How Much Does a Carthage and Sidi Bou Said Tour Cost?

Where do these tours start?

Most of them start at your hotel. Tours from Tunis, La Marsa and Gammarth collect you about twenty minutes from Carthage, so a four-hour half-day leaves you the afternoon. The Carthage and Sidi Bou Said Tour and the Carthage walking tour meet in Carthage itself, at the Salammbo Tophet or an office near Salammbo station, which you reach on the TGM.

From Hammamet, Yasmine Hammamet and Nabeul, allow about an hour each way; our Hammamet guide has the options. From Sousse, Monastir and Mahdia it is closer to two hours each way. The From Tunis or Sousse: Medina, Carthage & Sidi Bou Said Tour collects in all of them from $21, with the guide and lunch as options, and our Sousse day-trip guide covers the long day. If you arrive by cruise ship, check that the listing names La Goulette among its pickup points before you book; the shore excursion guide lists those that do.

How the prices break down

Mostly by what is included. The sites, the free cancellation and the hotel pickup are much the same across the range.

Around $16 to $26: transport and a driver. A shared van or a private car with a driver-host, pickup included, and everything else paid on the day. The Carthage, Bardo Museum, Sidi Bou Said & Tunis Medina Tour starts at $16 from Tunis or Hammamet, rated 4.6/5 from 168 reviews, with the guide, lunch and tickets sold as options at booking. In this range the itineraries are close to identical, so choose on the review record and on whether you want the car to yourselves.

Around $33 to $61: a guide, and often lunch and tickets. In this range a licensed guide joins the day, and some listings start including the entry fees. The guided half-day from Hammamet costs from $33 with a licensed guide and hotel pickup, rated 4.4/5 from 81 reviews, with the Carthage ticket extra.

Around $88 to $111: smaller guided half-days. More time at the ruins with a guide and the tickets included, but no lunch. The Carthage walking tour costs from $88 for three hours on foot across seven sites, rated 4.8/5 from 46 reviews, and skips Sidi Bou Said.

Above $200: a licensed guide in your own car. Priced per group rather than per person, so the cost per head depends on how many of you there are.

Carthage and Sidi Bou Said tour prices compared

Prices checked October 2026. Operators use dynamic pricing, so these figures are a guide; check the booking page for the current price. Every tour below links to its booking page, with its rating and review count beside it; a low count means there is little to go on yet, not that the tour is poor.

Dinar amounts on this page are converted at 1 US dollar = 2.997 dinars (October 22, 2026) and are approximate.

The entry tickets most tours leave out

The Carthage pass opens all seven fenced enclosures, from the Antonine Baths to Byrsa Hill, and costs 20 dinars (about $7) for non-resident visitors under the national price list in force since April 1, 2026. It was 12 dinars before. The Bardo Museum is a separate ticket at 30 dinars (about $10). On January 1, 2027, the same order raises them to 30 dinars (about $10) and 45 dinars (about $15). A few listings still quote €4 to €5 a site, which is below the current price. Carry cash in dinars, because cards are not reliably accepted at the gates; our Carthage tickets guide has the hours and the Monday closures.

Add the tickets back before comparing two tours. The Tunis VIP private day trip at $25 becomes $32 with the Carthage pass, or $42 with the Bardo too. The VIP Private Tour of Tunis at $22 becomes $29 with Carthage. The private day trip from Tunis at $54 needs nothing added, because the tickets and lunch are already in it.

Private tours: priced per person or per car?

Both, and the listing tells you which beside the price. Most private cars on the site are priced per person, and the price per head falls as more of you share the car. A few are priced per vehicle:

The $96 car from Hammamet or Tunis comes with a driver and no guide, so four people pay $24 each, or $31 with the Carthage ticket. The $234 tour is the only one here with a licensed guide all day; for three people it comes to $95 each with both tickets, $41 more than the $54 private day trip, which already includes lunch and tickets. The port excursion has only 12 reviews so far, and with four passengers it works out at about $117 each.

What the starting price assumes

The price on each listing is the lowest one on sale. On tours sold with options, that is the cheapest option: transport only on the $16 Tunis day and the $35 Hammamet coach, car and driver only on the $61 Hammamet day trip. On private cars priced per person, it is usually the price when the car is full, so a couple or a solo traveller pays more per head. Enter your real group size and the options you want in the calendar before you compare.

Tours that offer less for the price

The half-day from Tunis at $111 (4.6/5 from 88 reviews) includes hotel pickup, the tickets and a guide for four hours. The Carthage and Sidi Bou Said Tour costs $55 less with the tickets and a licensed guide, though you make your own way to Carthage, and the private day trip at $54 adds lunch and the Medina. Book the half-day only if hotel pickup in Tunis matters more to you than the price.

Some listings carry thin or weak review records. The La Goulette shared guided tour costs from $43 and is rated 3.5/5 from 21 reviews, and the Ancient Carthage and Sidi Bou Said Tour with Lunch costs from $91 and is rated 3.1/5 from 13 reviews. Both cost more than better-rated tours covering the same sites.

Should you pay more?

Pay more if you want a licensed guide at Carthage, where the ruins are thinly labelled and spread over two kilometres, or if you want lunch and tickets settled in one booking. Don’t pay more for the sites themselves: the cheapest car and driver stops at the same gates, and you pay the same 20 dinars there.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a Carthage and Sidi Bou Said tour cost?

From about $16 per person for transport and a driver from Tunis, with the guide, lunch and tickets extra. Tours with a guide and the tickets included start at $54 to $56 per person, and a private licensed guide costs $234 for a group of up to three.

Is the Carthage entrance fee included in the tour price?

On some tours. The Carthage and Sidi Bou Said Tour, the Carthage walking tour, the half-day from Tunis and the private day trip from Tunis include it; most of the cheaper days do not. Add 20 dinars (about $7) per person, paid in cash at the gate.

How much will the Carthage ticket cost in 2027?

From January 1, 2027, the non-resident Carthage pass rises from 20 to 30 dinars (about $10), and the Bardo Museum from 30 to 45 dinars (about $15). The rise is set by the same national order that introduced the April 2026 prices.

Is a private Carthage tour more expensive than a group tour?

Not always. Several private cars are priced per person from $22 to $26, which falls as the group grows. A private tour with a licensed guide all day costs $234 for up to three people, about $78 each for three.

What does a tour from Hammamet cost?

The most-reviewed coach from Hammamet starts at $35 for eight hours, transfer only, with the guide, tickets and lunch on a dearer option. A guided half-day starts at $33 and a private car at $26 per person, both with the Carthage ticket extra.

Once you know what you want included, check availability for your dates. Every tour on this site confirms instantly and cancels free up to 24 hours before.