Тунис-5 баллов, отель - до 4*очень далеко Tunisia - 5 points, hotel - up to 4 * very far

I rested in Tunisia for the first time, read a lot about the country and hotels before the trip. I was going to the CLUB SUNSHINE ROSA RIVAGE 4 * hotel, but just a week before the trip, I accidentally found out that the season had ended at the hotel and my trip was being covered. Pegasus, as always, is in his repertoire - not only did this happen with the hotel, but one of the 7 days was taken away. With heaps of approvals and calls to the travel agency, I had to take Royal Salem, there was simply nothing else.
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, to 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, without frills, there are few fruits - 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.
Service in Tunisia is absent as a phenomenon, they complain about poverty, they take tips, but they don’t want to work at all.
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 is a pity that there are very few 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 definitely get into the room and pull out the money. I am not writing unfounded, I myself got into a situation.
I returned from a walk to the room - the door was open, the suitcase was opened, all the things were shaken up. 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. A friend of mine was less fortunate, after all, 50 euros were pulled out of her wallet, which was in a locked suitcase 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 of 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. But more on that later.