Impressions are mixed!

Written: 18 august 2014
Travel time: 10 — 18 august 2014
Your rating of this hotel:
4.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 3.0
Cleanliness: 3.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 5.0
This is my first trip abroad, so I have nothing to compare it with! Arrived today at 4 am and decided to share fresh impressions)

Beach:
4.9 / 5
The assessment is due to the fact that the sea is clean and the beach is also quite clean, every morning the dude with a large rake collects large debris and algae from the sand! Although in Port el Kantaoui a lot of garbage in the sea! ! ! ! ! And -0.1 for the fact that cigarette butts, which leave both locals and tourists lying on the sand ...Especially I do not smoke and I'm disgusted with it!

Food:
3.9 / 5
You will definitely not be hungry there! They feed like in a normal, good dining room!
Breakfast: pastries and salads! Especially I'm not a big fan of breakfast salad with vegetables that taste a little different from the ones I'm used to, but the choice of pastries is quite large, your imagination will have a place to run! Two types of jams and butter as baking additives.

They say that they give more boiled eggs, but personally I did not chase after them, our vacationers (Ukrainians) said that if you come and ask, they will give eggs for breakfast, but it had to come to some corner of the dining room. I didn't bother much and I baked myself some pastries. Drink cocoa, coffee, milk, tea, drinks such as "orange" and probably "lemon". I did not like the drinks, but the cocoa, coffee with milk and tea were quite tasty.
Lunch: very hearty and large, the variety can satisfy both carnivores and vegetarians. Drinks are available at the ALL INCLUSIVE bar with local Kola and Fanta, and there is also diluted wine. NV can drink only free water for lunch in the dining room.
Dinner: also a great variety of hot dishes. the menu is a little different from the lunch, but the scale is not inferior to the lunch.
Every day the menu changes a bit, change side dishes, some meat products, etc.
Watermelons are given only for lunch and dinner, sometimes delicious, hours, no)
Service:
1/5
The attitude to our brother there is very bad, but it's probably to all vacationers. Arriving at the hotel, after a 3-hour queue at the passport control of Enfidha Airport (and airplanes), I tried to ask for a cup of tea (were ALL INC. ) In English, which received in return shaking his head and some incomprehensible moaning. Not all of them speak English at the reception. BUT I WANT to single out among all this "working staff" the guys who work in the dining room, they need to put up monuments, always calm and balanced, fast and agile, very skilled. In any state of emergency, they put everything in order in a short hour. They are the only ones who deserve a score of 5, everyone else just "counts" for the staff, doing their job like sleepy flies.
Nation:
2/5
It was agreed with the girl that they are a nation of ordinary gypsies who just want to cheat to get your money without straining any unnecessary movements. They are unfriendly (vacationers Arabs in Turgei Club), impudent, climb out of line, as if from a hungry land. I recommend going there during Ramadan, because I came to Tunisia when it was over and a horde of hungry Arabs flooded the hotels. But there are also quite good people, usually young boys and girls are adequate (but there is a certain pattern of normal ones living in big cities or the capital). Especially I played a lot in Ping Pogna, which is free there and met great guys.

Port el Kantaoui:

I advise you to go there in a small group. I personally went there by minibus for the price of 1 dinar per person (for tourists) and 600 millimeters per person for locals, FEEL? )))).
Walk around the port, do not hesitate to look at ALL the shops and kiosks, live the cost and go on and see, only so you can win at least some savings, because they fool around a lot and dress more restrained - the starting price will be lower)). First, enter a building that resembles a sand-colored tower, not to be confused with anything (in fact, it is the entrance to the port). On the other floor there is a souvenir shop with currency exchange (it seems there is the highest rate I have met 1.71 dinars = 1 dollar), look at the speeches you are going to buy and memorize the price, let's say this is the starting point. Further in the port you can find basically the same things, but without a fixed price. Almost everyone sells the same, so be a discerning customer and do not be afraid to show your back to the seller.

Excursions:
I was especially unlucky to trust the persuasion of "local" entertainers.
I went on a trip to the high seas, a pirate boat and fun animation, they even fed there ...The price for everyone is different for this "entertainment", I paid 30 dinars for myself and the girl. There were cases when people who traveled with us paid 40 dinars each. It all depends again, as agreed. Impressions were simply spoiled. The ship sailed from the port for about 150 meters, arranged several rooms, animation with dances and photos with Arabs in pirate costumes. Eating was given on average, you can kill hunger, but it is not on a par with what is given in the dining room.
But there were people who said that they also went on a pirate ship from the tour. his operator, it turned out more expensive, but it was fun. In particular, I came to the conclusion that before going on a tour, you should find good arguments to go there, if you are hesitant, my advice - not worth it. Just throw away the money you regret.

Pizza:
Do not order pizza at the port or in the café opposite the hotel.
15 dinars just for the wind! )))

Evaluation not only of me and my girlfriend, but also of all those who had a rest with us.

In general:
At the expense of the season, the hotel justifies itself with its own money. It is only necessary to go there during their fast, otherwise they will be unpleasantly surprised by the queues in the dining room, welding for a piece of meat, rumbling their children on the beaches, which they can not give advice. Almost forgetting, locals can dine and drink ALL INC. It's quite simple and free, so do not try to swing the right that the one without the bracelet ran into the queue suddenly in front of you and grabbed the last piece of meat from the plate and now you have to wait for a new tray of meat or eat what you have scored)))

PS.
I am attaching a photo of room 518 (working air conditioner) and a bit of beach. At the entrance, giving $ 20 at the reception, which he later regretted. Don't give money, demand another number or fix your problem! ! ! ! !
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