The territory is well-groomed, 4 pools, water slides, one pool with warm water and a jacuzzi (indoor), table tennis, football ground, swings and more. The staff speaks a little Russian and English, there were special animators and programs for everyone. We visited El Jem (we looked at the Colosseum of the times of the Roman Empire), and also had a very cool ride on ATVs. For $18 per person, everyone drives their ATV along the coast and through the provinces for 1.5 hours with one stop at a cafe.
When we checked in, we were given a room not in a bungalow. Alas, right under the window there was a stage for night shows. There are no double-glazed windows on the windows - just single panes. We arrived at 9 pm (in Moscow - 12 am), the child (5 years old) just fell asleep on the go, because. We always put him to bed at 21.00 Moscow time. However, at 10 pm (1 am Moscow time) they started the show and for another two hours the child was crying and could not fall asleep under those howls that were heard under our window. At the request to change the room, we were told that they would first move those who were settled in a bungalow, and if there were free rooms, then they would move us. As a result, we spent 3 sleepless nights there, until the representative of the travel agency through which we took tickets went to the hotel management (Masha - thank you so much !!! ).
Since we arrived not in the high season, alas, there was no children's menu. It was a problem for me to find chicken dishes, the abundance of which is constantly scolded by Turkish hotels. For veal, which is in abundance there, the child has a food allergy, pork was rare, and the child could not always chew lamb. If there was a chicken, it was most often cooked in some kind of sauces.
The room was cleaned well, even the single beds were pushed aside and cleaned under them. However, I was very confused by the towels in the bathroom. If something is wrong with my sense of smell, if their powder has such a specific smell, but when I took it to wipe my face like a clean, ironed towel, it simply stank of the old smell of sweat. I took the second one - a faint smell of powder, slightly concealing the same unpleasant smell. The third towel - normal - they used it. I cannot explain this nonsense.
Also in the room there is a huge safe and adjustable air conditioning (when it got cold during the rains, I even put it on heating). Free. If you want to switch the TV with a remote control, then it is taken on bail. Beach towels are also on deposit, for which you need to pay 0.5 drachmas (1 dollar + 1.8 drachmas). Large balcony with very high handrails.
Weather: it rained for a day and a half, the sea was a little stormy for 4 days. The rest of the time the weather was sunny and a cool wind was blowing.
Since I start the morning with freshly brewed natural coffee, I took a kettle with me. The socket came up.
In the evening, on my DR, I received a gift from the hotel - a huge cake.
At the end of the trip, the child and I miraculously poisoned ourselves. On the night before departure, the child's temperature jumped to 39, with vomiting, I felt sick and my stomach hurt wildly. Honestly, I'm not sure if it's because of the food at the hotel, because. the only thing in common that both the child and I ate was ice cream, and if not all, then most of the vacationers consumed it. Although, when we were driving back, one married couple also complained of enteritis. The insurance company "Help" worked well - thanks to them for that. The fact that the doctor took a long time to get there and arrived half an hour before the departure of our bus, this is already a problem on the part of local companies. The doctor spoke excellent Russian, very polite and attentive. He immediately gave me some medicine to drink and also took a few pills with me on the plane.
Summary: if I go to this hotel again, I will choose a tour where the planes arrive at the airport, which is closer to Mahdia (or order a personal transfer). In the city I will not buy anything edible at all (there was a very suspicious lollipop, perhaps they were grassed). If they offer a room above the stage again, then I'd rather spend the night on their sofas near the reception - it's quieter there than it was in our room : ))
I will refrain from the recommendation, although if we exclude the listed negative, we had a good rest, we liked the hotel. A very decent 4-ka for a reasonable price.
I liked the hotel: the area is large, several pools, food is very good, animation; for family holidays, kids the most it)).
The sea is super: clean, warm, clear water, the beach is cool: fine white sand pleased)) 2 steps to the sea) The beach and the sea are wonderful!! ))
In terms of settling in a room, it is better to contact Madame Zhamilya +10 euros).
Regarding the bad attitude towards the Russians, COMPLETE NON-FUCKING! Remarkably treat: greet several. once a day, they smile, there were no problems.
The food is quite good - I don’t want to eat! )) A lot of fruits and all kinds of sweets.
