Regardless of what is now outside the window, rain, snow or the scorching sun, you can go to the sea at any time of the year. Of course, you will not get warm in Turkey in January, but Tunisia will be a good alternative even in November. In addition, to purchase a mild tan in the middle of autumn is the best result of an excellent holiday.
North Africa, despite its "cold name", attracts many tourists precisely out of season. When the city has slush, strong winds and freezing rain, Tunisia will “come to the rescue” and provide an unforgettable vacation in the middle of autumn.
Fairy tale city
Hotel El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 *, which will be discussed, is located in the beautiful sunny city of Hammamet. The name of this settlement from the Turkic language means "place for swimming", and it is absolutely justified. Hammamet is a fairy tale city. There are clean beaches, magnificent architecture, led by the old quarter of Medina. The resort has many hotels and treatment centers. Walking through the streets of the city, you can easily hide in the shade of olive trees and orange plantations.
Hammamet is now a kind of tourist complex, which fell in love with many Europeans. Travelers come here at any time of the year to relax from the city and swim in the Mediterranean Sea. Holidays at the El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * hotel (Hammamet) will suit those who come from the metropolis to hide from the bustle, as well as those who love nightlife and music.
Hotel location
The location of the hotel is very favorable. The fact is that El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * is located in a special tourist area of ​​Yasmine. Nearby is the modern Medina and an amusement park.
The hotel opened in 1999. After 10 years, it was restored. Nowadays, the hotel covers an area of ​​18 thousand square meters. The hotel has its own beach, since the building is located on the first coastline.
You can get here in several ways. For example, fly first to Tunisia, and then choose a taxi or bus. But it is worth considering that between Tunisia and Hammamet more than 300 kilometers, the road will take more than 5 hours. There is an option to buy a plane ticket to Anfida (Enfid), then the resort town can be reached within an hour - the distance is almost 50 kilometers.
Hotel Description
The hotel belongs to the El Mouradi chain of French hotels. As mentioned earlier, El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * (Tunisia) was built in 1999. Several times it was closed for reconstruction. The latter was carried out in 2008. The hotel has its own beach, which stretches for 300 meters. The complex has one building on five floors. The total area of ​​the entire hotel is 18,000 m 2 .
For tourists, 235 rooms of different categories are available. Also on the territory of El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * (Tunisia, Hammamet) there is a spacious parking, pools, shops, a left-luggage office, a lobby and an elevator.
Rules of residence
The rules of settlement and accommodation, as elsewhere. Although it’s worth, of course, to check the time of arrival before arrival. It is best to go here with a tour operator. They all calculate and populate travelers at the most appropriate time. In most hotels, eviction takes place before 11-12 hours of the day, and check-in after 13-14: 00. If you arrived a little earlier, things can be left in lockers and will go to the sea or to the pool. If you arrived earlier, but your number is already free, then you will be settled immediately.
On the day of departure you need to pay at the reception. Although this should also be clarified immediately after booking. If you paid everything to the tour operator, then it remains only to pay for additional services if you used them. Hotel El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * (Hammamet) accepts both cash and credit cards Master Card and Visa.
Child's world
Holidays with children are always pleasant and fun. The hotel area is huge, so the kid will find where to roam. There are no age restrictions at the hotel, although this issue should also be discussed before arrival. There are no strollers for rent here, but children's tables in the restaurant will be given to you for free. By the way, a children's menu is also available here.
This room can accommodate a cot. For older kids, entertainment in the pool is possible, as well as a mini club that invites children from 5 to 12 years old. Its working hours are from 9 a.m. to noon, and also from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Babysitting services are available for small fidgets, but for a fee. On the territory there is a playground with attractions, on which your children will be entertained by animators.
Animals
“Our smaller brothers” for many remain an integral part of the family, so they also have to go to the sea with us. El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * hotel is aimed at a family with children, adults, newlyweds, business people, company and, of course, animals. Four-legged accommodation is possible, but be sure to warn about it.
