Apartments for rent in Bab El Bhar

Bab El Bhar is the most contrasted delegation in Tunis. On one side, the Haussmann style buildings of avenue de Paris and Lafayette, with worn marble stairwells and high ceilinged S+3 flats (three bedrooms plus a living room, the Tunisian way of counting). On the other, the glass towers of Berges du Lac 2 and Centre Urbain Nord, where an S+2 can rent for three times what the centre asks. Same delegation, two worlds.

On houni.tn you will find both, posted by owners and agencies. Filtering by area and budget keeps the Lafayette studios from mixing with the Lac penthouses. Every property to rent here, houses included, sits on the housing page.

Lafayette and the city centre, the old stock you can rent without a car

A studio to rent in Tunis Lafayette is usually a former apartment carved up inside a 1930s building, between avenue de la Liberté and rue de Palestine. Small, sometimes dark on the courtyard side, but five minutes from place Pasteur and the buses, and a fifteen minute walk from Tunis railway station. An apartment for rent in Lafayette, Tunis appeals to young professionals in the banks and ministries who want to get everywhere without a car.

In the streets around avenue Habib Bourguiba, the Passage and Bab El Bhar itself, the stock is far more uneven: renovated apartments above shops, others untouched for thirty years. A cheap apartment for rent in Tunis city centre does exist, but you pay for it in missing lifts, noise and general condition. A studio to rent in Tunis city centre is often negotiated between 450 and 700 DT; a renovated S+2 in Lafayette goes past 1,000 DT.

Visit in the evening, or on a Friday afternoon. The centre changes character once the offices close, and some buildings on rue de Marseille or rue d'Angleterre are far quieter than you would guess.

Berges du Lac 1 and 2: the top of the market

An apartment for rent in Lac 2 belongs to the most expensive segment in Tunis alongside La Marsa and Gammarth: gated residences, lift, underground parking, often a pool. An S+2 apartment to rent in Lac 2 rarely starts below 1,800 DT, and recent S+3 units often exceed 3,000 DT. Tenants are company executives, expatriates and diaspora families over on a visit.

An apartment for rent in Lac 1, a generation older, offers bigger floor areas for a rent that is sometimes lower, especially in the 1990s residences near the bank headquarters and the lakeside restaurants. Upkeep of the common areas varies a lot from one building to the next, so ask to see the building rules.

Renting an apartment in Lac 2 per night has become a proper market with the booking apps: reckon on 150 to 300 DT a night for a furnished, equipped apartment in Lac 2, more in summer. For several weeks, a monthly furnished let works out better.

Renting in Centre Urbain Nord or Montplaisir, next to the offices

An apartment for rent in Centre Urbain Nord is aimed first at people working in the corporate and banking headquarters nearby, or studying at INSAT. An apartment in Centre Urbain Nord is almost always recent, inside a residence, with S+1 and S+2 layouts designed for single people and couples. An S+2 apartment to rent in Centre Urbain Nord commonly sits around 1,200 to 1,600 DT. Anyone after an office floor or a shop unit should look instead at the offices and shops to rent in Bab El Bhar.

Montplaisir, between avenue Mohamed V and the lake, mixes company headquarters, clinics and older residential blocks. A good compromise for anyone who wants to walk to the centre without the noise of avenue Bourguiba. And if neither the centre nor the Lac suits you, the apartments for rent in Tunis page covers every delegation in the capital.