My vacation in Palm Marina

Written: 16 october 2011
Travel time: 27 september — 9 october 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 8.0
Good afternoon. I will write a few words about the time spent at the hotel and impressions. The hotel is quite small, everything is within walking distance. The situation is rather shabby (in the rooms), but it did not bother us. In the room were rare. We lived in room 208, this is the one above the jacuzzi in the indoor pool. (When you leave the room, there are windows, they go exactly there, so you always know how many people are there), not to say that it’s bad, but it’s dark and there was an incomprehensible smell, which I sniffed at the end (only I felt the smell). There is a decent gym, which we did not successfully go to, but we were going to. There is a wonderful barbershop, the master in it is a genius. In half an hour, my husband and I built awesome haircuts and for only 35 dinars.
On our arrival there were a lot of free places both on the beach and by the sea. There were no problems with sunbeds and mattresses. The beach and the sea are just amazing. The sand is white and clean. The entrance to the sea is good, it's good with the kids. I don’t know if algae are manually removed from the water or how? but as it is written in other reviews, I didn’t see them, although as soon as we arrived, there was a small storm and they washed ashore, but the next day they were neither in the water nor on the beach. I also liked the little things such as: there is a shoe rack in front of the beach, if you don’t want to walk in it on the sand. there are rinsing feet from the sand, there is a brush if someone does not want to wet their feet. The tiles by the pool are not slippery, but like small pebbles. The sea and the territory of the hotel are separated by a large mound of sand, planted with trees, which saves people from the wind from the sea, those who sunbathe on the grass or by the pool. There are a lot of facilities for people with disabilities throughout the territory.
Meals: everything is quite tasty and there is a lot of everything, but at the end of our race there were insane queues, and at any time. It was simply unrealistic to get a teaspoon, you had to climb into yogurt (like our miracle in a glass) with a tablespoon, things were much worse with a 3-minute boiled egg... I really liked the table reservation. You always know where you are. (we sat at ours at all meals) although the reservation is valid only for dinner. and for breakfast and lunch, sit wherever you want.

Weather: I concluded for myself that you can rest in Tunisia until 05.10, well, until 07.10, then everything is autumn. The water was invigorating on hot days and no matter how mentally I set myself up that Africa was here, autumn was still felt, let alone days without sun and crazy winds. Then they generally sat on the beach dressed and wrapped in towels, as they say, "We were waiting for the weather by the sea" - there were such a couple of days.
Attractions:
We went to Medina to the market, they spat, well, they are so sticky, worse than in our former Cherkizon. No more foot in there. The trip costs 8-9 dinars one way. Agree on payment before departure. They are all impudent there (everyone wants to earn more).
We went to Port El Kantaoui. The trip costs 3 dinars, but the next time they drove for 4. We rode there on a catamaran (at sea under sail for 1 hour), 40 dinars for four. All the time we were in the port during the day and did not see a singing or dancing fountain, they say it is turned on after 19. And it’s clean and comfortable there, everything is neat.
We went on a tour of "Carthage" - nuuuuu... almost nothing remained of the ruins, in this sense, there is more, better, more interesting in Egypt. The whole story is just words. But in principle, it was necessary to look, for show.
We didn’t go to the Sahara and I don’t think we regret it, those who still got there didn’t have a sparkle in their eyes upon their return.
In general, this was our first, completely "squash" vacation. And we liked it.
Finally, I’ll say: in my personal opinion, they don’t like Russians, they always throw jokes about vodka, although why? it is not clear, it is noticeable both in the city and in the hotel. They love tips very much, with them you are their best friend and almost a brother. Yes, that's all. There will be questions, ask.
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