Rooms
In the El Mouradi El Menzah 4 * hotel (Yasmine Hammamet) there are 235 rooms of various categories. Most of them - 210 rooms are designed for standard relaxation with a view of the garden or the sea. 12 junior suites also have one room, but it is more than standard. The hotel has 8 prestige suites with two rooms, there are also 3 rooms for three rooms with one bathroom, and 2 of the same options, but with two bathrooms.
Each room has a balcony and a bathroom, all the necessary equipment: TV, hairdryer, air conditioning, telephone. Bring one and a half liters of bottled water daily. Everything in the minibar is usually paid. There is a safe with an electronic key. It is possible to ask for the “wake up by phone” service.
The bathroom has all the necessary accessories: towels, shampoos, soaps, shower gels. Also toilet paper. Daily cleaning in the room, change of bed linen. But the "room service" for guests is paid.
Nutrition
In El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * you will not stay hungry. There are 5 restaurants here, two of which are a buffet. 8 bars are located throughout the territory. The power system here is basically All Inclusive. You can book a meal in a la carte restaurants.
By the way, All Inclusive is available not only for the buffet, but also for the above restaurants. In this case, refreshments and alcoholic drinks are available for the tourist, an early breakfast, light snacks are served after the afternoon, there are also aperitifs in the afternoon, and after 6 pm. Between this time, you can try ice cream, and then drink tea. Night snacks are available for those who come from a disco and will definitely want to have a bite before bedtime (from 10 pm to 3 a.m.). Paid here are imported drinks, as well as hookah. In addition, bars and restaurants that do not have an A la carte AI system operate at an additional cost.
The main restaurant is open at a convenient time. Breakfast here starts at 6 a.m. and lasts 4 hours. There is a brunch until 11 in the afternoon. Lunch is from 12:00 to 14:00. Dinner also lasts almost 3 hours - from half past six to nine in the evening. Late dinner with late snacks lasts from ten in the evening until 3:00. The whole system works like a buffet.
Sea beach
As mentioned earlier, El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * (Hammamet) is located on the first coastline and has its own beach. Its length is 300 meters, but in the most active seasons, this is not enough, so you have to use the neighboring territories for a fee.
The beach is not very clean. Especially after the sea rages at night, in the morning there are a lot of algae and garbage, after night party-goers. On the territory there are free sun loungers, umbrellas and even mattresses. But for towels you need to give a deposit of $ 5. The Mediterranean Sea is not always happy with warmth, so kids are sometimes better off spending time in the pool.
Infrastructure
About Hotel El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * 2016 reviews are mostly positive. The weather pleased, and tourists could enjoy the rest to the fullest. A well-developed infrastructure contributed to this. As mentioned earlier, the hotel has 5 restaurants, 8 bars and a couple of small cafes. For tourists, 5 pools are available. Two are in the open, three in the building, and there is even a couple with fresh water.
The hotel has shops and free parking. At the reception there is a list of all possible services and fees for them. It works around the clock, so for all issues you can contact the duty administrator. There is a safe at the reception, but it is paid.
In El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * the description of the infrastructure is impressive. For business trips, two conference rooms are available - one for 80 people, the second for four hundred. A business center is available for a fee. Also, the doctor will advise you for the money.
Otherwise, everything is free: swimming pools, an Internet cafe (worth clarifying), parking, laundry, currency exchange and even a beauty salon.
Pools
In El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * pool reviews are positive. Firstly, there are five of them. Two of them are located in the sun on the hotel territory, three pools in the building itself. Of those on the street, one has a zone for children with water slides. Another pool is suitable for adults.
There are three swimming pools in the building, two of them with fresh water. They are popular with those who come here out of season when it gets cool.
On the territory of the "outdoor" pools there are water activities. For example, aqua aerobics or water polo. You can simply dance to music in the water.
Entertainment
Those who wrote reviews about El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * “relax now” praise the most for the amount of entertainment. The hotel is really more suitable for active people. Tourists who like to sleep all day may be unhappy, since music shows by the pool begin at 9 a.m. and end late at night.
