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ELENA. From 10 to 19 July 2007. Together with my husband.
The country.
Small, beautiful, but poor. Local currency, dinars. Can be exchanged at the airport or at the hotel upon request. It is forbidden to take dinars out of the country; when exchanging, you need to keep certificates and exchange them again at the airport on the way back. Locals are not willing to accept dollars or euros. (A couple of dinars, of course, you can hold in your luggage as a souvenir). The average salary of a Tunisian is 240-250 dinars, per month or week, was not specified)))). Second state The language is French.
Despite the fact that 63 million olive trees grow there, that's 8 trees for every citizen of Tunisia, people in the villages live in poverty. There are only date palms around, which indicates that in addition to olives and oil, Tunisia is one of the largest suppliers of dates. The people are mostly Muslims, 19% of mixed marriages, i. e. Tunisian men and other women. Only one-humped camels are found in Tunisia, and it is recommended to bring all of the above benefits (olives, oil, dates) from this country, as well as halva, it is delicious here. When buying oil, you need to pay attention to% oxidation. The highest grade is considered to be an oil with an % oxidation of 1% or less than 1%. The cost is from 2 to 9 dinars for 0.75 liters. More bird cages of various sizes. The rest is a flea market from China, which can often be found here.
Souvenirs.
A typical Tunisian souvenir is the "desert rose", a rock in the shape of a rosebud. Its price depends on the size and degree of similarity with the flower of the same name. From 1 dinars for 4 pieces to 15-20 dinars per piece. Despite the fact that Tunisians are poor people and they need to feed their families, nevertheless, because of national solidarity, I will advise compatriots to go to the state store for souvenirs, next to the main mosque in the city of Caravan. This trip is part of the trip to the Sahara, the last stop on the second day, before going to the hotel. For example, on all tourist routes and stops, a camel made of wood trimmed with genuine leather (truly a work of art) costs 15 dinars small, -20 dinars medium, I haven’t even seen a large one in a state store, 3.5 and 9 dinars. Draw your own conclusions.
For the lazy and the rich, on Thursdays on the territory of the hotel in front of the pool, souvenir merchants scatter their trays, bargaining is appropriate. The hotel has one fixed price shop.
Excursions.
They are sold only on the territory of the hotel, you can buy them both from a guide attached to you (it is better to take the Sahara from him), and small excursions like a boat trip, quad bikes, horseback riding along the beach, water sports. This is also sold by the guys on the territory of the hotel.
It is worth going to the Sahara, where you will ride a camel in the desert for 40 minutes, on the second day a jeep ride with turns on the dunes and off-road, in some moments even extreme. In two days you will pass almost the entire country, or rather most of the major cities. This is 1112 km. It is also not boring to visit the capital, the city of Tunisia and Carthage, with a stop in the small picturesque area of Sidi Bou Said, this is a white stone city with blue windows and bars. A typical embodiment of Tunisia. Hence the blue birdcages that have become the symbol of Tunisia.
You can ride on a pirate schooner. There you buy, eat fried fish and maybe catch a fish on homemade fishing rods. I enjoyed all these tours. There are also others, also no less attractive, according to compatriots.
HOTEL.
Excellent family hotel. Without pathos and claims. This is a hotel chain owned by an Italian company.
The rooms are modest, but clean and have everything for a normal rest - air conditioning, TV, telephone, refrigerator with freezer, hair dryer. All this is free. Only if you are too lazy to raise your butt to switch channels, you can rent a remote control for 2 dinars a day. There are cots for babies. The maids are lovely, every day: they change towels, wipe the floor, make the beds, take out the trash. Bedding is changed once a week. They speak mostly French. On the day of arrival, we were settled fairly quickly, but I didn’t like it on the first floor and without any problems we were replaced with a room on the 3rd floor, we encouraged the manager with 10 dinars, he did not demand, but timidly hoped for gratitude. On the day of departure, they paid extra after 12 hours 30 dinars. The flight was in the evening. But calmly lying on the beach. We did not use the safe, it is at the reception, if there is a lock on the suitcase, then there is no problem.
Tourists.
80% Italians, 10% French, 7% Germans, 2% others and Russians in the national minority, as it seemed to me only 1%, this is more of a plus than a minus, given what freaks we flew on the plane with, they are lucky for us in this the hotel was not observed.
