Наш отдых в Тунисе Our holiday in Tunisia

First time in Tunisia. Were 15 days family. I liked the hotel and the rest in general. I give the hotel a solid four.
Accommodation: the room was with a view of the city, for me the view of the sea was not important. The room is clean and spacious. They cleaned daily and well, towels were not forgotten to be changed, linen was changed every three days. Central air conditioning, worked constantly, but it's time to update the air conditioning system in the hotel. The hotel was built in an old year, which is probably why the air conditioners in the entire hotel are not powerful enough - it was a little hot in the room and in the evening in the lobby, and even in the restaurant. the rooms do not have a bar or a refrigerator, unlike Turkey and Egypt (have not been to other countries yet). You can put a bar for extra. a fee of 7.5 dinars per day (this is 150 rubles. ) But we managed. Drinking water is given in bars and simple bottled and carbonated drinking water (at the All Inclusive box).
Meals: We had "All Inclusive". Everything was delicious and varied. There was always enough food, no matter what time they came to the restaurant. The husband always suffered in Turkey and Egypt that breakfasts were monotonous, and in Tunisia he was very pleased with the food. In Tunisia, edible sausage, delicious cheese. They cook chicken, beef, lamb, seafood, except for fish, octopus, mussels, squid. Everything is delicious, fresh - neither adults nor our 12-year-old son suffered from an upset stomach. In addition, the bar on the street offers hot dogs, pizza, pancakes with chocolate paste. Moreover, you will come up and serve not a pre-prepared heated product, but a hot dog will be baked in front of you in the oven, and fresh pancakes will be fried. Fanta, cola, sprite, delicious drinks made from diluted syrup (not yuppie concentrate, but from syrups, moreover, natural and even with pulp. We bought these later in the store and brought them home. ) From alcohol: bottled wine, vodka and local "booze" - men did not like vodka or "buha", they drank wine. The beer is very tasty. In the evening, low-alcohol cocktails are made in the hotel lobby based on fruits, syrups and vermouth prepared in a blender. Among the shortcomings in catering, I can note that the bar on the street closes at about 6 pm and only the Oxygen ball in the hotel lobby is open until 24 o'clock. In addition, the restaurant has tea, coffee only in the morning. Although we did not suffer from this, we went to the Oxygen bar for tea or coffee and carried cups with us. Once a week (Wednesday) they had dinner outside at 8 pm, although the first hour there were queues for the grill and everything else. At the end, they take out a huge tray with a cake, light candles and let the cake float on the tray in the pool, and then they take it out and please help yourself.

Territory: There are two buildings Dolphin Habib and the second - Ribat. We bought tickets to Khabib, and settled in it. Although others were accommodated in the Ribat building, they ate in our building, they were not allowed into the Ribat restaurant, perhaps half board there. Slides at Ribat, animation is also at Ribat. Teprritory and bars can be used at both buildings. Khabib has a larger territory and a much larger pool. In general, the territory is green, clean, the sun loungers are on the grass, which is cut once a week and it is very soft - it was nice to walk barefoot. We did not sunbathe at sea. Loungers occupied by the pool, and went to the sea to swim. Garbage sometimes floated in the sea. And the sand in Tunisia is white and soft - it creaks underfoot like starch. Jellyfish are sometimes found in the sea. The jellyfish burned my son on the very first day, so he no longer swam to the depths. On the forearm, the skin immediately swelled up, but they rubbed it with a tomato (thanks to the reviews I read on the Internet), the burning sensation passed and there were no consequences. The heat in Tunisia is not felt, the climate is very good, exposure to the sun was not a burden.
Contingent: French, Poles, Italians, some Germans. There were many Russians in July. Rested with children, young people (I think those who are around 20) were not many, in general, vacationers are very diverse in age. No one bothered anyone. We ourselves are closer to 40, we had fun. There is no animation in Russian. Well, let's say translation was not required for the fakir show, but the show and others did not go to the comedy show. By the way, in the city without knowledge of foreign languages, we completely managed.
Shopping: In Monastir there is a Fola center, Yasmine center where prices are fixed. We bought souvenirs and leather flip flops, sandals, and leather bags for myself. Buy jeans in the medina. There are many polo shirts in Tunisia ("Lacoste"). Branded or not, I don’t understand, but all colors and beautiful. The same Tunisian-made shirts with beautiful ornaments, not monophonic - very beautiful, in Russia there will definitely not be such shirts on every second one. I love shopping and in Tunisia it was quite a success. Near the medina of the state. shop "Monoprix" and "General" in the medina itself. They bought home olive oil, halva with nuts, ground coffee in vacuum bags.
Despite some shortcomings (for example, the city is dirty, the garbage is not removed), my vacation was a success. Tunisians are very friendly. I would not refuse to come to Tunisia again, but I don’t like to go to the same hotel (although this one is very good). Next time you can see Khahdia or Hammamet.