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Quick Answer — Enfidha-Hammamet Airport (NBE) to Sousse is about 45–50 km south — 40–50 minutes by road, most of it motorway. Package travelers: your transfer is included — find the rep. Independents: airport taxi with the fare agreed before departure (verify the going rate; same tens-of-dinars logic as the Hammamet run, slightly higher); pre-booked private transfer for families and night landings; rental car from the terminal if Sousse is your base for Kairouan and El Jem day trips; or, for the patient, the rail option — a short hop to Enfidha town’s station, then a mainline train down to Sousse, the cheapest civilized route (verify connection timings — the transfer between terminal and town station is the weak link). Tell your driver which zone: Sousse city, the northern hotel strip, and Port El Kantaoui are meaningfully different drop-offs.
NBE serves Sousse almost as directly as it serves Hammamet — straight down the A1 — and the same logic applies: the decision is comfort versus cost, complicated only by the happy fact that this side has a train line. Each option, honestly.
🚕 Airport taxi — 40–50 min · the default
Same rules as everywhere at NBE: negotiate before the bags load, per-car not per-person, know the fair range in advance (verify). Ask for your precise destination — “Sousse” covers a 15 km spread from the medina to Kantaoui’s marina, and the price honestly varies with it.
🚐 Pre-booked private transfer — the family default
Fixed price, name-board, child seats on request, and the difference between a holiday that starts at the terminal and one that starts after a negotiation. Book via your hotel or a reputable platform.
🚗 Rental car — best if Sousse is a base, not a beach
Sousse’s genius is its day-trip radius — Kairouan, El Jem, Mahdia — and a car collected at NBE unlocks all of it (parking in central Sousse is the one headache; hotel-strip properties solve it).
Compare on DiscoverCars, paperwork via the rental guide, and daylight-arrival rules apply as ever.
🚆 Train via Enfidha town — the budget classic
Enfidha town, a short taxi from the terminal, sits on the Tunis–Sousse main line — from there, trains roll south to Sousse in under an hour for pocket change (verify timings; midday gaps exist, and the terminal-to-station taxi is the fiddly part). The best-value route by far for solo travelers whose flight lands at a train-friendly hour; our trains guide covers the network.
The Verdict, by Traveler
Package: the included coach.
Family / night landing: pre-booked transfer.
Couple in daylight: taxi, price agreed first.
Day-trip ambitions: rental from the terminal.
Solo on a budget with a daytime flight: the train, and feel smug about it.
Land connected either way — an eSIM set up before you fly (SIM guide). Terminal details: the Enfidha airport guide. Arrival sorted: where to stay in Sousse and the full Sousse guide.
