Apartments for rent in Bizerte Nord

A decent S+1 in central Bizerte now rents for 450 to 700 DT a month, an S+2 for 600 to 900 DT, and the corniche easily adds 200 to 300 DT for the same floor area. In Tunisian shorthand, S+1 means one bedroom plus a living room and S+2 two bedrooms plus a living room. Those figures are for a yearly lease on an unfurnished home. Furnished lets and the summer season follow another logic, covered further down.

The typical Bizerte apartment sits in a three or four storey building, with no lift outside the centre, usually a balcony and sometimes a basement garage in the newer residences. The listings gathered here run from the old port to Aïn Mariam, north of the canal. The rest of the governorate (Zarzouna with its faculty, Menzel Bourguiba, Ras Jebel) is on the apartments to rent in the Bizerte governorate page.

The city centre, first stop for working Bizertins

The centre is the first place people look for an apartment for rent in Bizerte. The buildings on avenue Habib Bourguiba, rue d'Alger and the streets around the central market mostly date from the 1960s to the 1980s: high ceilings, generous rooms, but wiring worth checking. This is where most of the S+2 and S+3 flats let on yearly leases to couples and families working in town are found.

Noise is the thing to watch. The cafés on the avenue and the horns at the lifting bridge during rush hour carry up to the third floor. Visit on a weekday around six in the evening.

Corniche and seafront: dearer, and in demand

Along the corniche road, between the old port and the beach, the 2000s residences and newer schemes hold the most expensive apartments in town. An apartment to rent in Bizerte with a direct view over the bay gets snapped up, especially furnished, because it doubles as a summer holiday let. The result: few yearly offers, and owners who prefer ten month leases from September to June so they get the property back in July.

If you accept that rhythm, this is where the finest apartments in the city are. If you want stability, look to the residential estates.

Renting by the year on the estates, from Habib Haddad to Aïn Mariam

Long term apartment rental in Bizerte happens mainly in the blocks of the residential estates, ten minutes on foot from the corniche but without its premium. The residences of cité Habib Haddad and the streets around Habib Bougatfa hospital offer recent S+2 and S+3 flats, often with parking and sometimes a caretaker. Aïn Mariam, higher up, has seen several small residences go up in recent years, with slightly higher rents and views over the lake.

This is also where most of the reasonably priced S+1 for rent in Bizerte listings are, since owners have split villa floors into two small apartments with separate entrances. Whole floors with a terrace are classed with the houses to rent in Bizerte Nord and cost barely more than an S+2 in a block. Ask who pays for water and electricity: separate meters are not the rule.

A studio north of the canal, a rare thing

A studio for rent in Bizerte is not easy to find north of the canal. Science faculty students mostly live in Zarzouna, on the other side of the bridge, where studios are more plentiful and cheaper. On the Bizerte Nord side, the few studios are in the Medina and near the station, often furnished, let to young professionals or hospital trainees.

For anyone tired of renting, the apartments for sale in Bizerte Nord show what a square metre is worth on the same streets.