Eklynne
August 30, 2024
Just back from a week here. First time in Tunisia. Firstly, I have a lot of positives about the resort, but to get the one big negative (for us) out of the way, DO NOT come here if you want to relax during the day. There is no area on resort to really chill out during the day, which is what we enjoy doing on holiday. If you are into loud music, pool games and daytime entertainment, you will love this place. Even the indoor pool, which is really nice, is crowded with families, kids with floaties etc, screaming and jumping into the water, there is genuinely nowhere to go and snooze/read/zone out etc during the daytime, unless you go to the beach, which is nice but only serves beer/soft drinks and is a good 5 minute walk away, not 2 as some suggest, so bear this in mind if you have mobility issues. The loud daytime music could even be heard from our room, so there really is no escape. Even my noise cancelling headphones failed me! This is a personal criticism though, lots of the clientele were having a great time so if this is your thing, go for it. It's just not ours and had I known this I would not have booked. I would like to suggest that the hotel considered making the pool near the bar adults only? On to the positives now. Our room was not dated at all, as some reviews have suggested so I wonder if our section had been upgraded? Anyway, it was lovely, overlooking the indoor pool with a (distant) sea view. Some nice north african decor touches with the mirrors and lighting, great powerful shower, comfy bed, fresh towels every day, good hairdryer, free safe, big balcony, lots of clothes hangers. Bedding was only changed once throughout the week though, which is a shame. I'd expect a daily change at a 4* hotel when it's 35+ degrees! I really liked our room, no complaints apart from lack of bedding change. Now for the best bit, the food. It really is exceptional, huge choices at breakfast, lunch and dinner. I did not come away from a single meal without raving about how good it was. Everything was tasty, hot, fresh and full of flavour. The snack bar was ok if you want simplicity, pasta, hamburger, pizza etc but we prefer a range of international food so we mostly ate at the restaurant. We were on the early dinner service, it was calm and relaxed and you get the same allocated table every night, I really liked this idea! One complaint, there was halva on offer our first night, my absolute favourite middle eastern sweet treat. I planned on eating lots of it throughout my stay but it was never offered the rest of the week. Get the halva out every night!! :) In the hotel's defence, the sweet offerings are very good. Proper patisserie quality desserts, and such choice. Avoid the sandwich corner at the pool bar, might be ok for kids for a quick bite but they were just dry and tasteless with no filling. Much better options elsewhere. Drinks were just ok, house wine was drinkable, different cocktails every night, g&t and rum/coke etc all as expected,