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Rooms:
8.0
Service:
7.0
Cleanliness:
9.0
Food:
8.0
Amenities:
9.0
First time in Tunisia. There is something to compare. Before that, I visited the beaches in Egypt, Turkey, Bulgaria, India, Thailand, the Dominican Republic and Italy. If the most primitive impression: this is Egi, only more decent and cultivated by the French. Everything seems to be the same, but a little better. We flew to Monastir by Nordwind, transfer for an hour and a half. It would be much closer from Enfida, but apparently more expensive (they grabbed a hot tour a day before departure for 23 tr. for two. Already now it is twice as expensive! )
The territory is small, in the form of a well of two hotels: Menza and Palace. A couple of palm trees, a large pool and a bar. That's all.
The room was given on the second floor. The balcony is large, with an "exit" to the "terrace" and a view of the pool. A Sony TV set of 1992 (I had the same one at home for 17 years), one Russian channel - a poor version of Channel One with advertising for Russian immigrants in Germany. They didn’t show football : ( Although our team still lost. They clean well, but for some reason they don’t change the sheets, they just make the bed. They put two bottles of water in the mini-bar. Therefore, it’s better to stock up on alcohol in a dutik if you want to drink in the room. Well, everything is as usual: bathroom, shower, push, hair dryer, beds. . . The beds creak, if you eat in pairs, your neighbors will appreciate it; ) The air conditioner only works when the balcony is closed (clamped by the door, so any rectangular object can fool the system). The spatter is not strong. The only downside is the soundproofing. Morning women's exercises in the pool to the music, evening disco - you can hear it perfectly even with the windows closed. Therefore, if you do not want to live according to the standard hotel schedule and sleep when you want, stock up on earplugs.
The food is pretty good. Breakfasts quickly get bored, because they are the same, but lunches and dinners are varied in places. And there are salads for every taste, and meat: beef, chicken - always. There are also partridges, chops and more. For lunch and dinner almost always - ice cream! From fruit - watermelon for dinner, oranges and cherry plum for lunch. Poured beer and wine.
By the way, about alcohol. The tour operator declared this hotel as Ultra All Inclusive. Which is not quite the reality. Ultra is when you have at least White Horse whiskey, Tuborg beer, Black Stork cognac, Beefeater gin. If in a bar all foreign alcohol is Algerian wines and Libyan vodka, then this is not UAI, sorry. Otherwise, the tour operator worked well and without problems: the guide Haytham was polite, competent and attentive. And he even offered excursions, but did not sell them. Therefore, the tour operator - five with a minus. For the pennies that I paid for the tour, such a nuisance can be tolerated.
Beer is ok. But one for the whole of Tunisia. Of course, I took the Heineken in the dutik, but it quickly ran out. The wines are very worthy: both white, and rose, and red. Strong alcohol, of course, is harsh. But not like in Egypt, where it is absolutely impossible to drink it even in cocktails. And so - more cola in whiskey-cola, more gin in gin and tonic and you can live. Brandy in general can be drunk pure. It tastes like our cheap cognac like Kinovsky or Trophy.
Water. The main disappointment. In the sea - 20 degrees. Legs reduce. But the hotel has nothing to do with it, of course. The pool is a little warmer. But the most offensive: there are two indoor pools on the territory, and the water there is just as cold! Why couldn't it be warmed up a bit? Obviously, the indoor pool is for tourists in April or October. Unclear.
The service is uneven. Many of the waiters are very efficient. But most of them are sooooo imposing, sometimes rude like in Egypt. Tipping almost does not solve the issue. Apparently, it was necessary to be born a German or a Frenchman. The guys spend all their energy on them. Maybe because Europeans spend more money on bookings, maybe our tag handlers are already causing such disgust, I don’t know in general.
In general, I consider the trip successful. In terms of price-quality ratio, it turned out to be very profitable. But I don't think I'll ever come back here.
The territory is small, in the form of a well of two hotels: Menza and Palace. A couple of palm trees, a large pool and a bar. That's all.
The room was given on the second floor. The balcony is large, with an "exit" to the "terrace" and a view of the pool. A Sony TV set of 1992 (I had the same one at home for 17 years), one Russian channel - a poor version of Channel One with advertising for Russian immigrants in Germany. They didn’t show football : ( Although our team still lost. They clean well, but for some reason they don’t change the sheets, they just make the bed. They put two bottles of water in the mini-bar. Therefore, it’s better to stock up on alcohol in a dutik if you want to drink in the room. Well, everything is as usual: bathroom, shower, push, hair dryer, beds. . . The beds creak, if you eat in pairs, your neighbors will appreciate it; ) The air conditioner only works when the balcony is closed (clamped by the door, so any rectangular object can fool the system). The spatter is not strong. The only downside is the soundproofing. Morning women's exercises in the pool to the music, evening disco - you can hear it perfectly even with the windows closed. Therefore, if you do not want to live according to the standard hotel schedule and sleep when you want, stock up on earplugs.
The food is pretty good. Breakfasts quickly get bored, because they are the same, but lunches and dinners are varied in places. And there are salads for every taste, and meat: beef, chicken - always. There are also partridges, chops and more. For lunch and dinner almost always - ice cream! From fruit - watermelon for dinner, oranges and cherry plum for lunch. Poured beer and wine.
By the way, about alcohol. The tour operator declared this hotel as Ultra All Inclusive. Which is not quite the reality. Ultra is when you have at least White Horse whiskey, Tuborg beer, Black Stork cognac, Beefeater gin. If in a bar all foreign alcohol is Algerian wines and Libyan vodka, then this is not UAI, sorry. Otherwise, the tour operator worked well and without problems: the guide Haytham was polite, competent and attentive. And he even offered excursions, but did not sell them. Therefore, the tour operator - five with a minus. For the pennies that I paid for the tour, such a nuisance can be tolerated.
Beer is ok. But one for the whole of Tunisia. Of course, I took the Heineken in the dutik, but it quickly ran out. The wines are very worthy: both white, and rose, and red. Strong alcohol, of course, is harsh. But not like in Egypt, where it is absolutely impossible to drink it even in cocktails. And so - more cola in whiskey-cola, more gin in gin and tonic and you can live. Brandy in general can be drunk pure. It tastes like our cheap cognac like Kinovsky or Trophy.
Water. The main disappointment. In the sea - 20 degrees. Legs reduce. But the hotel has nothing to do with it, of course. The pool is a little warmer. But the most offensive: there are two indoor pools on the territory, and the water there is just as cold! Why couldn't it be warmed up a bit? Obviously, the indoor pool is for tourists in April or October. Unclear.
The service is uneven. Many of the waiters are very efficient. But most of them are sooooo imposing, sometimes rude like in Egypt. Tipping almost does not solve the issue. Apparently, it was necessary to be born a German or a Frenchman. The guys spend all their energy on them. Maybe because Europeans spend more money on bookings, maybe our tag handlers are already causing such disgust, I don’t know in general.
In general, I consider the trip successful. In terms of price-quality ratio, it turned out to be very profitable. But I don't think I'll ever come back here.
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