Tunisia is an amazing original country in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast. Millions of travelers travel to Tunisia, attracted by the opportunities for a varied holiday. This corner of the earth absolutely confirms all the archaic notions of a classic resort: kilometers of fantastic flat beaches with white-golden fine sand, picturesque landscapes of the vast Sahara, a warm dry climate, a rich cultural heritage with a touch of French colonial traditions, many unique attractions, thalassotherapy centers, spicy cuisine, a unique combination of oriental flavor of Gallic culture.
Tunisia can hardly be called a dynamic or fast-growing resort, it is generally difficult to suspect it of any kind of growth! But it does not become less attractive because of this and every year it consistently receives its impressive portion of international tourists.
Visa to Tunisia
A Russian traveler to travel to Tunisia does not need to go through the hellish procedure of preliminary visa processing. No need to plan your vacation in advance all the time and leave the necessary period for paperwork beforethe expected date of departure gives tourists an additional opportunity to save their most valuable resource - time.
Many will say that many countries popular among Russian tourists also have a simplified visa regime. Yes, but upon arrival in Turkey, Sri Lanka, Bali or the Maldives, and until recently in Egypt, you still need to pay for a visa stamp at the airport from $ 15 to $ 35, while Tunisia for all Russian and Ukrainian guests accepts free of charge.
Thalassotherapy in Tunisia
If you take a closer look, then a classic beach holiday in Tunisia can hardly "wipe your nose" with such popular Egypt and Turkey. Yes, there are excellent beaches, satisfactory hotels, animation. However, in Tunisia there is one feature that especially attracts tourists, or rather tourists - thalassotherapy. This is a special technique for the treatment of various diseases based on sea mud. There are many thalassotherapy programs. Basically, lovely ladies take thalasso courses not to solve serious he alth problems, but to improve their appearance, expel unfortunate cellulite and eliminate other cosmetic defects.
Hotels in Tunisia
Tunisia does not seek to get the palm in the nomination "Best hotel sector". Really first-class, high-level hotels in Tunisia, the cat cried. Official star categorization sometimes contradicts generally accepted standards and even the laws of logic. It may well happen that a 5hotel will yield in all respects to the average European three. At thatwhile a three-star hotel can be quite a decent place. So when choosing a holiday destination in Tunisia, special attention should be paid to the reviews of previous visitors. Today we will talk about just such a hotel as Club Novostar Dar Khayam. Reviews of tourists about him are extremely positive, but the official accreditation awarded him a modest 3.
Hotel Club Novostar Dar Khayam 3 (Tunisia, Hammamet)
The hotel has an almost perfect location. It is located right on the shores of the fabulous Mediterranean Sea with access to one of the best beaches in the Hammamet area. Club Novostar Dar Khayam is located 6 km from the city. Yasmine Hammamet Old Town is 14.5 km away and Enfidha Airport is a 30-minute transfer (60 km).
The hotel was built back in 1975, a little later than the city of Carthage. But it's still too old for a hotel. Things were pretty bleak until the hotel joined the Novostar Hotels chain in 2009 and then went through a major renovation in 2010. Before becoming part of the Novostar chain, the hotel was called Dar Khayam 3.
Standard check-in time is 14:00, check-out is 12:00. Tourists in their reviews have repeatedly noted that if the hotel has ready-made rooms, then guests are settled without problems, they are not forced to wait for the official time. For the summer period, Russian-speaking staff works here, including Russian children's animators
Hotel area
This large complex has a spacious, well-groomed territory. There are only seven pools here. Oneone of them is a whole sports and entertainment water park with five slides that delight both large and small tourists who come to the hotel (Tunisia).
Club Novostar Dar Khayam 3 has a common infrastructure with another hotel of the chain called Club Novostar Omar Khayam. Guests can freely spend time in the open spaces of the neighboring complex.
There are also small children's pools with fountains and small safe slides. They can be visited from 10 am to 6 pm. Sunbeds and umbrellas by the pool are free, towels are issued on a deposit of 20 TND, mattresses are paid.
Also on the territory of the Club Novostar Dar Khayam 3 complex there are:
- platforms for playing beach soccer, archery;
- mini golf courses (12 km);
- tennis courts;
- souvenir shop and mall;
- currency exchange;
- SPA complex and beauty salon, sauna, hammam and fitness center with gym;
- an amphitheater and a large area for evening animation;
- meeting rooms.
There is free Wi-Fi in the lobby and at the reception, but you have to pay separately for wireless Internet in the rooms.
Food at Dar Khayam NovostarClub 3 (Hammamet)
The hotel is no doubt in step with the cult of modern all-inclusive holiday gluttony. This concept would not have won recognition in many resort countries if it were not so ingenious. Even if at the end of the holiday tourists begin to quietly hate "all inclusive", everyoneand the next year they again go to a hotel operating under this system.
Life hack for beautiful young ladies who are planning a vacation at Club Novostar Dar Khayam: it is better to book a beach photo shoot in a swimsuit for the first half of your vacation. Because it is almost impossible not to gain 2-3 kilograms in ten days in this hotel. For those who manage to relax for two weeks in Tunisia on the all inclusive system and not get better, it is high time to write books and conduct trainings on how to develop willpower.
The hotel has a main restaurant (Swedish line) and two a la carte establishments. The main food outlet operates according to the standard schedule: breakfast from 06:00 to 09:30, lunch from 12:30 to 14:30 and dinner from 19:00 to 21:30. The menu here is varied. There is a choice of food for different tastes: a lot of fruits and vegetables, seafood, meat, fish and side dishes, delicious desserts. Hot dishes and snacks are mostly European, although they are not without spicy oriental notes. Their names in the restaurant are signed in Russian. Coffee, tea and other hot drinks are served for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Often in hotels of even the highest star rating, coffee and tea at buffet tables are prepared only for an additional fee.