Territory.
Sufficiently large, abundantly landscaped. 4 swimming pools, a large one with a bar, a children's pool adjacent to the large one, indoor and relaxing - animators and excursion sellers do not go here, therefore you can safely sleep on a sunbed and swim. There is something like a Thalasso center where they do massages, mud baths and more.
There are slides, 1 large restaurant - buffet and 4 with service - Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Indian. A tip of 2-5 dinars is enough. They are on a daily basis. It is worth going there in search of a calm atmosphere, if you want to sit romantically. The food in them is not very different from that on the common table, this is due to the fact that the food on the common table is very diverse due to the presence of a national diversity of tourists. You can also have lunch in a cafe on the street in front of the beach, there is a shortened program of dishes, but if you are too lazy to run from the beach to your room to wash, get dressed, then you can put on a T-shirt and eat there. There is a cozy smoking room in the main lobby, where for just a tip, if you are not greedy, you can drink delicious Turkish coffee and herbal tea and, of course, smoke hookah to your heart's content. A wonderful guy works there, a real hookah man, a master of his craft, attentive, smart, cheerful, called himself Nadir. He is dressed in a national costume, with a mustache. He has days off, then from a neighboring bar you are not very willing and not very attentively served by simple waiters, but this is not the point. Hello Nadir!!! ! Nearby there is a bar where you can take bottles of mineral water for free, the rest of the drinks in this and other bars are poured into glasses. Very tasty cappuccino!
Nutrition.
And do not believe the “snickering” and demanding tourists, there is a lot of food there, it is delicious, there is something for those with a sweet tooth to do. Of the side dishes, I counted only 5 types of potatoes, 6 types of pasta, as well as 5 types of meat, fish, enough vegetables. They give watermelons, melons, apples, plums, peaches. It’s just a pity that the olives there are surprisingly small. Very tasty couscous, it is also in Turkish restaurants. It is served with pumpkin, other vegetables and chicken.
The main restaurant has a corner of Italian cuisine, it is decorated with the flag of Italy and there is a charming Italian chef. He has several types of pasta with different sauces and dressings. We were lucky to get on a public holiday in Italy, there were many Italian dishes, on Bastille Day - French seafood cuisine, fish, a cake in the form of a national flag, the chefs did their best these days !!!
I didn't find fresh food there.
In the evenings, a minibar opens in front of the large pool, where a cheerful bartender makes alcoholic cocktails from locally produced drinks. Tasty! We also liked the beer. Compared with Turkish, tastier, Turkish was diluted. It is not, with a rich taste.
Beach.
Turquoise clean sea, white sand, all water sports, free sunbeds and mattresses, towels for rent 2 dinars per day, if you don’t have your own. Do not take sunbeds at the entrance to the beach in the very first row from the fence, they are kept in the amount of 5-10 pieces for administrative reservations. I, not knowing about it, since it was not written on them, took it and they took it away from me. It was not a problem, there were always enough free ones, as well as by the pools. Umbrellas stationary of wicker straw. In general, it's clean, but it depends more on US, don't "shit" where you rest, so that later you don't write about what a terrible hotel you came across. The beaches are not separated from each other, you can walk along the entire coast, although it is short, where the hotels end, there are already locals with tents and their umbrellas.
Animation.
Animators in the state of about 25 people. Judge for yourself. Performances daily from 21:00. In Italian, and in parallel translated into German, French, English and occasionally into Russian. Actually, everything is clear. There are a couple of animators who speak Russian. But if you know at least one of the foreign languages, everything will be fine.
Disco from 23 or 24, entrance fee. We didn't go to her. Save energy for excursions. But romantically every day we walked along the coast after dinner and hookah, then we went to the show.
There is a mini-club for children, because the kids there were just the sea, 300 people for sure. Girls are actively involved with them, there are discos for them and beach games.
Board games - cards, billiards - 1 dinar per game, falls into the table, like into a machine. After dinner, the hotel lobby fills with people, everyone goes out to the evening promenade.
We have not the slightest claim to Express Tour. We met, saw off, everything was calm, without overlays in one word.
So let's, when evaluating hotels, let's not take into account purely special cases like diarrhea, sunburn, a maid who forgot to give you a tenth bar of soap and her own nasty character that does not give us the opportunity to enjoy life. Have a good holiday everyone!
