Occidental Allegro Abou Sofiane, Port El Kantaoui

Advantages: All Inclusive,On the beach,fabulous staff,
Disadvantages: Mozzies are evil,Fly issued on arrival stays with you for holiday duration.

We arrived at the hotel at 4am in the morning and the reception staff were very helpful and polite offering us a bottle of water soon as we arrived. The room was on the ground floor and slept 3 of us very comfortably it was cleaned every day and clean towels every other day. Sometimes the cleaner decorated the beds with swans made from towels and fresh flower petals scattered on them which was a nice touch. Plenty of wardrobe and drawer space for ...
...per week (approx £10) and pay deposit on towel hire which is refunded at end of holiday. You can change your £ to TD at reception every day between 10am-1pm and 5pm -10pm, there is quite a queue in the mornings. The staff we found to be all very friendly and courteous nothing was too much trouble for any of them. The food is always nicely cooked and displayed, there is lots of choices offered to suite everyone but do try the pool and beach bars for ... Read review

Advantages: All inclusive, plenty to keep you occupied, or just for chilling out.
Disadvantages: Music and PA system around the pool were, at times, too loud.

We returned from our holiday Sunday. It was lovely. The drive from the airport to the hotel resembles Beirut in parts, but please don't be put off. The Abou Sofiane could do with a little TLC on the decor in parts but was kept extremely clean. The food in the restaurant was good and plentiful - which made it all the more baffling why some people chose to push in line instead of waiting! all the staff were helpful and extremely friendly. The animation ...
...but didn't harrass us to take part in games constantly - fully appreciated we were there to rest. Despite a sign asking people not to reserve sunbeds they did, but there was an ample supply around the pool and the lifeguards did get more from the hotels private beach if more were needed. With four bars, a restaurant and a "snack bar" there was no shortage of things to eat and drink. Outside of the hotel - the shop keepers can be very persistent and ... Read review

No Air-conditioning before 01st-June even if it's boiling hot like 33 degrees celsius, and baclony's slide door didn't have a mesh to prevent bugs coming in, so I was battling with the bugs to be able to sleep at night, and at the end of my vacation my legs were full of red spots because of bug bites. Food is utter rubbish, the Tunisian cuisine is by no means tasty. The room did not have a fridge. Few Englsih channels on TV, and not a single tunisian channel to show you the countries culture. Joseph

If anyone who works at this hotel reads this, I was 3 when i visited the hotel a Young girl who was 21 called Nejia Looked After Me She wrote me a letter when i was 4 to say keep in touch, iv just found the letter if anyone has any details of her that would be grate Thankyou.