Вот только не надо про 5ть звезд!!! Just don't talk about 5 stars!!!

Rested with a friend from 05.0912 to 13.09. 12. When we bought the tour, we heard from the manager of the Biblio-globe on Pokrovka something like: "This is the hotel where people return. " . . I say right away - nonsense, we talked with many Russians at that moment vacationing in this hotel, at best, the reviews from the series are normal, the main thing is the sea and the vacation itself, and in the worst case, it sucks. . . In short and objectively, the hotel itself is more likely to be 3+ no more, the rooms are large but dirty, the hotel itself is asking to be renovated, Russians are settled, all other things being equal, but in the presence of a large number of Russians, Arabs and French who arrived at the same time, mostly on the first two floors and in the most lame rooms. By the way, if you are told that the issue with the replacement of the number can be resolved on the spot, do not believe it, only the intervention of Dmitry, the representative of the library, saves the situation. By the way, many thanks to him, as we realized that all the jambs of the Moscow office on the spot helps to resolve it in this hotel. Further about the hotel, we understood when we were driving that this was a former French colony, but still we hoped that there would be at least inscriptions and main signs in English, alas, they are not there, the staff speaks English but there are not many of them, this is a big minus. The food at the hotel also does not correspond to 5 stars, which only cost huge queues for distribution, cutlets and steaks for the calculation of no more than 1-2 pieces per hand, there were a lot of fish only on one of the days, as we understood it was a fish day, otherwise tiny shrimp, not chewing squids and nothing else to remember, pancakes saved in the morning, but in the end for some reason they were given no more than 2x per plate, and in the evening and afternoon pasta, fried zucchini / eggplant / tomatoes and fried lamb sausages rescued. By the way, about wine, because I understand a little about wines, what is poured on all inclusive, to put it mildly, is not very good, if you want something tasty either for a fee at the hotel or in neighboring restaurants. . . Green peaches were especially upsetting, tasteless for unripe melons and watermelons, there were only dates and plums in abundance, only pastries, all sorts of cakes, pastries and other unhealthy sweets, were very tasty and varied. In general, you will not starve, but not about 5 stars, or even about 4 stars, there can be no question. . . Further, about the hotel - there is no territory as such, a tiny pool, the sea takes about 10 minutes to walk across the promenade, about the smells on the promenade that remind me of the stable where my horse stands, dried manure and other things that were written earlier - that's right, I won't repeat, I'll add a system of sellers with shouts of "Russian, pasmatri, freebie, how are you... "- and other apparently recently learned Russian words, the spelling of the authors is preserved. Further, about the sea - the beach is dirty, the sea is in kelp and with a corresponding smell, these are algae if someone does not know. True, as we understood, they are in Yasmine almost everywhere, starting from the port area. In principle, many people do not pay attention to them, we got used to them quite quickly, especially since at times there are fewer of them due to a change in the wind and current. . . As for leisure, we didn’t suffer much because we weren’t fans of any disco there, but everyone who wanted such entertainment had to go to northern Nammamet, in the Yasmine resort area there are only restaurants and cafes, by the way, gourmets come here, because it is in them that you can taste huge and delicious dishes with seafood and good wine. . . about thalasso, as such, this hotel does not have it, to be honest, it's just a SPA with a good hammam, after it you can do a peeling with black soap and several types of massages are very good, but no more. Thalassotherapy is a very separate thing, there are not so many thalassocenters, these are Hasdrubal, Bioazur and some other one. everything else, I repeat, is a SPA, be careful because a real thalasso is a very separate thing!! ! read all the information beforehand!! ! By the way, this is also confirmed by guides on excursions in a private conversation. . . Now about excursions, they really brighten up leisure time, but a lot depends on the guides. I went without a girlfriend and I was very lucky because the guides told all the way the history of Tunisia, its place in the general history, and not like some about family and shops. Guides Tatyana (El Jem and Kairouan) and Mae (Carfgen, Tunisia and Sidi Bou Said) have a separate respect for the most fascinating excursion into the history of the country, into the history of Islam and history in general !! ! These two excursions greatly decorated my vacation, but I repeat that when exchanging impressions at the hotel there were a lot of negative reviews and about excursions due to unprofessional guides. . Summarizing, I can say that even for me, to put it mildly, not a fan of oriental culture, Tunisia causes an ambiguous response, on the one hand, dirt and all sorts of different features of the mentality, on the other hand, there is something in it that makes you think about re-arrival.... but definitely not in this hotel.... .