Tunisia for Easter Holiday?

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I've been looking at places to go over easter and there doesn't seem to be much choice for £500pp for 7 nights. We have found a hotel in Tunisia (Hammamet) that does all inclusive and sounds ok but I don't know anything about the area at all. I know Lopez always says that cheap all inclusive is bad, but I'm a fussy vegetarian and this hotel seems to have food I would eat - it's an Iberostar if that makes any difference.

Can anyone tell me what the area is like and if it's worth going for a quiet break at the end of April? Any recommendations for nicer places to go within the same budget?

Thanks :).
 
Hammamet is OK and is their version of Blackpool along with Port El Kantaoui (tourist friendly).
We always go fully inclusive and I've never had a problem anywhere.
Be aware that April in Tunisia doesn't necessarily mean good weather, if you want good weather get down to Egypt.
 
I went to Sousse about four years ago for a week and it wasn't that nice to be honest, I wouldn't go back. The weather was great and the hotel was lovely but as soon as you leave the hotel you just get hassled, which I hate. Depends if you can put up with Tunisians being a pain in the arse the whole time I suppose.

Edit - I'm also a vegetarian (though not fussy!) and although I wasn't a vegetarian at the time of that holiday my other half was and I seem to remember there being quite a bit of choice for her. :)
 
dmpoole said:
Hammamet is OK and is their version of Blackpool along with Port El Kantaoui (tourist friendly).
We always go fully inclusive and I've never had a problem anywhere.
Be aware that April in Tunisia doesn't necessarily mean good weather, if you want good weather get down to Egypt.
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Agreed....we also went all inclusive, we loved El Kantaoui.

You dont seem to hear the horror stories about Tunisia that you do about the likes of egypt mind.
 
Justin said:
I went to Sousse about four years ago for a week and it wasn't that nice to be honest,
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We went to Sousse for a day out and went into the open market.
It was the worst time of my life because I had my wife & 2 daughters and around 300 shopkeepers letching after them.
Twice I was ordered into a shop and shown a big knife to buy and when I refused they got very angry.
As soon as we got out of the other side we got straight into a taxi and went back to Kantaoui where nobody hassles.

zootfloot said:
You dont seem to hear the horror stories about Tunisia that you do about the likes of egypt mind.
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I'm going back to Egypt in April.
7 day Nile cruise, 3 nights in Cairo next to the Pyramids and then down to Hurghada for 5 days.
 
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zootfloot said:
Agreed....we also went all inclusive, we loved El Kantaoui.

You dont seem to hear the horror stories about Tunisia that you do about the likes of egypt mind.
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I really loved Tunisia - we went end Sept to Port El Kantaoui.

We went camel riding and on a Tunisian night to get out of the port. We also braved Sousse and the Medina there - as long as you are prepared for shopkeepers hounding you, it really isn't that bad.

I am used to it, you just have to be confident and walk past them, haggle loads too and you get your way. If they don't agree (90% of the time they will) there is always someone else willing to sell to you.

We stayed at: El mouradi Palace which was brilliant for us :)

Lots of Germans and Russians though!

BB x
 
dmpoole said:
It was the worst time of my life because I had my wife & 2 daughters and around 300 shopkeepers letching after them.
Twice I was ordered into a shop and shown a big knife to buy and when I refused they got very angry.
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Sounds a little like Turkey to me. Went there with my missus and all i can remember of the place is 1000 turks trying to latch onto my missus.

AVOID.
 
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