The Residence Tunis

The Residence Tunis is the Tunis coast hotel for thalassotherapy and golf: an Arab-Andalusian palace of 161 rooms and 9 suites at Les Côtes de Carthage, with an eighteen-room seawater treatment centre and an 18-hole course laid out between the sea and a salt lake. Thalassotherapy means treatments based on seawater. The hotel belongs to The Residence by Cenizaro brand, part of Cenizaro Hotels & Resorts.

The hotel's calendar

This resort follows the seasons, and that is the first thing to know before booking.

In winter and spring, then, you come for the thalasso, the golf and visits to Carthage and Sidi Bou Said; from mid-May to mid-October, the beach is added. The sea is warmest from June to October, between 22.5 and 27 °C on average.

The Spa & Thalasso

The treatment centre is the heart of the hotel. It has eighteen treatment rooms, an Oriental hammam, a sauna and a seawater indoor pool heated to 30 °C, and offers Clarins treatments. It is open from 9 am to 7 pm, the hammam from 11 am to 7 pm and the gym from 6 am to 7 pm, local time. For more addresses, see spa and wellness and our golf and thalasso guide.

The golf course

The 18-hole course, designed by the American architect Robert Trent Jones II, runs between the sea and a salt lake. The hotel has a golf academy and a clubhouse. See also our golf page.

39 m² rooms, 91 m² suites

The entry rooms, Deluxe Garden View and Deluxe Sea View, measure 39 m², with a marble bathroom with bath and shower, a dressing room and an alcove with a bench seat and desk. On the garden side, ground-floor rooms have a private garden; for a couple, the sea view from the balcony is worth choosing. Several rooms connect, so a family of four can stay in two neighbouring rooms. The 91 m² suites, with a bedroom and a large living room, suit a couple who wants space; on the sea side, a honeymoon.

Rooms and suites sleep two adults and a baby or a child under 12.

Six restaurants and bars

The hotel has six restaurants and bars: L'Olivier, Li Bai, El Dar, Zembra, Zembretta and Le Salon. It also has its own vegetable garden, the Earth Basket. Some restaurants keep seasonal hours, so for an off-season stay Sabaro checks with the hotel which ones are open on your dates.

With children

The Dolphin Club welcomes children aged 3 to 12. Two tennis courts, a fitness centre and a hair salon complete the facilities. See also our family page.

Location

The hotel is on the seafront at Les Côtes de Carthage, in the municipality of La Marsa, Gammarth. Tunis-Carthage airport is about twenty kilometres away, around twenty minutes without traffic. The archaeological site of Carthage, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the village of Sidi Bou Said are close by. See our Carthage and Sidi Bou Said page.

Prices

In October 2026, for two nights in March 2027, the cheapest room was offered at about €250 a night for two adults, breakfast included, with free cancellation, all taxes included. Tourist tax is extra and paid at the hotel: TND 12 per person per night, about €3.60, for up to ten nights, or TND 24 a night for a couple, about €7.

Sabaro's view

Who it suits: golfers, thalasso lovers, couples and families with young children who want a large, peaceful hotel close to Tunis.

Highlights: the thalasso centre and its 30 °C seawater pool all year; the 18-hole course; the Dolphin Club; a rating of 4.6 out of 5 on Tripadvisor (1,903 reviews).

Good to know: the beach only opens from mid-May to mid-October; standard rooms (39 m²) are smaller than those at Four Seasons Hotel Tunis, from 60 m², which costs more. Suites sleep at most two adults and a child, so a family of four takes two interconnecting rooms.