Hotel Impressions

Written: 27 december 2008
Travel time: 1 — 15 july 2008
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 9.0
We rested for 2 weeks from July 1 and were very pleased! I'll try to put it in order.
Weather. High humidity - the further south, the higher. I was afraid that it would be very hot, but it was quite normal in Hammamet no more than 34 during the day. When we went on an excursion to the capital, the winds from the desert began, it was up to +45. So, the weather is 5!
Number. The first impression from the corridor on the floor and from the doors of the room is very shabby. The furniture in the room, as well as the doors, are painted in an incomprehensible color (the wife said that it was olive). But at the same time, the room has a good floor, high-quality plumbing, a large bathroom, a hairdryer, a free safe, a powerful central air conditioner with control in the room. Those. the room has a simple but very functional interior, so for a room 5-.

Service. Everything is fine, we had no problems. Having discovered that the air conditioning control was not working, we went to the reception at 23-30, after 5 minutes it was already repaired for us. Cleaning is normal. Towels are picked up around 11-00 and returned around 15-00 (so it's better to take one with you). (4)
English, and even better French, does not hurt much, except for Karim, almost no one in the hotel speaks Russian. In principle, a good opportunity to practice foreign languages.
Beach. It’s no less than 350 meters to the beach, but it didn’t bother us at all. There are almost always free sun loungers. It was very pleasing that, despite the high season, there were relatively few people on the beach. Distances between umbrellas are at least 4 meters. There were rarely more than 10 people on the beach of a nearby 5 star hotel. So during peak hours there were no more than 80 people on several hectares of the beach. At the beach bar, only non-alcoholic drinks are free. Periodically, the sand on the beach is cleaned by a special machine. (five)
Sea. In the morning there is usually no wind and the sea is clear, but in the afternoon the wind blows and the sea becomes cloudy, algae and pieces of plastic bags appear (4-)
Nutrition. Very good. Meat is available in any quantities : -). From meat: beef, lamb, chicken, turkey. Normal salads. Variety of desserts (very tasty). From fruits: melon, watermelon, peach, plum. The food, in my opinion, was a little better than in the Egyptian five Sultan Gardens (5+).
The drinks. I separate separately. The wine is much better than in Egypt. Tunisia produces 400 thousand hecaliters of wine per year, and of very good quality. In the restaurant, beer - Stella from bottles (the best that can be found in Tunisia) at the bar - draft Seltia - a little worse, but significantly better than in Egypt. Cocktails and spirits (Gin and Whiskey) are also better than Egyptian ones. (5+) Alcoholic drinks are quite expensive, so I strongly recommend taking ALL.

Excursions. They didn’t go to the Sahara - it’s not the right time of the year, those who went, arrived barely alive. The cost of excursions, in my opinion, is too high, since in fact only one company organizes excursions with a Russian-speaking guide. Quad bikes are better to take in the port, absolutely the same excursion as from the hotel only 2 times! ! cheaper. We bargained for 55 dinars for 2 quads. I liked it very much, climbing the mountains, very similar to the foothills of the steppe Crimea, only instead of vineyards there are olive trees and everything is more well-groomed. At the final point, take pictures on the tank (remained from the 2nd World War from Rommel's army). In addition to taxis and tuk-tuks, you can get to Nabeul to the bazaar and Hammamet by municipal bus number 115, travel from Yasmine Hammamet to Nabeul 1.2 dinars. Buses run on schedule every half an hour.
Animators. Person 15. In principle, they work normally, but without overexertion. In the evenings, we usually went for a walk to the center and did not stay for their programs. But once we got to the evening of Michael Jackson. The guys simply amazed with the staging of the show and their choreography - very extraordinary, they have not seen this anywhere else.
Tunisia. Compared to Egypt - Europe. There is a lot of good left from the French. You can safely move around the country on your own, many Europeans come in their cars - by ferry to Sardinia 120 km.
In general, we were very pleased with the trip - we looked at a new country for us, swam and sunbathed! I hope my review will be useful to you.
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