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Report Tunis, Mahdia 2-12 September 2008. The hotel was supposed to be Caribbean World Mahdia. Replaced by Vincci Nour Palace
1st day: Arrived at the airport of Monastir at approximately 18-30 local time. Representatives of the Express Tour immediately met and with a sweet smile on their faces, they said that the Caribbean World Mahdia hotel is full and does not accept tourists. When I asked how it was, because we received confirmation, the girl smiled sweetly and said that it happens. Instead, they offer us the Vincci Nour Palace hotel. This hotel is five-star and it is much more profitable for us to go there. But if the Caribbean system is so important to us, then we can choose the Caribbean world Monastir hotel. We did not want to stay in Monastir and went to Mahdia in Vincci. Then the girl told us the bus number and sent us to the site. When we got there there were more than a hundred of these buses. We were looking for ours for about 15 minutes. Until we asked local drivers where to find bus number 64. It turned out that he was standing in the farthest corner, and his number was not visible from any angle. It's good that you asked.
We got on the bus for 15 minutes and waited for the guide Irina. And we went to Mahdia. When we asked if we would be able to move back to CW Mahdia, Irina made round eyes and informed us in an unhappy boorish tone that the company (Express Tour) had already taken on the extra costs of relocating us to a hotel of a higher class. That we should be grateful to them that they move us to such a wonderful hotel. And we should all calm down. Good start, isn't it? (as it turned out later, this hotel was in the very top of burning hotels, and they offered a ticket there for 45-50 thousand for two, and not 63 as we paid! )
We arrived at the hotel at 20-30 local time. We went straight to dinner. I was unpleasantly surprised that the waiters did not understand a word of English. Exclusively French and Italian. (then the truth of the day after 3 we found speaking English). In general, a quick bite to eat and went to the reception for the keys.
They started filling out the cards. Filled out. Then, at the reception, two Arabs began to tell us right away that we had to pay $100 for a good room. We asked for the keys to two rooms for free and for $100. Both looked.
The number that is free: View of the roadway, and some kind of field on which garbage is lying around. The room was not cleaned, empty juice bottles were lying around! , the toilet was leaking, there was some kind of stench in the room, there was no hair dryer, in short, a complete out and this is 5 stars !!! . As it turned out later, there were also noisy neighbors who were yelling until 3 am.
Room for $100: Gorgeous view of the sea and the golf course. Clean and tidy. Large double bed. And the number was the last one in the corner. Those. quiet corner. This is where the differences ended.
Of course, we were seduced and took a room with a surcharge. But as it turned out later, it was necessary to bargain with them and it was possible to take them for $50.
Day 2. We slept badly all night. The pillows are very uncomfortable and there are only two of them. In the morning we found that the hair dryer was not working. We came to the reception. Asked for 2 extra pillows, make a hair dryer and bring boiled water or a kettle. Because I caught a cold on the plane and I had to drink pills diluted in boiling water. Of all that was asked, only pillows were brought, and then from the second reminder, after 10 hours. Super service!
Let's go to the sea, I must say that the sea and the beaches are excellent. Everything is clear. The sand on the beach is leveled every day. But you can't take sunbeds. If you take it, a man on the beach starts running and yelling something in an incomprehensible language. Those. sunbeds should be put by him and he should be given 1 dinar for this. : ) Well, in general, all the days it went on like this.
On the 6th we went to Mahdia to the Medina for souvenirs. Let's go for nothing. There is absolutely nothing to see there. Dealers must be bargained with. Charge crazy price tag for everything. I don't like trading. Therefore, almost everyone bought in a store with fixed prices. But all the same, in the first shop, the seller fooled us for 30 dinars.
On the 8th we went to the Sahara. We got up at 5:30 am. We visited the amphitheater of the city of El-Jam. Unforgettable impressions. Then we went to see the dwellings of the Berbers and to them for lunch.
You can't eat what they serve for dinner. Terribly oily chebureks, rice with vegetables, and couscous (only bones instead of chicken). Tea was said to be free, then they took 1 dinar. But I don't recommend it to anyone. Horrible. All drinks throughout all two days in all canteens and hotels were paid. Learn it. You are not allowed to put your own on the table. Although at first they said that everything is included in the price. Then we went to the city of Douz and there we were settled in a hotel. I haven't seen this in a long time. The Soviet-era camp site is resting. One-story houses measuring 4 * 4 m. A mirror, two tiny beds, an air condo (without a remote control that blows terribly). The bedspreads stink. The bathroom is dirty and so are the towels. The tap water is salty. The only plus is that there are live peacocks on the roofs : ). In general, they settled us there, after 30 minutes they took us to ride quadrics. For them we paid separately 35 dinars. Because this is not included in the price of $340 for two. 20 minutes ride. We returned to the hotel. They took the rest and went on camels. They drove us for an hour! Super. Unforgettable impressions. I liked it very much.
