Dar Ben-Gacem

A magnificent stay, too bad it was only for one night. Splendid typical hotel in the center of the Medina of Tunis. Clean, very comfortable and also quiet rooms. Staff very helpful and ready to fulfill every request. Excellent discovery.

The hotel is located in the Medina. There are eateries nearby. The hotel itself is very charming. The rooms are clean and the staff are extremely friendly. One inconvenient aspect of the hotel is that you can't open the front door yourself. So, every time you go in or out, you have rely on someone to open the door for you to the hotel itself.

Ok at best. No longer deserves all the accolades it's gotten. We booked through hotels.com - and they will not allow any review because we gave only 3 stars. So beware - you may only see the great written reviews. A bit rundown. Not as charming as you'd expect. Breakfast can be skipped. But most disappointing was the unenthusiastic staff. Most nice enough but no efforts to be helpful. And one very poor experience of rude receptionist after the hotel had quoted us one airport transfer price but then outright demanded twice the price on arrival, very argumentative. Lastly, for the same price we found another place (unfortunately fully booked) on the edge of the Medina that looked outstanding (an old palais) with unbelievably kind staff