I stayed in Hotel Sidi Bou Fares for 3 nights and immediately found it a haven of peace, especially enjoyable sitting in the courtyard reading a book. It was not easy for me to find the hotel, perhaps did not receive the best information from the taxi driver who dropped me off few streets away (he tried to charge me... more

We stayed at the Sidi Bou Fares for one night in May 08. The hotel is in an excellent location in the centre of Sidi Bou Said, ideal for exploring the local area including Carthage, which is easily accessible on the local metro. Rooms in the hotel are all based around a central courtyard, with outside seating. The hotel rooms... more

The Hotel Sidi Bou Fares is perfect for travellers who prefer their hotels individual, quirky and intimate. It doesn't have extensive facilities, but it more than makes up for it with charming and authentically Tunisian accommodation and friendly and helpful staff. The ten rooms are arranged around a courtyard with a shady fig tree surrounded by geraniums, hibiscus and a... more

Hotel Bou Fares is a charming little hotel in the most charming suburb of Tunis. What the hotel lacks in luxury it makes up for in charm. We spent 3 nights there when we first arrived in Tunisia. We then rented a car and drove south but came back and spent our last night at Hotel Bou Fares. We liked... more

My fiancee and I stayed here for four nights in early March 2007. It certainly has its colorfully-tiled, comfy courtyard charm, and the staff are really great, but it's not very good value for money. You're paying extra (TD65/night for a double) to stay in Sidi Bou Said. Rooms are small. Deciding where to put your bags will be a... more

We spent two nights in the most lovely town of Sidi Bou Said. Our room was absolutely tiny, but the hotel's location and the cleanliness of the room could not be beat. The bathroom was about 4 feet square, with only a partial swinging door. When showering, everything in the bathroom got soaked, there is no curtain, and the shower... more

I think the people from Atlanta must have stayed somewhere else. We found Sidi Bou Fares to be gorgeous: our room was covered in goregous tile, and while it wasn't luxurious it was comfortable and attractive and clean. The bed did not have straw. The owner spoke enough English, and he warned us that we should try paying in cash... more

I didn't recognise the hotel from the other review on here, so here goes......... The hotel is a lovely little oasis of peace just off of the main (tourist trap) street in Sidi Bou Said. The town has a well deserved reputation as one of the most beautiful in Tunisia. The hotel has beautiful, quiet, cool and peaceful rooms arranged... more

The setting is great! Sidi Bou Said is a quaint, quiet, quintessential Tunisian town. However, Hotel Sidi Bou Fares was not what we expected. Rustic, traditional bedding (read that: straw mattresses), hobbit-sized room with a even smaller, b-a-r-e-l-y functional bathroom squeezed out of the square room space. Friendly host/owner/desk manager - but not truly fluent in English. We heard the... more