We returned to the hotel. Let's go to dinner. Good thing I didn't eat there. It feels like it's already been eaten once : ). Some got sick of it.
The rise was at 3.45. Too early. At 4.45 we left to be in time for dawn in the desert by 7. They put us in jeeps. They were taken to the desert. We drove for a long time on the stones with clay. I didn't see the sand. Met the sunrise literally 2 minutes. They took it further. After 20 minutes they brought to the sand dune. Very good.
Then they took me to the scenery of Star Wars. Did not impress. Around the dirt, bottles, graffiti. . . garbage in general.
Then they were taken to the border with Algeria (Atlas Mountains) to a salt lake. Beautiful. We liked.
But then we were brought back to the bus and we drove for almost 5 hours with a stop for lunch to the city of Kairouan. Allegedly watch the mosque. The mosque was closed and the guide took us to a souvenir shop of his friend. Well, everything is clear here. But why did we drag ourselves for so long? question? And finally, we moved back to Mahdia. But not according to the sign to Mahdia, but according to the sign to Monastir. After spending an extra 2 hours on the road, and how would you think why? And all because our guide had to be brought home, and the tourists that - yes, it's just that no one thinks about us, who needs us, we will endure anything.
Those. on the one hand, the trip to the Sahara is unforgettable, but on the other hand, the Express Tour did everything to spoil the impression of it.
Now a little about the hotel, service, etc.
I didn't like breakfast. There is a choice of scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, pancakes, fruits (what wrinkled and scary didn’t eat yesterday), disgusting sausages, Yupi juices, tea bags, various types of jams, and various pastries. I only took pastries. Nothing else even attracted.
Lunch: Fruits (not very much), different pasta (Bolognaise, chili, etc. ) in principle, nothing, you can eat. Every day rice, and two types of meat (mostly lamb and chicken or beef, a couple of times there was pork). Soups are two types. None ate. Very specific. Onion, tomato, etc. In a separate place, they cook steaks, fish and all kinds of meat in front of you. But a very long wait. Taken 1 time. Pizza (sometimes delicious, sometimes not), and a sweet table. I didn't like it very much. Husband liked it. Wine red and white dry. I did not like. I drank 1 time no more. Fanta, cola, sprite from the machine. They pour it into plastic bottles (they have reusable ones there) and pretend that they are pouring from a bottle (complete nonsense! ). Husband took only Schweppes. It is poured from glass bottles. They open for you.
Dinner: There are 2 dinners one from 18-3 to 19-30. Then the doors are closed and the second from 20-00 to 21-30 like so. It is better to go by 19-00. More choice. Mostly from food: what they didn’t eat for lunch. They make casseroles from this, etc. , again, meat, rice, sometimes fish, 1 time there were shrimp with squid. Salads (each time the same), vegetables, again pasta, pizza, thinly sliced ham and minced chicken meat with lettuce and sauce. Lots of fruits. Every time at dinner: Watermelons, melons, peaches (nectarines), oranges, apples, pears, plums, figs, dates. The fruits were very tasty. I ate almost exclusively with them.
Generally the food is the same. Every day is the same. After the 5th day, I was terribly tired. We only went because we needed to eat.
At the pool during the day in the bar for food did not go. Somehow I didn't want to. Went only for drinks. Towards the end of cola, etc. started to get sick. So tired.
Now a little about the service. Of course, I am aware that everywhere you need to tip. But this hotel exceeded all my expectations.
I have already written that for those who wear sunbeds on the beach, it is necessary.
Now the waiter must. If you do not give him, then instead of white wine he can bring you red wine, instead of water, wine, etc. We gave each time at first. But the quality of service did not change. If foreigners gave, then they reserved a table, covered everything. If we gave, nothing like this happened. We gave five days and then stopped. There was no point.
Maid: Left every other day for 1 dinar. Cleaned up well. But no more. Then we went to the Sahara. Left 1 dinar. The second day we were not there, but she certainly did not clean up. Because everything was untouched. Came from the Sahara did not have small money. It turns out that the second day in a row they did not leave. I decided to return to the room after breakfast, she comes up to me and says: “Madame, give me 1 dinar. You didn’t leave yesterday, today you didn’t leave again. ” I was just in a stupor. I’ll explain to her that I don’t have any small money today. She is good, but then leave 2 tomorrow! I'm shocked.
And not much more about the manners of the Tunisians. When we were checking in at the airport, we asked the boy to give us seats that were convenient for us. Because We flew there in the same places, we really liked it. He wrote us these coupons, and whispers quietly, “Could you give mi some money, madam (Give me some money Madam, these are very good places, etc. )” I was just out.
In general, the country is very dirty, the Arabs are creepy, they constantly pester, deceive. In general, the impressions are, the sea, the beach and the sugar are excellent. Service, country, people - I did not like everything.
