Haven't been to others, so 5 stars!

Written: 4 september 2008
Travel time: 5 — 12 august 2008
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
24.08 - 2.09 - it was our honeymoon trip and my first trip abroad!
It was a 100% exotic tour - everything is different from ours))
We were settled in Marhab (translated from Arabic as "Welcome") in a 2-storey Neptune complex on the territory of a hotel complex overlooking the pool and palm trees. On the second day, we asked for another room with a sea view. After viewing another one in the main building, we refused (there were 2 more buildings to the sea)))) and only reminding us of the sea we got in the same Neptune, only in the other wing, with a beautiful view of the sea from the second floor....sunrise and night horizon!!!
Only on the 7th day of our stay in the morning we heard the promised noise of construction, and then: it lasted until lunch, because then the heat. Although the construction was carried out at the main building on the opposite side. Which of them other tourists wrote about - I don’t know))
We were so tired and culturally involved that the noise did not bother us.

the cleaner was left 1 dinar, but our friends did not leave - we and they still had sheets lined with a rose. So decide for yourself.
True, everywhere it smells of poison from ants, otherwise we somehow came to the room and a stream of ants ran through the entire length of the room. But they did not touch anyone and disappeared from the room exactly at dawn, when the maid was supposed to come))) So it was 2 nights and the reason is not clear... exotic!
We had our own towels and we did not regret it: the blue worn color of those towels is somehow not very good . .
If you don’t want someone to rummage through your things and fold it neatly on a high chair, then it’s better to fold and unfold everything on your own before leaving and not spoil your nerves, saving the cleaning lady from unnecessary work.
Meals we have half board: in the morning and in the evening we dined. It was enough with our heads, since we went on all the excursions and we even missed half of these breakfasts. Be sure to have breakfast before leaving for any one- or two-day excursion (Sahara, Carthage, because it was difficult to live until the first halt without food. Or, if you are late, like us, take something with you.
The buffet is a great thing - the Russians had 3-4 servings of different things for one! Yes, and the Russians themselves in the hotel were very good. We ate sweets, to put it mildly, like everyone else who was there and left their reviews here)))) Therefore, we lasted dinner for an hour))))))
don't like spicy food - don't eat those orange sauces, otherwise chilli forever))

In the evening, as they advised here, they left the waiter for tea from each dinar, i. e. 2 dinars. Although we identified our waiter only on the 5th day of our stay (the first 2 evenings we did not see him at all next to us, then we left for the Sahara, and then we were transferred to another table, where a more experienced waiter showed up). Our neighbors didn’t leave anything for him, so when they had their last dinner, they didn’t decorate their half of the table (they had left earlier), but they laid out a romantic dinner for us in crimson and white flowers on the last evening of our stay. Like this!!!
The range of food is large, but relatively constant.
They don’t know how to make cocktails and they don’t (((there remains a sweet martini and strong drinks
Animators prepared something every evening, competitions, shows. They turned on the crowd with their synchronized dances: Bomba, Zama-zama, Pi-pi-pi, etc. At first there were similar dances for children, and then for everyone else. Those who wanted to wind up - wind up! Also at lunchtime on the beach or in the pool there was aqua aerobics in the water, and then on the shore there were the same dances))) Great, very, very!!!
They tried at least! Although I heard that somewhere animators gave flowers, but this is not in Tunisia)) (like there is better)
Hammam is a super bath, algae is super, massage is also super! And all without leaving the cash desk - in the massage complex on site. We went there upon arrival from the Sahara - the sea of ​ ​ impressions and sensations)))) I advise!
Sahara is the best tour ever! You can't go to Tunisia without skipping the Sahara. There were people even with children went to the Sahara and did not regret it! By the way, the hotel also has a lot of children - even from 2-3 years old.
A very rich program in the morning and afternoon (carpet factory (bargain boldly) jeeps, a waterfall, mud baths), in the evening - a hotel and a swimming pool, camel riding, a view of the dunes, crazy sensations from a hang glider, when you realize that apart from the driver there is only the wind with its violent character.... , the Colosseum. . . But the Berbers did not surprise me: like rural people, they just cook everything for themselves, get it, they only look very young (a woman at 75 looks 55) - $180

Carthage - there is almost nothing left of it, so, for the general development (like, my foot has set foot here), the history is interesting and very big. Further on, the city with white houses and blue shutters - Sidi Bou Said - beautiful, rich, many flowers. The Bardo Mosaic Museum is amazing!
National wedding evening and laser show: a wedding on the street is not very interesting, in a hut it is already more interesting, and the laser show is super, unique. They say there is in Egypt, but not so stellar. It is better here. -$55
We tried figs - very sweet and cheaper than ours; cactus fruits - cool, but more than 3 is not recommended))
Medina - the first time I didn’t like it at the bazaar: they push everything in and push everything in a row. You just need to pass by and ignore if you are not interested in their products. There is nothing to explain something to someone, and even more so where you came from - people are different. For comparison, you can first go to stores with a fixed price, where you don’t need to bargain, ask the price and then bargain at least 20% cheaper with an ordinary shopkeeper. And one more thing: if someone offered to show and tell you something (about the medina, for example ) first ask the price, otherwise 20 dinars from two is an excellent move by an English-speaking Arab)))....out of the blue they divorced! Patience, friends))
Port El Kantaoui - for a change, you can watch the fountains with music, because it's too much to call them singing, there are a lot of cafes and yachts. On water excursions, fishing, etc. , which are offered there, it was advised not to go.
What we forgot and what we needed to take: glasses (there is a good breeze and sunshine in the Sahara), hydrogen peroxide, a lifeguard, facial skin care products, large bags for gifts, because they have small ones, sunscreen, not for tan))
What you need to take besides everything: chargers for mobile phones, flip flops, caps and half a bag of all the necessary little things, fewer things, a warm jacket came in handy at the Kiev railway station....One bag for two is enough!
Go ahead, but this is really exotic, not European level!
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