I advise you to go on an excursion to the Sahara Desert for 2 days. - I liked it very much !! )))
In general, I liked the hotel, I plan to return there, if only for the sake of such a wonderful beach and sea; No wonder the resort of Mahdia is famous for the best beaches in all of Tunisia! =)
That's probably just now moved away from the buzz in which we visited!
We flew Turkish airlines, at night, they didn’t feed very well (daughter slept all the way!
The rooms are super, settled pretty quickly and before the appointed hour "X"!! ! 3 rooms in cat. we lived always were clean, towels changed every day, linen 3-4 times for all the time!
Fully justifies its 4 stars!
Animation is awesome! Very friendly staff! There is one animator there, Khamsa, he asked him to bring Russian vodka as a souvenir))))
The territory is green. the pools are clean, the beach was cleaned by a horse every evening))) the sea is clean, the sand is white!! ! Paradise!!!
Great hotel and city for families
The food is excellent, ice cream, cake)))) I'm a terrible sweet tooth - they pleased me !!!
we were at GV with our daughters, but there was something to eat! boiled, dietary children's table! sluchik in the restaurant! The children there are generally treated with love!
The only nuance, except for a few animators, masseurs in Russian, no one speaks there!
French, German, English!!!!
I will gladly answer questions!
ah, more!!!
5 minutes from the hotel, if you turn right, there is a shop with fixed and low prices!! ! don't even go to other places! you won't find it below!
Flight from St. Petersburg 4.5 hours. Brilliant Tour travel agency, the host of the Express Tour, the guide Malik met us, put us on the bus, briefly explained some points, the transfer to the hotel took about an hour, the cards were filled out at the reception, we received the keys to the room, by prior arrangement from St. Petersburg we were given a connection room, t . to. We are a family of 2 adults and 3 children. The guide, by the way, is very responsible, was every day at the hotel, indicated important information on the stand and constantly communicated with his tourists, asked if everything was in order, did not impose excursions. The number is quite satisfied, located in a 2-storey building (the so-called bungalows). The room has 2 rooms with a door, 2 toilets, a bath, a shower, enough built-in wardrobes, 2 safes, 2 TVs - there is 1 Russian channel, 2 refrigerators, 2 double beds, 1 single bed and a crib for a baby, 2 air conditioners (they worked, but we didn't use them. In general, everything is enough. Clean, hotel room. Unpretentious. They cleaned up very well. Every day. And the towels were always clean and the bed. The toilets were cleaned well. We gave every day 1 dinar - 21 rubles to the maid. The hotel area is large, green, clean. There are 2 deep pools, 1 medium with three slides and 2 pools for small children, 1 indoor pool.
The beach is big enough and very clean. Every morning the beach is cleaned of debris. Sunbeds and umbrellas are free. Beach towels are available for rent. In order for you to have enough sunbed, you need to take care of it and take a seat at 7 am. The same system around the pools and in the garden. The hotel has a playground, also quite large. You can walk, run and play on the grass. Restaurant - breakfast, lunch, dinner, the duration of each is 3 hours. For breakfast, there are always 2-3 types of cheeses, such as cheese, pancakes, 4 types of jam for pancakes, chocolate paste, butter, there are also always fried eggs, scrambled eggs with and without vegetables, muesli, various balls with milk, croissants, tea, coffee, cocoa, juices, watermelons or melons, kefir, apples, cookies, stewed vegetables, nipples, sausage. For lunch and dinner - there is a lot of food and space too, but it is better to come to the beginning. The food is delicious, you can make your own salads, they are not filled with mayonnaise. Vegetables are chopped and grated, a bottle of olive oil stands nearby. From seasonings there are ketchup, hot spices, red pepper, pickled vegetables, salted fish, mustard. Always a variety of pasta with sauces to choose from. A lot of different meat, 2-3 types of fish. From side dishes rice, potatoes, stewed vegetables, salads, drinks (beer, wine, tea, coffee, juice), watermelons / melons, peaches, ice cream. The restaurant is always clean and cleaned quickly. Of the drinks for free during the day - white, rose, red wine - very tasty, beer, liqueurs - muscat, cedratin (like martini), local vodka "buha". The bar in the hotel lobby serves alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails from 21.00 to 00.00. Drinking water every evening can be obtained in the bar in bottles as much as you need - carbonated and still.
