Le Persan

A young couple and their little family will be happy to welcome you in their 17th-century house at the heart of the Medina of Tunis, in a World Heritage site, where authenticity, quietness and safety are guaranteed. Ideal for book and culture lovers and those in search of authentic and stimulating intercultural encounters, the house has been entirely restored and renovated using traditional and natural materials combining both Arab and Andalusian architecture and Roman decorative techniques. We offer you 3 guest rooms, each with its own private and fully equipped bathroom and related amenities (towels, slippers, soap, shampoo, cotton swabs). Each room has a balcony overlooking the patio, as well as a workspace, a bookcase and a free WIFI service. A beautiful sliding glass roof over the patio and central heating in every room. The natural/handmade materials used for construction/decoration (coloured limewash and Stucco marmorino veneziano on the walls and encaustic cement tiles on the floor) will add to your comfort. You will have to yourselves the whole upper floor, a fully equipped kitchen (cooker, refrigerator, washing machine, a microwave oven, coffee machine, utensils) and a roof terrace, but you can also use the common areas on the ground floor: the central patio, the dining room, and the living room. You will have to yourselves the whole upper floor, a fully equipped kitchen (cooker, refrigerator, washing machine, a microwave oven, coffee machine, utensils) and a roof terrace, but you can also use the common areas on the ground floor: the central patio, the dining room, and the living room. English, French and Arabic are spoken fluently in our house. If you are keen on real cultural exchange, and a lover of architecture, books, arts, history, foreign customs and traditions; Tunisian cuisine and ...Moroccan mint tea prepared a Moroccan landlady, then this the place for you! The house is 20m away from Tourbet el-Bey mausoleum, a World Heritage Site where the former kings of Tunisia are buried. The neighbourhood bears the name of the site ("Tourbet el-Bey"). The souks of the Medina as well as some of its most important historical sites are also nearby (Dar Ben Abdallah, Zeitouna Mosque, Sidi BenArous.) Some of the best restaurants that serve authentic Tunisian cuisine are also The house is at a 2-minute walk from the main street and can be accessed from three different directions. It is also at a 15-minute walk from the main railway and Tramway stations and a 15-minute walk from the main coach station, which makes travel to any other city within the country easy. Staple foods (coffee, tea, yoghurt, milk, mineral water etc.) are provided free of charge in the guests’ kitchen, in addition to the breakfast that is served daily wherever you choose to have it (in your room, in the patio, on the roof terrace; or in the guests’ kitchen). A housekeeper is in charge of room cleaning, change of bed sheets and laundry, and can, at the customer’s request and for a tip paid directly to her, do the ironing and the shopping to prepare meals chosen by you.