Tunisia - Holiday (Tunisia)

Hammamet My husband and I were both recovering from illnesses, well mine is surgery on my foot. Both of us fed up decided to book a last minute week’s break in Tunisia. We booked on the Thursday flew on theSaturday. We have never visited Africa or Tunisia before but decided the weather in Feb would be warmer than here. We were looking forward to visiting somewhere different. We booked At the Barceló hotel recently name change from Miramar we usually camp. Hammamet has several hotels offering BB half board or full board. Getting there We flew from Stanstead to Monastir flight about 3 hours ... more

About this time last year, my parents decided to book a family holiday for the summer. They went into the local travel agents, knowing roughly how much they wanted to spend and that we wanted somewhere hot, and came out with a holiday booked to Tunisia. ABOUT TUNISIA Other than knowing roughly where it was, we knew very little about this place before we went, so we bought the Eyewitness guide to Tunisia, which we found very helpful. For those of you who don't know, Tunisia is in the north of Africa, and according to the travel guide, is the most visiter-friendly of the north African countries ... more

The reason I chose Tunisia for a holiday was that I was thinking about taking more adventurous holidays but wanted to test the water first and try somewhere a little bit different from my usual destinations - the Greek Islands, Canaries, Spain, etc. I wanted to see how I would fare in a country with customs quite different to those I was used to. Tunisia seemed to fit the bill - a Muslim country on a continent I had never visited before and one I thought might be quite different from previous holiday destinations. We booked a package through Panorama/Manos having seen very good prices on the ... more

Me and my husband stayed in The Hotel Phenicia in Hammamet at the end of October this year. i think it cost approximately £342 with Thomsons all inclusive basis. Accomodation The rooms are very clean and quite spacious. The rooms are numbered in the 1000s even though there are not 1000s of rooms. We stayed in 2080. there are 5 floors and the top floor has a patio area which you can go out on and have an amazing view of the hotel grounds and surrounding area.The rooms seem to be all twin-bedded. We did ask for a double when booking but I wouldnt bother again as I dont think there are any ... more

+Kairouan, The Great Mosque and a bit of Haggling+ An Anniversary Treat Having decided to give ourselves a little anniversary treat, myself and my boyfriend, Mark, thought it would be nice to get away for a bit, and go find some warm winter sun. Flicking through the brochures we found a lovely, luxurious looking hotel……in Tunisia. Now Tunisia was not somewhere id ever thought about going. I didn’t really know much about the country, and to be honest had no real wish to go there, but the hotel looked fantastic, as did the beaches, and it was a good price. We booked for a week in mid-November ... more