Старый государственный отель! Old state hotel!

I always try to write an objective opinion about hotels and when I read the next bad reviews about the hotel I was in, I just don’t pay attention to them, because a lot of what they write is complete nonsense ! ! Therefore, I will try to write my objective opinion about this hotel. I visited Tunisia for the first time, because Turkey, Egypt are very tired, to be honest, I won’t go there for the second time! There is absolutely nothing to do there! The meeting party - Carthage + was met well, Irina did not like the guide, who did not tell us anything about the country. The hotel is located in the center of Sousse, the location of the hotel is very good! The facade of the building is shabby, the hotel itself is very old. It was built a long time ago, every year only the reconstruction of the facade of the building is carried out, this year it should be bought out, I think if it is completely restored, there will be nothing. The hotel area is small. Settled quickly and without problems, gave a room with a view of the sea, fruit was brought to the room. The room was cleaned every day, towels changed every day. There is no animation at the hotel during the day, sometimes shows were held in the evening. There are very few Russians in the hotel, mostly Germans and French. All the staff speaks French, which is not very convenient, almost no one speaks English. The air conditioning in the room is so old that it took a while to figure out that it was air conditioning at all. Throughout the rest, he constantly dripped, which caused stains on the carpet. The furniture is all old. Nearby is the Medina (souvenirs are sold there, it’s not cheap at all, there is a state store, prices are normal there). On the way to the Medina, there are unpleasant smells in the street. There is a Russian restaurant not far from the hotel, we went 1 time and did not go again. We went 3 times to port el Kantaoui, passage 2.5 dinars. The port is beautiful and green. There are singing fountains there, in my opinion, you won’t surprise anyone with this. The hotel has its own beach, but a lot of residents swim in the territory of our hotel! there were no fences, all the locals walked across our beach! We ordered an excursion to the Sahara and Sidi Bou Said from Irina (only because we were advised by everyone who was there). I honestly regret the wasted 3 days. After many countries that I saw, I was upset by these excursions, this is probably interesting for those people who are just going abroad for the first time. In a tour of the Sahara, I liked only El Jem (Colosseum). The tour is extended for 2 days, First you visit El-Jem, then Mahres (where you watched an exhibition of local residents, nonsense made by residents from all sorts of junk and saw the sea, where algae rise above the water and there is a terrible stench), then you saw how the Berbers live (in caves), looked at the lunar paths where star wars were filmed, complete nonsense. in fact, they do not live there, but only housing in the form of a museum and some 2 residents who asked for money, although they were quite well dressed, then visited Duz (gateway to the desert), where they could ride camels. The heat was below 60 degrees, and it was necessary to wrap up in national clothes and ride a camel for an hour. We stopped nearby for the night at the Le Saharien hotel in the desert (the rooms are old, cockroaches run across the bed). The next morning we got up at 4 am and drove on. . The next stop was Lake Chot el Jerid (there is no lake, only salt and sand). There you could buy 2 large and 1 small packages of dates for 10 dinars (on arrival home, it turned out that the dates were dry in cardboard 2 boxes, and fresh in a small transparent one). After that there was a trip in jeeps (land cruiser jeeps of the old model), we drove them for 3 hours with stops. Jeeps are scary. Firstly, we flew down from such mountains, and secondly, we sat in 3 places in a jeep, it’s better not to sit there, because it’s very hard to hold on and it’s unbearable to ride. Then the stop where Lucas filmed the Star Wars movie, the scenery from the filming of the film remained there (I don’t know who needs this and is generally interested), then the next stop was lunch in Gafsa, then followed to Kairouan (buy only souvenirs there! we are 15 dinars Bought a lot of everything! ). In general, such a trip to the Sahara. A trip to Sidi Bou Said is about the same. The only thing that I liked about this excursion was the Bardo Museum (Museum of Roman Mosaics). We spent quite a bit of time in the capital in Tunisia, then visited Carthage (or rather, all that was left of it). Guide Aleksey well done, gave very interesting information! The only thing that I really liked in Tunisia was the sea and sand. The sea is shallow, clear, warm! Although there were people who come to Tunisia again, I honestly would not want to go again!