Why Not to Land in Tunisia With a Chunk of Cash?
The answer is simple: YOU WONโT NEED IT! Tunisia is a great destination for any budget traveller. The cost of living is so low, that itโll make your money four times more valuable, and can further lower your daily budget in Tunisia. Firstly, โฌ1 gets you around 3.15 Tunisian Dinar.

As to get the best rate possible, we used Revolut to withdraw cash in the Tunisian currency. Revolut is an online banking service of which two of the many services offered are free foreign currency withdrawal (up to โฌ200 per month on the standard plan) and unlimited card transactions in over 130 currencies. This banking service is manageable on a smartphone, both on android and apple.
Why is This Better Than Physically Exchanging Money Back Home?
The traditional way of exchanging money from a local bank or an exchange firm is great. So why use Revolut? Because Revolut does that for you at the full real-time rate without commission and also, from the comfort of your phone.
How to Set it Up?
Itโs the simplest of tasks. All you need to do is download the application on your phone and follow the onscreen instructions. From there, just link a visa card or your bank account and walaaโฆโฆ. youโre set!
Withdrawing Your Daily Budget in Tunisia
With Revolut, you always avoid paying the fees issued from your bank. For instance, letโs say you are using Bank Aโs visa card. If you try to withdraw from a foreign ATM (Bank B), your bank (Bank A) will charge you for that, since youโre withdrawing from Bank B in a foreign currency. You’re avoiding this with Revolut.
Now, Bank B may issue a fee as well, just for withdrawing from its ATM. Here is a list of ATMs around the world that doesnโt charge these fees. Although not listed there, we found Bank de Tunisie to be great in Tunisia as itโs ATMโs never charged us any fees!
Accommodation
We generally prefer to sleep in shared hostels for two reasons:
- Firstly, youโll get the best experience out of it while meeting and interacting with locals and other like-minded travellers.
- Itโs cheaper!

However, accommodation in Tunisia is VERY cheap! So, if youโre two or more people, it would cost you much less if you consider renting a private room than renting two beds in a dorm!
Obviously, this depends on what you settle for, as this can range from a 5-star resort to a small budget hotel. As you can imagine, we went for the latter and for such accommodation, prices range for approximately โฌ25 per night, that being โฌ12.50 per person.
Thatโs in Tunis. In other cities such as Sousse and Sfax, youโll find even cheaper!
Food
We loved the Tunisian cuisine. Itโs like a combination of Mediterranean and Berber. More often than not, the norm is that certain food is spicy without notice. Therefore, itโs good to ask when experimenting with new dishes.

Our favourite meals were lamb and a traditional dish called Shakshuka, which is kind of like a stew made of tomatoes, onions, garlic, courgettes, broad beans and slowly cooked poached eggs on top.
Food prices in Tunisia are extremely low compared to Europe. You can easily get a good meal for โฌ2.50 in an inexpensive restaurant, and even less if you decide to go for street food. A three-course meal in a mid-range restaurant should cost about โฌ10, which is still an absurdly low price for such a treat!
Daily budget in tunisia
Transport
If we all agree upon visiting Tunisia, thereโs one thing which we are against โ DRIVING IN TUNISIA! We strongly advise not to test your driving skills there, as absolutely no rules exist on Tunisian streets. Itโs mad CHAOS!
Lights, stop signs, zebra crossings, keeping lanes, indicators – They don’t have much use!

A one-way bus ticket costs around โฌ0.15, although sometimes, you wonโt even have the chance to pay since the bus conductor is squashed in the mass of people inside the bus. More than once, we travelled with half our bodies outside the bus, holding onto the doorโs rails.
Understanding the public transport system is a big task, a huge one to be honest. Google maps donโt help much, and your best shot is asking the locals. Luckily, taxi fares are super cheap. So, most of the time youโll opt for that instead of public transport.
Mentioning taxis, NEVER agree to enter into a cab operating without a meter โ never! A lot of drivers run around the city, trying to rip off tourists with ridiculous prices compared to the metered fare. Taxi fare starts with a base fare of 0.46 Dinars (thatโs for jumping in), and then at a rate of 0.78 Dinars per Km. If your destination is 10Km away, itโll cost something around 10 Dinars, which is equal to โฌ3.
If youโre travelling between cities, the Louages are your mode of transport. This is a shared minivan, that does trips all around Tunisia. They all leave from a Louage station in the city, which you can find on Google maps or otherwise, you can ask around for guidance. To give you a rough idea of the cost, a 2/3-hour trip should cost around โฌ4 per person

So, How Much Should be Dedicated as a Daily Budget in Tunisia?
This is entirely up to the individual, but here weโll break it down to you based on our own personal travels. This daily budget is set for a single person and includes everything besides the cost of the flights. Here are some other tips on how to score cheap flights, as easy as it can get!
Accommodation (double room) โฌ11: Prices in Tunis are different than other cities, but on average itโll cost around โฌ11 per person per night.
Food โฌ10: A meal in a mid-range restaurant costs around โฌ7 per person, while youโll easily find street food for โฌ2 or less.
Transport โฌ4: Considering buses start at โฌ0.15 each way, itโs very generous to spend more than โฌ1 in a day. Averaging the price of louages, itโll be divided to around โฌ3 per day, visiting 4 different cities in a 7-day period.
Entrance tickets / Entertainment โฌ3: This will surely not affect much your daily budget in Tunisia. We never managed to keep track of these, as being so cheap makes it quite difficult. Most attractions are completely free. One that comes to mind is an entrance to a zoo which cost around โฌ0.50. Letโs go for โฌ3 per day for attractions, with no idea how weโre going to spend it.
Spending money โฌ10: Youโll need some cash in hand, firstly to get the utmost experience in bartering and bargaining in the souks. We never got tired of that! Youโll need to test your skills on how low on a price can you go! Letโs spoil ourselves with โฌ10 per day. Saying all this, if you save your daily budget (โฌ10) for one specific day of your trip, itโll sum up to โฌ70. Itโs enough to buy much more than your suitcase can carry back home!
In total, thatโs a daily budget in Tunisia of โฌ38 per person per day, including all expenses besides the flights โ and thatโs very generous as we’re sure you’ll manage to do it for less, just like we did. It’s indeed an experience you wonโt find anywhere else in Europe!