Первое путешествие в Африку First trip to Africa

November is not the best time to travel to Tunisia, but the circumstances were such that there was no choice. I flew from Odessa with Turkish Airlines with an overnight stay in Istanbul at the expense of the airline - by the way, a good option if you are not in a hurry - Turkish Airlines is very organized in this regard - you wait at the counter for 20 minutes - then you take the airline bus to the hotel (on the way back the hotel was nearby with the Blue Mosque and a view of the Bosphorus, it was possible to walk around the city, sleep, have breakfast and fly home in the morning, having visited two countries. . . Why not? ) Tunisia smelled of autumn, although it was freezing for only 2 days, and the rest of the days were so warm and sunny, that it was great to sunbathe and walk with short sleeves, some even went swimming, but this is too much. The road to the hotel did not seem beautiful - everything was somehow dusty and withered, but the coast was in green palm trees, ripe dates falling from them and a clean beach with blue water, restaurants and cafes, clean and pleasant around. The first line from the sea in Tunisia, not like in Tutsia on the very shore - all the same, across the road from the beach. Our hotel was on the second line, with its own beach, and it took about 5 minutes to walk along a good wide road. Too bad it's not in season. . . Although it turned out to get a tan and breathe the sea air. Excursions are all 2-day by bus with an overnight stay - to the Sahara, those who traveled were delighted, but we did not have time for a two-day trip. I liked the hotel, or rather the apartments, but it's better to live in the main building. It was great to stay in an apartment - entrance hall, bedroom, kitchen, refrigerator, two bathrooms. At first it was cool, because they turn on the air conditioner for heat only from November 15, and then apparently the administration decided not to freeze the tourists and turn it on earlier. All-inclusive accommodation is possible, but it is possible only on the basis of breakfast, the food was varied and tasty, I especially liked the Tunisian cakes in the morning - it was just great and extremely tasty. That's just fruits, vegetables and sweets were not enough, the rest of the dishes were in a huge assortment. The hotel looks like a small fortress with its own bazaar, streets, restaurants, you seem to be in the old town and at the same time in a European-class hotel. Cleaning of the apartments, change of linen every day. We talked with tourists from more "cool" hotels, and were glad of our choice - and the service we had was better and we felt at home. Tunisians are polite and smiling people, not very annoying, but you can’t give them a reason to sell you something, otherwise they won’t leave you. We bought flip flops, ottomans, a camel leather bag in a store where they don’t stick, but let people walk around and think, I wear flip flops ($ 25) for the whole summer - comfortable, soft and pretty - and I think about whether to return back for the next ones....