Bad hotel, and this is objectively

Written: 18 june 2012
Travel time: 9 — 15 june 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
3.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 3.0
Service: 4.0
Cleanliness: 3.0
Food: 4.0
Amenities: 4.0
In general, before the trip we read so many conflicting reviews that we did not know what to believe. We went on a tour to such countries for the first time, usually we ordered everything ourselves. Since we are completely unpretentious tourists who only need a clean room with a bed to spend the night there, good weather and clear sea, we decided that the hotel will do, and those who want to write bad reviews for 20 thousand rubles. holiday like in the Maldives.
I'll start in order:
1. Upon check-in, they offered to pay extra so that we could be settled in a room with a sea view. The hotel administrator refused to take the money, saying that now all the rooms with sea views are occupied, so they will settle us in what they have.

2. There were four of us: we were for 7 days, the guys for 4. The hair dryer did not work in our room (the guys dried themselves) - room 407, in theirs - the shower (washed with us) - 406. The guys left, there is nowhere to dry. It was not possible to achieve something to fix-replace for 4 days! Somehow, with the help of a guide, this issue was resolved. We were moved for an extra fee to another room. In another room, the refrigerator, TV did not work, and water dripped onto the floor all the time from the swollen ceiling in the bathroom (405). I don’t know, maybe they didn’t pay enough, maybe they just thought that “we suckers, this will do. ” Because the move takes quite a long time, we decided not to twitch, the remaining 3 days to endure.
3. The food is tolerable, although very monotonous. Periodically there are half-dead shrimp, some kind of meat. The fish is well cooked. There are no fruits at all - yes. Cold side dish all the time. After they saw how the sauce in the pasta stirs the Arab with his bare hands, the desire to eat them disappeared. The first time you come with your yellow card, it is fixed at your table, at which you must then sit. The dirty cooler constantly spins water and bright yellow and orange juice that tastes like yuppies.
4. I am very squeamish, so a dirty toilet bowl, always stained windows, stains on bedding, dust everywhere (we washed the chairs on the balcony ourselves), a bathroom in green stains from bleach, greasy forks and plates, etc. plunge me into horror. When I went outside with a glass of water, I found that it was poorly washed, there were traces of someone's lips and juice residues on it. But most of all I was struck by the fact that plastic cups are washed in the all-inclusive bar! The table will come up to you to wipe it 5 times, trying to earn a dinar.
5. By the way, they pour reluctantly in the all-inclusive. Perhaps due to the fact that everyone drinks a lot, Russians in particular (this is the first time I go all-inclusive), but they pour both wine and beer in half a glass.

6. The beach is VERY dirty. Actually, it was even a bigger minus than a dirty number. VERY! There is garbage lying on the beach, but the worst thing is how much it floats in the water. Plus, because of the breakwaters, there is always a lot of mud, grass and some kind of algae in the water. And candy wrappers, cans, bottles, cigarette butts - this is the smallest thing that floats there. The beach itself near the hotel is very small, literally 6-8 rows of umbrellas, 3-4 in a row. There are nearby beaches, but you can only lie down there for a fee if you hide the Hannibal Palace bracelet. And as someone already wrote, locals constantly come to get acquainted, communicate, etc. Moreover, even if you don’t react, they sit down next to you and continue to talk. If you ask them not to touch you, they don't respond.
7. Again, the downside was that the pool was also practically not cleaned. I was struck by the children's pool, in which black mud floated at the bottom, and fallen leaves on the surface. And for some reason, the locals swam in the large pool, and no one drove them away. In general, I was surprised that the locals could easily walk around the hotel, "click" to the girls, grin and lie on the sun loungers.
8. They try to make money on everything. This is true. The nice guy from the pool bar didn't give change all the time. "He didn't have 2-3 dinars, " he asked for a refund for "good service, " and when the guys left, he told us that they hadn't paid for 2 beers.
9. In general, the weight is very mediocre, VERY (even the same hammam that we tried). More than average. The hotel is not 4 *, but 2-3 * if objectively. We were in 4 * in Asia, and we know what it is. Although Asia is also not the cleanest.
Perhaps the hotel was partly spoiled by the Russians themselves, vacationing there, that they are treated like that. Maybe it's just that kind of mentality.
10. At the local hotel disco, again, only locals, hotel workers and....hotel prostitutes! You can order and pay for them only through the reception. There is nowhere to go especially. there are no bars, etc. near the hotel, and it’s better for two girls not to go at all. We went with a company to Sousse, Medina, etc. There is also nothing special to do there.
11. If someone is interested in animation, then it does not exist as such. In the morning, water aerobics in the water (every day the same melody), in the afternoon darts, in the evening a performance for children at half past nine O_O. Again, by the way, the same every day. A couple of times they collected money for some kind of lotteries. Maybe they just arrived out of season, although it seemed to me that such concepts do not exist for animation. There are three animators: a DJ, a boy and some sad girl with him.

There is no more desire to go there, this is 100%. I won’t say that we left in horror, but I already wanted to leave on the 6th day. I have no idea what people are doing there for 14 days. Any experience is good, even this one.
P. S. An aunt was sitting with us on the plane, enthusiastically talking about another hotel, where there were rooms with loggias, ottomans and mini-bars, on the buffet you could eat yogurt, ice cream, a variety of fruits from strawberries to watermelon, soups, freshly squeezed juices, in the evenings live music played and performances were shown, and with the animators you could learn to play golf, ride a catamaran for free, go in for water sports, even equestrian sports were free, not to mention banal badminton and tennis, it became sad. She paid 5 thousand more. No, we were not trying to save money on the trip, just on the trail. times we will be smarter if you want to return to Tunisia.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original