The country.
Small, beautiful, but poor. Local currency, dinars. Can be exchanged at the airport or at the hotel upon request. It is forbidden to take dinars out of the country; when exchanging, you need to keep certificates and exchange them again at the airport on the way back. Locals are not willing to accept dollars or euros. (A couple of dinars, of course, you can hold in your luggage as a souvenir). The average salary of a Tunisian is 240-250 dinars, per month or week, was not specified)))). Second state The language is French.
Despite the fact that 63 million olive trees grow there, that's 8 trees for every citizen of Tunisia, people in the villages live in poverty. There are only date palms around, which indicates that in addition to olives and oil, Tunisia is one of the largest suppliers of dates. The people are mostly Muslims, 19% of mixed marriages, i. e. Tunisian men and other women. Only one-humped camels are found in Tunisia, and it is recommended to bring all of the above benefits (olives, oil, dates) from this country, as well as halva, it is delicious here. When buying oil, you need to pay attention to% oxidation. The highest grade is considered to be an oil with an % oxidation of 1% or less than 1%. The cost is from 2 to 9 dinars for 0.75 liters. More bird cages of various sizes. The rest is a flea market from China, which can often be found here.
Souvenirs.
A typical Tunisian souvenir is the "desert rose", a rock in the shape of a rosebud. Its price depends on the size and degree of similarity with the flower of the same name. From 1 dinars for 4 pieces to 15-20 dinars per piece. Despite the fact that Tunisians are poor people and they need to feed their families, nevertheless, because of national solidarity, I will advise compatriots to go to the state store for souvenirs, next to the main mosque in the city of Caravan. This trip is part of the trip to the Sahara, the last stop on the second day, before going to the hotel. For example, on all tourist routes and stops, a camel made of wood trimmed with genuine leather (truly a work of art) costs 15 dinars small, -20 dinars medium, I haven’t even seen a large one in a state store, 3.5 and 9 dinars. Draw your own conclusions.
For the lazy and the rich, on Thursdays on the territory of the hotel in front of the pool, souvenir merchants scatter their trays, bargaining is appropriate. The hotel has one fixed price shop.
Excursions.
They are sold only on the territory of the hotel, you can buy them both from a guide attached to you (it is better to take the Sahara from him), and small excursions like a boat trip, quad bikes, horseback riding along the beach, water sports. This is also sold by the guys on the territory of the hotel.
It is worth going to the Sahara, where you will ride a camel in the desert for 40 minutes, on the second day a jeep ride with turns on the dunes and off-road, in some moments even extreme. In two days you will pass almost the entire country, or rather most of the major cities. This is 1112 km. It is also not boring to visit the capital, the city of Tunisia and Carthage, with a stop in the small picturesque area of Sidi Bou Said, this is a white stone city with blue windows and bars. A typical embodiment of Tunisia. Hence the blue birdcages that have become the symbol of Tunisia.
You can ride on a pirate schooner. There you buy, eat fried fish and maybe catch a fish on homemade fishing rods. I enjoyed all these tours. There are also others, also no less attractive, according to compatriots.
HOTEL.
Excellent family hotel. Without pathos and claims. This is a hotel chain owned by an Italian company.
The rooms are modest, but clean and have everything for a normal rest - air conditioning, TV, telephone, refrigerator with freezer, hair dryer. All this is free. Only if you are too lazy to raise your butt to switch channels, you can rent a remote control for 2 dinars a day. There are cots for babies. The maids are lovely, every day: they change towels, wipe the floor, make the beds, take out the trash. Bedding is changed once a week. They speak mostly French. On the day of arrival, we were settled fairly quickly, but I didn’t like it on the first floor and without any problems we were replaced with a room on the 3rd floor, we encouraged the manager with 10 dinars, he did not demand, but timidly hoped for gratitude. On the day of departure, they paid extra after 12 hours 30 dinars. The flight was in the evening. But calmly lying on the beach. We did not use the safe, it is at the reception, if there is a lock on the suitcase, then there is no problem.
Tourists.
80% Italians, 10% French, 7% Germans, 2% others and Russians in the national minority, as it seemed to me only 1%, this is more of a plus than a minus, given what freaks we flew on the plane with, they are lucky for us in this the hotel was not observed.
Territory.