The animators are just great. Everyone is constantly entertained with something, many different activities - water polo, football, volleyball, darts, table tennis, water gymnastics, yoga, belly dancing, aerobics - this is what we saw, I'm sure there are many more. They go after vacationers and invite them to take part in the games. We were just not interested in it, we entertained ourselves. Evening performances are interesting for adults. We went to children's animation once and it turned out to be exactly the same as in Turkey in 2008, all the same movements and songs. But our children, 6.6, 8 years old, didn’t really need a kids club or animation, they don’t get bored, they have fun themselves.
Kids club. Been there once. There are different games every day. There is football, mini-golf, children's water polo, during the day children are treated to ice cream.
During our stay (the beginning of the swimming season), the water is + 21-23 degrees, it will seem cool to someone, but you can swim, the sea gradually warms up. The air temperature in the hotel is about + 25 and the breeze from the sea. There were waves, sometimes strong, the children liked it, it's not for everyone. Of the 11 days, a couple of days were calm. If further from the sea in the city, then, accordingly, the temperature is higher. The temperature was comfortable for both children and adults to stay, because. from 28 and above it is already getting hot. Although I am very thermophilic, sometimes it was a little cool, but it was very comfortable to be outside all day, even from 13 to 16, you could safely sunbathe and walk. After 20.00 sometimes I wanted to put on a light jacket with sleeves. If you like the heat + 35, you need to go from mid-July, August. For comparison - in 2008 we were in Turkey in August, so it was unbearably hard, after 11 hours a comfortable stay is only in a room under air conditioning and until sunset. There is nothing for children to do in the room, the playground is boiling and hot from the sun, there is a steam room in the kids club.
From the hotel you can drive to the center of Mahdia (Medina) in 5 minutes for 4 dinars (1 dinar - 21 rubles), where you can walk around their shops, but it’s better not to buy anything there - it’s expensive, or bargain until the last, lowering the price tag by three four times lower than they offer, sit in a cafe, there is a museum in the center, somewhere near the sea on the rocks there is a beautiful cafe (it is better to check with the guide how to get there). There is a state store Generale (locals will tell you how to get there, but not merchants, because they say that Generale is closed and offer to buy from them, do not believe them) like our Pyaterochka, there are fixed prices, low. There is a shopping center near the hotel, where you can buy souvenirs and all sorts of things if you need it - cheaper than in trading shops. The prices for fruits are cheap, we bought it like this - you leave the hotel, catch a taxi, explain that you need to buy fruit, they take you to the fruit shops, help you choose and take you back. In the opposite direction from Mahdia, also in 5 minutes - 4 dinars will be taken to the mini zoo, it is interesting for children there, the entrance for children is 2 dinars, for adults 5.
They offer many different excursions, we didn’t go far, because. children are not interested in this, they will not appreciate it, but will only be exhausted.
We did not experience any discrimination. Be polite, tactful and you will be answered the same.
There were some Russians there, who in all their glory showed how "cultural" they are, and so the negative remains from such tourists. They probably write in the reviews that they are underfilled and they talk about it right at the bar.
The hotel is family oriented, many families with children. There are no discos on site. There is a disco club very close to the hotel.
The hotel also has a restaurant, you can visit it once a week, by appointment. From 10-14 you sign up at the reception, and from 19 the restaurant starts working, there is no longer a buffet, but a fixed menu, you are served by a waiter - salad, first, second, sweets, wine. There is fish cuisine and Tunisian. We went once. I liked the fish food more.
On the territory, you can absolutely safely let children go unattended to the playground. The security service works well, outsiders are not allowed in, the local population is expelled from the beach - merchants are expelled. The beach is closed in the evening with a bolt and security is constantly on duty so that there are no strangers. The staff is polite, everyone greets, smiles. If you are already known as a Russian, they will greet you in Russian and wish you bon appetit at the entrance to the restaurant.
We arrived, the hotel was not yet full, it was quite free. There were many Germans. And when they were already leaving, then of course the people came in large numbers, there were already a lot of Russians. I understand that the active season starts on June 25.
Have a good holiday everyone!