On the website of the El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * hotel, entertainment photos are presented vividly. On the beach, in addition to bars and cafes, you can ride a scooter or catamaran, you can learn to dive or windsurf. All the above services are paid.
On site you can play mini-golf, participate in daytime animation or go to the entertainment center. At night there is a disco and a club.
For those who want to keep themselves in great shape, beach volleyball, archery, aerobics, gymnastics, table tennis, soccer and volleyball are available. You can also go to the gym for free. But for a fee, you can play billiards or tennis, as well as take riding lessons.
Beyond the territory
Outside the hotel there is also plenty of entertainment. Hammamet has an excellent amusement park that will appeal not only to young travelers, but will also attract adult tourists here. The resort is also easy to find nightclubs. There are even a couple of streets that are “strewn” with discos and bars. The most popular night club is Oasis. Immediately, there is one of the largest discos on the entire continent of Manhattan.
Also, for visitors it is easy to find an excursion for every taste. Moreover, both in the town itself and far beyond its borders. For example, one of the largest excursions in Tunisia is a trip to the Sahara. In just a couple of days you will overcome more than one and a half thousand kilometers. See the whole country, ride a camel and get acquainted with the oldest sights.
In Hammamet you can go to Old Medina and Ribat. Visit an unusual fortress in the Spanish style of the 16th century. Nearby is an unusual museum of wedding dresses. Yasmine-Hammamet is quite large, so here you can stumble upon the "old quarter".
It is worth tasting the wonderful complex for tourists - Medina Mediterraniya. This is a kind of museum, which located within itself not only the traditions of the Arabs, but also tourist attractions. You can wander around the bazaar with pleasant little things and sit in cozy restaurants. By the way, there are about 20 of them in the territory of this complex.
Perhaps it is worth recalling another attraction of Hammamet that every tourist should visit - the home of a millionaire from Romania, which was built in the last century. Around the building rise cypress trees, near a wide pool surrounded by columns. Inside the house are many luxurious bathrooms and bedrooms. By the way, in the garden of this house is the famous amphitheater, inviting here in July / August to the art festival.
What do they say?
Basically about the hotel El Mouradi Hammamet Menzah 4 * positive reviews. To avoid disappointment, you should immediately examine the hotel and understand that this place will be a bit noisy for lovers of "sleep longer". The first thing tourists face is flying. The fact is that you need to be careful in choosing the city of arrival. The fact is that the nearest airport is in Anfida, it is a 15-20 minute drive from the hotel. Some inattentive travelers arrive in the town of Monastir, from where you need to get more than an hour and a half.
Tourists noted the similarity of the hotel with a well, inside which is a swimming pool. It looks very nice, but in fact it turns out that it is better to have windows on the opposite side. The fact is that more than once there were complaints about morning activities near the pool. A sutra here is already gathering a crowd of people ready to sing and dance in the water. Also, babies wake up early. But closed windows and doors are not enough to muffle the noise of both morning walks and night gatherings.
Those who traveled in May complained about the cool water in the pool and the sea. But these are more climate issues. There were also problems with the beach. As you know, the hotel has its own coastal area. But here both local and tourists from other hotels can come here, since the beach is free. Therefore, many find a way to make their way to neighboring territories for a fee.
The food at the hotel is good. Few complained about the lack of diversity. Breakfast includes a lot of pastries and fruit. That was the problem with the late dinner. In the evening, the hotel likes to serve fast food: pizza and burgers. Such food is certainly more suitable for guests returning from discos.
The impression of a vacation in Tunisia is twofold. The thing is that this is a poor country living at the expense of tourism. People work for the benefit of this industry, but the culture of communication is often not enough. Not every traveler will like some familiarity from the hotel staff, as well as their love of money. It is noticed that if you give the waiter “tea”, he will begin to work better and fuss more. On the beach, annoying merchants strained with food and camels. Otherwise, a vacation in Tunisia brings a lot of positive impressions.