
Tunisia
Set in front of a maze of caves (once used by local pirates), this run-down open-air cafe overlooks the rubbish-filled water of the old port.
Southern Tunisia
This place is at the intersection just south of the clocktower and spills out onto the street in the afternoon.
Douz
Serviceable cafe – coffee, tea and the usual underemployed men killing time over cigarettes.
Tunis
One of Ave Habib Bourguiba's main people-watching hubs, but an almost totally male preserve.
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