I won't be coming again..........

Written: 15 november 2010
Travel time: 1 — 7 november 2010
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I rested in Tunisia for the first time, read a lot about the country and hotels before the trip. I chose the hotel in detail, I booked the tour in advance, two months in advance. I picked up CLUB SUNSHINE ROSA RIVAGE 4 *, but literally a week before the trip, checking my application, I find out that the hotel did not get the required number of tourists and ended the season, and my trip is covered. I had to urgently look for something else. Pegasus offered cheaper hotels with no refund of the price difference. With heaps of approvals and calls to the travel agency, I had to take Royal Salem, there was simply nothing else. Pegasus presented another unpleasant surprise at the end of the trip - he took one out of 7 days - they were supposed to fly out on November 11 at 21-00, the flight was postponed to 11.11 at 6 in the morning. The flight went well, we were met, taken to the hotel - everything was as usual. At the reception, two good fellows tried to pick up a room with a sea view for $ 5 a day. I refused, I almost never go into the room, only showers and bains, the rest of the time - the sea, the city, excursions. The guys immediately got bored, they offered a room on the 1st floor 106. The balcony overlooks the entrance to the hotel, the fountain. The room is like a room, I don’t need special frills, it’s clean and okay. Not even embarrassed by the accumulation of Tunisian children - they have a vacation and they also rested in this hotel on the same floor. The food at the hotel is normal, no frills, there is little fruit - plums and apples, a couple of times there were pomegranates and pears, ice cream is very tasty, everything else is practically the same as everywhere else. Waiters work hard, and everywhere: in a bar on the sea, in a snack bar, in the main restaurant. They are friendly, smile, greet, but as soon as something needs to be done, they immediately pretend that they do not understand anything, or are very busy. And the attitude is to tourists of any nationality. We sat with a Frenchwoman in the evening at the bar, the lady smoked a lot, cigarette butts were already falling on the table, and the waiter just ran through and collected empty dishes, he did not react to the lady's remarks. Employees - women are very different from men. They are not only friendly and smiling, but they really work, they cleaned the room, laid out swan flowers. It's a pity there aren't many of them. Theft in this hotel is rampant. They offer to book a safe for 2 dinars, you don’t take a safe - 70% guarantee that they will climb into the room and pull out the money. I am not writing unfounded, I myself got into a situation. I return from a walk to the room - the door is open, the lock is knocked out, I went to the reception, told the situation - they groaned and said that it was necessary to book the safe. The door was offered to be repaired only in the morning. I had to explain that this would not work. After about 20 minutes, their locksmith came and made the door. There was only Russian money in the room, she carried a phone, a camera and dinars with her, so the guys broke off. An acquaintance was less fortunate, 50 euros were pulled out of her wallet in her room. And again the kids only groaned and offered to use the safe. From the reaction of the reception staff, the conclusion suggests itself - this is everywhere and one of the ways to improve the well-being of hotel employees. I saw such a cockroach in my room - beauty (2.5 - 3 centimeters in length, red-haired, fat), there were no other living creatures. Cats walk around the hotel not only on the territory, but also in the lobby and stairs. The beach is dirty, the sea is dirty, algae lie in a thick layer on the sand. They removed algae during my trip once, four trucks were loaded, tired and left to continue working, so half the beach remained black. If it weren't for the excursions, a nasty sediment would have remained in general. And there is something to see in Tunisia. Excursion to the Berber village, laser show. I liked it very much, despite minor flaws (when they watched the history of Tunisia, the Russian translation did not always sound), but there is still something to see: at the entrance they were greeted with dances, riders showed their skills, they watched a beautiful performance - a Tunisian wedding. Trip Carthage - Sidi Bou Said - Tunisia. The guide from the travel agency TTV is a journalist by profession Abel (asked not to be confused with Abel). He spoke very interestingly, in detail, answered all questions from the point of view of a journalist. We looked at the ruins of Carthage, a beautiful blue-and-white city of artists. What are the views of the sea there - you will swing, you took cool pictures, wandered around the capital. If you do not pay close attention to the roadside dirt (in places it is not cleaner in our own places), then looking from the bus window at olive groves, cactus thickets, beautiful villas is a real pleasure. Shopping - shopping in Tunisia is best done in shopping centers. Sousse has a tourist area - a port, a large number of shops and shops, various cafes and restaurants. You can ride the rides, go to the botanical garden. You can also buy various souvenirs there. I didn’t like the medina in Sousse - it strongly resembles a flea market, because of the large number of local people you feel uncomfortable.
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