I won't go back to Tunisia

Written: 1 october 2007
Travel time: 3 — 10 september 2007
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I went with my boyfriend for 15 days. I’ll clarify right away that this is too much for Tunisia : ))
We had a good rest, but we will not go to Tunisia again.
The hotel itself corresponds to its 4 *, although at first the hotel disappointed me very much, but then when I met the Russians, who also arrived in a little shock from the country and the hotel, life got better, and it became much more pleasant to relax : )

Tunisia is a relaxing holiday, a minimum of civilization, service, excursions and cash costs
In addition to the Russians, a lot of elderly Germans rested in the hotel, a whole diaspora of Poles, at the end of our holiday 50 Spaniards settled in the hotel, so the hotel is very popular among foreigners. The staff is friendly, but no one speaks Russian, so I had to speak in broken English (you still need to learn English, otherwise you feel like an outcast), although the reception also speaks some English.

Be careful, at the reception they can cheat when exchanging money or when they give change. They tried to cheat us with 10 dinars! Okay, we immediately figured out what's what : ))
The room is spacious, cleaned every day and very good
The food is normal, I can’t say anything bad, except that sometimes they went too far with pepper, and the meat was only edible a couple of times, things were better with fish, salads were not very tasty, but there were no problems with side dishes and pizza. There are a lot of fruits, ice cream, in general, desserts are delicious, better than in Turkey, we even took a few cakes with us on the road. We did not like the national sweets, but the cakes and puddings are just class!

For breakfast, they always cooked scrambled eggs, donuts, croissants, so you won’t stay hungry, but for 2 weeks we got tired of this omelet, and pastries, too, which have never changed during our entire vacation. They still have a clear tension with boiling water there, because.
if you come for breakfast by 9.10, then the tea may not be brewed, it seems that it is not even hot water, but just from the tap: ((
We had half board, so I don't know how they fed at lunch
The beach is terrible, but it’s quiet, calm, not counting the local natives who constantly want to cheat you for money. Sunbeds and mattresses are free, but you have to come early if you want to get a good sunbed (most of the sunbeds are broken): ))
Be careful with the fruit vendor on the beach, everything he gives you to try costs money. So be prepared for the fact that later he will demand a tidy sum from you for a couple of bananas.

We told him that we had no money, and he called us bandits: )))
The sea was constantly stormy, there were very few jellyfish, the water is not very salty compared to Turkey

What I didn’t like was the algae scattered all over the beach, and besides, camels and horses like to leave piles behind them, so you walk along the beach like a minefield. The sea is shallow, near the port and apparently, so I and other guys got rashes on their bodies and on their faces. What is wrong with the water! Even the animator from the hotel said that he does not go to our beach, because at one time he also had rashes on his body
There is always a wind at the sea, only sometimes it is so strong and cold that we didn’t even swim, but only sunbathed. In Tunisia, the weather is very capricious, the sun and heat are not every day, so count on the fact that in a week you may not have time to swim and sunbathe as you should : )

No animation! We got into Ramadan, maybe that's the whole point. In the evening, the animators put on a show, but, as a rule, rotten
Disco Jamaica (the only disco that worked at that time) next to the hotel, 10 meters away, people from other hotels also hang out there
There are few excursions in Tunisia
We went to Carthage, to the capital, to the museum of Roman mosaics, to the city of artists (I don’t remember its name) - for the whole day. The tour was interesting, we enjoyed it very much.
In the evening we walked around the city. Yasmine consists of hotels, one Bravo supermarket, many souvenir shops and one park. It's worth going there, it's called cartage land or something.

There are carousels for both adults and children, we were delighted.
You can't buy alcohol anywhere, only non-alcoholic beer, so buy in DUTY FREE.
Even in Tunisia, there is a very small airport, when we flew home, there was just a crush during check-in!
Thanks to Tunisia for this vacation, but I will not return there again : (
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