Sufficiently large, abundantly landscaped. 4 swimming pools, a large one with a bar, a children's pool adjacent to the large one, indoor and relaxing - animators and excursion sellers do not go here, therefore you can safely sleep on a sunbed and swim. There is something like a Thalasso center where they do massages, mud baths and more.
There are slides, 1 large restaurant - buffet and 4 with service - Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Indian. A tip of 2-5 dinars is enough. They are on a daily basis. It is worth going there in search of a calm atmosphere, if you want to sit romantically. The food in them is not very different from that on the common table, this is due to the fact that the food on the common table is very diverse due to the presence of a national diversity of tourists. You can also have lunch in a cafe on the street in front of the beach, there is a shortened program of dishes, but if you are too lazy to run from the beach to your room to wash, get dressed, then you can put on a T-shirt and eat there. There is a cozy smoking room in the main lobby, where for just a tip, if you are not greedy, you can drink delicious Turkish coffee and herbal tea and, of course, smoke hookah to your heart's content. A wonderful guy works there, a real hookah man, a master of his craft, attentive, smart, cheerful, called himself Nadir. He is dressed in a national costume, with a mustache. He has days off, then from a neighboring bar you are not very willing and not very attentively served by simple waiters, but this is not the point. Hello Nadir!!! ! Nearby there is a bar where you can take bottles of mineral water for free, the rest of the drinks in this and other bars are poured into glasses. Very tasty cappuccino!
Nutrition.
And do not believe the “snickering” and demanding tourists, there is a lot of food there, it is delicious, there is something for those with a sweet tooth to do. Of the side dishes, I counted only 5 types of potatoes, 6 types of pasta, as well as 5 types of meat, fish, enough vegetables. They give watermelons, melons, apples, plums, peaches. It’s just a pity that the olives there are surprisingly small. Very tasty couscous, it is also in Turkish restaurants. It is served with pumpkin, other vegetables and chicken.
The main restaurant has a corner of Italian cuisine, it is decorated with the flag of Italy and there is a charming Italian chef. He has several types of pasta with different sauces and dressings. We were lucky to get on a public holiday in Italy, there were many Italian dishes, on Bastille Day - French seafood cuisine, fish, a cake in the form of a national flag, the chefs did their best these days !!!
I didn't find fresh food there.
In the evenings, a minibar opens in front of the large pool, where a cheerful bartender makes alcoholic cocktails from locally produced drinks. Tasty! We also liked the beer. Compared with Turkish, tastier, Turkish was diluted. It is not, with a rich taste.
Beach.
Turquoise clean sea, white sand, all water sports, free sunbeds and mattresses, towels for rent 2 dinars per day, if you don’t have your own. Do not take sunbeds at the entrance to the beach in the very first row from the fence, they are kept in the amount of 5-10 pieces for administrative reservations. I, not knowing about it, since it was not written on them, took it and they took it away from me. It was not a problem, there were always enough free ones, as well as by the pools. Umbrellas stationary of wicker straw. In general, it's clean, but it depends more on US, don't "shit" where you rest, so that later you don't write about what a terrible hotel you came across. The beaches are not separated from each other, you can walk along the entire coast, although it is short, where the hotels end, there are already locals with tents and their umbrellas.
Animation.
Animators in the state of about 25 people. Judge for yourself. Performances daily from 21:00. In Italian, and in parallel translated into German, French, English and occasionally into Russian. Actually, everything is clear. There are a couple of animators who speak Russian. But if you know at least one of the foreign languages, everything will be fine.
Disco from 23 or 24, entrance fee. We didn't go to her. Save energy for excursions. But romantically every day we walked along the coast after dinner and hookah, then we went to the show.
There is a mini-club for children, because the kids there were just the sea, 300 people for sure. Girls are actively involved with them, there are discos for them and beach games.
Board games - cards, billiards - 1 dinar per game, falls into the table, like into a machine. After dinner, the hotel lobby fills with people, everyone goes out to the evening promenade.
We have not the slightest claim to Express Tour. We met, saw off, everything was calm, without overlays in one word.
So let's, when evaluating hotels, let's not take into account purely special cases like diarrhea, sunburn, a maid who forgot to give you a tenth bar of soap and her own nasty character that does not give us the opportunity to enjoy life. Have a good holiday everyone!
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- Good hotel, family
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