1st day: Arrived at the airport of Monastir at approximately 18-30 local time. Representatives of the Express Tour immediately met and with a sweet smile on their faces, they said that the Caribbean World Mahdia hotel is full and does not accept tourists. When I asked how it was, because we received confirmation, the girl smiled sweetly and said that it happens. Instead, they offer us the Vincci Nour Palace hotel. This hotel is five-star and it is much more profitable for us to go there. But if the Caribbean system is so important to us, then we can choose the Caribbean world Monastir hotel. We did not want to stay in Monastir and went to Mahdia in Vincci. Then the girl told us the bus number and sent us to the site. When we got there there were more than a hundred of these buses. We were looking for ours for about 15 minutes. Until we asked local drivers where to find bus number 64. It turned out that he was standing in the farthest corner, and his number was not visible from any angle. It's good that you asked.
We got on the bus for 15 minutes and waited for the guide Irina. And we went to Mahdia. When we asked if we would be able to move back to CW Mahdia, Irina made round eyes and informed us in an unhappy boorish tone that the company (Express Tour) had already taken on the extra costs of relocating us to a hotel of a higher class. That we should be grateful to them that they move us to such a wonderful hotel. And we should all calm down. Good start, isn't it? (as it turned out later, this hotel was in the very top of burning hotels, and they offered a ticket there for 45-50 thousand for two, and not 63 as we paid! )
We arrived at the hotel at 20-30 local time. We went straight to dinner. I was unpleasantly surprised that the waiters did not understand a word of English. Exclusively French and Italian. (then the truth of the day after 3 we found speaking English). In general, a quick bite to eat and went to the reception for the keys.
They started filling out the cards. Filled out. Then, at the reception, two Arabs began to tell us right away that we had to pay $100 for a good room. We asked for the keys to two rooms for free and for $100. Both looked.
The number that is free: View of the roadway, and some kind of field on which garbage is lying around. The room was not cleaned, empty juice bottles were lying around! , the toilet was leaking, there was some kind of stench in the room, there was no hair dryer, in short, a complete out and this is 5 stars !!! . As it turned out later, there were also noisy neighbors who were yelling until 3 am.
Room for $100: Gorgeous view of the sea and the golf course. Clean and tidy. Large double bed. And the number was the last one in the corner. Those. quiet corner. This is where the differences ended.
Of course, we were seduced and took a room with a surcharge. But as it turned out later, it was necessary to bargain with them and it was possible to take them for $50.
Day 2. We slept badly all night. The pillows are very uncomfortable and there are only two of them. In the morning we found that the hair dryer was not working. We came to the reception. Asked for 2 extra pillows, make a hair dryer and bring boiled water or a kettle. Because I caught a cold on the plane and I had to drink pills diluted in boiling water. Of all that was asked, only pillows were brought, and then from the second reminder, after 10 hours. Super service!
Let's go to the sea, I must say that the sea and the beaches are excellent. Everything is clear. The sand on the beach is leveled every day. But you can't take sunbeds. If you take it, a man on the beach starts running and yelling something in an incomprehensible language. Those. sunbeds should be put by him and he should be given 1 dinar for this. : ) Well, in general, all the days it went on like this.
On the 6th we went to Mahdia to the Medina for souvenirs. Let's go for nothing. There is absolutely nothing to see there. Dealers must be bargained with. Charge crazy price tag for everything. I don't like trading. Therefore, almost everyone bought in a store with fixed prices. But all the same, in the first shop, the seller fooled us for 30 dinars.
On the 8th we went to the Sahara. We got up at 5:30 am. We visited the amphitheater of the city of El-Jam. Unforgettable impressions. Then we went to see the dwellings of the Berbers and to them for lunch.
You can't eat what they serve for dinner. Terribly oily chebureks, rice with vegetables, and couscous (only bones instead of chicken). Tea was said to be free, then they took 1 dinar. But I don't recommend it to anyone. Horrible. All drinks throughout all two days in all canteens and hotels were paid. Learn it. You are not allowed to put your own on the table. Although at first they said that everything is included in the price. Then we went to the city of Douz and there we were settled in a hotel. I haven't seen this in a long time. The Soviet-era camp site is resting. One-story houses measuring 4 * 4 m. A mirror, two tiny beds, an air condo (without a remote control that blows terribly). The bedspreads stink. The bathroom is dirty and so are the towels. The tap water is salty. The only plus is that there are live peacocks on the roofs : ). In general, they settled us there, after 30 minutes they took us to ride quadrics. For them we paid separately 35 dinars. Because this is not included in the price of $340 for two. 20 minutes ride. We returned to the hotel. They took the rest and went on camels. They drove us for an hour! Super. Unforgettable impressions. I liked it very much.
