5 cafés in 2 citys. Places change: check opening hours before you go.
Also called Café Halia, this historic café at the top of the hill was once the entrance to the mosque, hosted the village's malouf music evenings, and was a place where the painter Paul Klee often worked. It is famous for mint tea served with pine nuts and is cheaper and more traditional than its neighbour, Café des Délices.
Order: Mint tea with pine nuts · Turkish coffee
Built around the tomb of the saint Sidi Chaabane, this terrace café opened in the 1960s and looks out over the Gulf of Tunis. It took its current name after Patrick Bruel's song 'Au Café des Délices' was filmed here in 1999.
Order: Mint tea · Turkish coffee
💡 You are paying for the view; check prices before ordering.
A café and restaurant in Souk et-Trouk, in the heart of the Tunis medina, handy for a pause while exploring the souks.
Order: Mint tea · Turkish coffee
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
One of the major cafés along Avenue Habib Bourguiba, Tunis's grand boulevard, busy and lively from early morning until midnight.
Order: Coffee
💡 Open 6:00 to midnight.
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
A beautifully decorated café and tea house in the heart of the medina. Its big rooftop looks over the old buildings and the many mosques around.
Order: Mint tea · Turkish coffee
💡 Head straight up to the rooftop.
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.