Our trip to Tunisia.
Holidays in Tunisia in June 2010, Hill Diar hotel. Our journey began from our native city of Volgograd. Since I was in Tunisia from Moscow, we went from Volgograd to the capital by train. In the evening we left Volgograd, and by lunchtime we arrived at the Paveletsky railway station in Moscow. They also transferred to the Aeroexpress going right in the building of Domodedovo Airport. We quickly took our documents from the representative of the tour operator ASC groups and went for registration. If you arrive on time as expected in 3 hours, you can get good seats on the plane. We flew on a Boeing 747 of Transaero Airlines. We got seats on the second floor next to the business class. We flew well, fed a hot second choice, carried juice, water, tea, coffee. landed at the airport of the city of Monastir, to Sousse, where we rested, we had to go by bus for about 30 minutes. We were met by representatives of the tour operator, put on the bus and went to take everyone to the hotels. The roads in Tunisia are very good, although there are no traffic lights, but the driver always gives way to pedestrians and each other. The hotel resettled us very quickly, we got a room on the 3rd floor of the main building overlooking the pool, the hotel grounds and the sea. The territory of the hotel is quite large, in addition to the main building there are also bungalow houses. Air conditioning in June they do not work, which in principle is not necessary. There is a cool wind blowing outside all the time. In the evening we even had to close the windows, because at night the temperature drops and it was cool to sleep. And if you go for a walk in the evening, it is better to wear a light blouse. We had breakfast and dinner buffet. From the food you could choose whatever you want. We didn't go hungry there. Every evening, a different fruit was given for dinner. In general, fruits in Tunisia are very tasty and sweet, especially oranges and peaches and melons. We also tried ice cream with different flavors, very very tasty. It costs 50 rubles for 3 balls of ice cream, we have 1 ball costs 50 rubles. Taxi in Sousse is almost the same public transport as we have. The cost is about 4-5 dinars (1 dinar = 20 rubles) for pretty decent distances. Every taxi has meters. . There are 2 state shops in Sousse - are they General and Monoprix? Worth going there for groceries and household items. Their prices are the lowest in the city. Olive oil there costs 100 rubles per 1 liter. You should definitely try sweet halva, juices, yogurt and much more. We tried their famous seasoning Harisu, like our adjika. Seasoning will appeal to lovers of spicy. With alcoholic beverages there is quite difficult. Since the country is Muslim, alcohol is not common among them. It is sold only in state stores. The choice of vodka is poor, Tunisians produce one type of vodka called Boukha (made from figs), the rest is all brought. Keep in mind that alcohol prices are high (1 liter of Absolut vodka costs $100), so bring your own if you need it. There is no beer as current, but which is complete crap. But there is a large selection of wine, after all, the former French colony. It is better to buy souvenirs in shops with fixed prices, for those who do not like and do not want to bargain. Of the excursions, we chose only one, as we rested with a child. We went to the laser show (Al Zahra). It costs $50 per adult and $25 per child. I liked the show very much. Here, on the territory of an improvised medieval fortress, you will see a folklore show with a Tunisian national dinner. The second part of the evening is a laser show (the only one in Tunisia and the best in Africa). Here you will see not only amazing special effects, but also a theatrical performance that opens 3000 years of Tunisian history. By the way, only on Saturdays the show takes place in Russian. We went to Port El Kantaoui to look at the singing fountains. It is better to change money at the hotel where the bank employee comes. they have the same exchange rate throughout the country. When we were 1 dinar = 20 rubles.