We returned to the hotel. Let's go to dinner. Good thing I didn't eat there. It feels like it's already been eaten once : ). Some got sick of it.
The rise was at 3.45. Too early. At 4.45 we left to be in time for dawn in the desert by 7. They put us in jeeps. They were taken to the desert. We drove for a long time on the stones with clay. I didn't see the sand. Met the sunrise literally 2 minutes. They took it further. After 20 minutes they brought to the sand dune. Very good.
Then they took me to the scenery of Star Wars. Did not impress. Around the dirt, bottles, graffiti. . . garbage in general.
Then they were taken to the border with Algeria (Atlas Mountains) to a salt lake. Beautiful. We liked.
But then we were brought back to the bus and we drove for almost 5 hours with a stop for lunch to the city of Kairouan. Allegedly watch the mosque. The mosque was closed and the guide took us to a souvenir shop of his friend. Well, everything is clear here. But why did we drag ourselves for so long? question? And finally, we moved back to Mahdia. But not according to the sign to Mahdia, but according to the sign to Monastir. After spending an extra 2 hours on the road, and how would you think why? And all because our guide had to be brought home, and the tourists that - yes, it's just that no one thinks about us, who needs us, we will endure anything.
Those. on the one hand, the trip to the Sahara is unforgettable, but on the other hand, the Express Tour did everything to spoil the impression of it.
Now a little about the hotel, service, etc.
I didn't like breakfast. There is a choice of scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, pancakes, fruits (what wrinkled and scary didn’t eat yesterday), disgusting sausages, Yupi juices, tea bags, various types of jams, and various pastries. I only took pastries. Nothing else even attracted.
Lunch: Fruits (not very much), different pasta (Bolognaise, chili, etc. ) in principle, nothing, you can eat. Every day rice, and two types of meat (mostly lamb and chicken or beef, a couple of times there was pork). Soups are two types. None ate. Very specific. Onion, tomato, etc. In a separate place, they cook steaks, fish and all kinds of meat in front of you. But a very long wait. Taken 1 time. Pizza (sometimes delicious, sometimes not), and a sweet table. I didn't like it very much. Husband liked it. Wine red and white dry. I did not like. I drank 1 time no more. Fanta, cola, sprite from the machine. They pour it into plastic bottles (they have reusable ones there) and pretend that they are pouring from a bottle (complete nonsense! ). Husband took only Schweppes. It is poured from glass bottles. They open for you.
Dinner: There are 2 dinners one from 18-3 to 19-30. Then the doors are closed and the second from 20-00 to 21-30 like so. It is better to go by 19-00. More choice. Mostly from food: what they didn’t eat for lunch. They make casseroles from this, etc. , again, meat, rice, sometimes fish, 1 time there were shrimp with squid. Salads (each time the same), vegetables, again pasta, pizza, thinly sliced ham and minced chicken meat with lettuce and sauce. Lots of fruits. Every time at dinner: Watermelons, melons, peaches (nectarines), oranges, apples, pears, plums, figs, dates. The fruits were very tasty. I ate almost exclusively with them.
Generally the food is the same. Every day is the same. After the 5th day, I was terribly tired. We only went because we needed to eat.
At the pool during the day in the bar for food did not go. Somehow I didn't want to. Went only for drinks. Towards the end of cola, etc. started to get sick. So tired.
Now a little about the service. Of course, I am aware that everywhere you need to tip. But this hotel exceeded all my expectations.
I have already written that for those who wear sunbeds on the beach, it is necessary.
Now the waiter must. If you do not give him, then instead of white wine he can bring you red wine, instead of water, wine, etc. We gave each time at first. But the quality of service did not change. If foreigners gave, then they reserved a table, covered everything. If we gave, nothing like this happened. We gave five days and then stopped. There was no point.
Maid: Left every other day for 1 dinar. Cleaned up well. But no more. Then we went to the Sahara. Left 1 dinar. The second day we were not there, but she certainly did not clean up. Because everything was untouched. Came from the Sahara did not have small money. It turns out that the second day in a row they did not leave. I decided to return to the room after breakfast, she comes up to me and says: “Madame, give me 1 dinar. You didn’t leave yesterday, today you didn’t leave again. ” I was just in a stupor. I’ll explain to her that I don’t have any small money today. She is good, but then leave 2 tomorrow! I'm shocked.
And not much more about the manners of the Tunisians. When we were checking in at the airport, we asked the boy to give us seats that were convenient for us. Because We flew there in the same places, we really liked it. He wrote us these coupons, and whispers quietly, “Could you give mi some money, madam (Give me some money Madam, these are very good places, etc. )” I was just out.
In general, the country is very dirty, the Arabs are creepy, they constantly pester, deceive. In general, the impressions are, the sea, the beach and the sugar are excellent. Service, country, people - I did not like everything.
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