There is also a children's menu. If the hotel has more than 20 children, then a separate Swedish line with baby food is served in the main restaurant. In the allotted corner with children's furniture during lunch and dinner, the kids are constantly helped by a children's animator. At a time when the hotel has less than 20 small tourists, children's meals are presented on the general Swedish line.
Entrance to a la carte restaurants is free 2 times a week. Pre-registration required. One restaurant serves classic Italian cuisine, the other serves spicy Tunisian culinary delights.
You need to know that the buffet and a la carte have a relaxed dress code for dinner. Men are not allowed to wear swim shorts and sleeveless shirts. It is unacceptable to visit the restaurant in beachwear for all categories of guests, including children. This is a standard requirement that exists in many hotels of this type. No one requires guests to wear starched collars and floor-length dresses. But to have a clean, tidy appearance during meals is an adequate rule. It is enough just to change your bathing suit for a comfortable outfit in urban style. Although our compatriots, and especially compatriots, often like to defile on vacation, sparkling with evening dresses.
What drinks are served here? The hotel has 4 bars: a snack bar, an institution on the beach, near the large pool and a lobby bar. Tourists note the high quality of alcohol in the hotel (especially beer and wine) and the absence of diluted entertainment drinks of unknown origin. Non-alcoholic drinks on a bracelet are issued at the pool bar and on the beach: tea, coffee, milk, mineral water, lemonade, juices.
Bar schedule:
- The lobby bar is open from 10 am to midnight (November 1 to May 31) and from 4 pm to 11 pm (June 1 to October 31).
- The beach bar works with10 am to 6 pm and offers alcoholic drinks.
- The pool bar opens at 10am, closes at 6pm (November 1st to May 31st) and open until midnight from June 1st to October 31st.
- Moorish-style cafe open from 3pm to 1am (extra charge).
Service for children
Club Novostar dar Khayam Resort is just perfect for a fun family vacation. In this place, all family members can really relax. A variety of services for young guests at the hotel allows parents to dedicate part of the long-awaited vacation for themselves and entrust the kids to children's animators.
In addition to the children's menu and swimming pools, the hotel also has a children's room and an outdoor playground. In addition, there is a mini club for guests from 4 to 12 years old. It has sports animation, art therapy, drawing, modeling, board games, face art with the help of safe face painting, bubble show. Professional animators at Club Novostar Dar Khayam Resort hold fun competitions with children. There is also an opportunity to develop young talents. The hotel has a children's theater group and a dance club. A maxi-club is open for teenagers, where master classes, cooking courses, sports, quests are held. The age of children for this club is from 12 to 18 years old.
For families traveling with infants, there is a paid Novostar Baby service. It includes an additional mini-fridge in the room, an electric kettle, a clothes dryer, a baby potty andsand play sets. A baby cot is available upon request to all guests, not just those who have paid for the Novostar Baby service.
The main restaurant has special household appliances for feeding babies, blenders, hot water cooler, microwave, bottle warmers. The hotel has a service "Birthday Compliments" (birthday cake) and "Surprise for newlyweds". Tourists in their reviews repeatedly praise the staff's approach to tourists with children. It is noted that such a well-thought-out children's service is difficult to find even in pretentious chain five-star hotels.
Beach
In Tunisia, hotels cannot acquire their own sections of the coastline, as in Turkey, so the beach at this hotel is public, like all others in Tunisia. The hotel itself is located on the first line - close to the sea. The beach at Dar Khayam Novostar Club 3 (Hammamet) is beautiful, smooth, well-equipped. The entrance to the sea is gentle and shallow, ideal for swimming with children. There is a bar on the beach. For hotel guests, sun loungers and umbrellas are free, but they need to be borrowed early, even before breakfast.
Animation
Adult animation in the hotel is very active. Such entertainment programs are a feature of the resorts of Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt. Russian vacationers like this approach. Isolated Europeans prefer a slightly different way of spending their leisure time.
Sports animation at the Club Novostar Dar Khayam 3 (Tunisia) includes group and water aerobics, as well as dance courses. This is very handy with such a rich "all inclusive". There is also evening animation, show programs and a disco every day. On the beach, guests can ride catamarans for free. For a fee, you can try any kind of water sports, including kayaks, diving, water polo, windsurfing, water skiing.
Hotel rooms
The total number of apartments is 320. The number of rooms is impressive and designed for a large number of guests. But the territory at the Club Novostar Dar Khayam 8 8 is also huge. Therefore, guests can have fun in different places of the complex without disturbing each other. Vacationers can book rooms in the main building or in bungalows. Each option has its own advantages: the bungalows are closer to the beach, and the balconies of the rooms of the main complex offer a beautiful view of the sea.
The rooms are equipped according to the standards: balcony or terrace, bed, furniture, TV, air conditioning, telephone, bathroom, hairdryer, mini-bar. For an additional fee, you can get a safe and a minibar refill. Rooms are cleaned every day, bath towels are changed daily and beds are changed once a week.
Tourists in their comments actively praise the food, animation in this hotel, but sometimes speak disapprovingly of the rooms. In principle, the rooms are all clean and fully correspond to the category of the hotel. The thing is that the rooms are the only thing that gives out three "stars" in this hotel. Everything else, including service, staff qualifications, a range of services, resembles a five-star hotel.
Whatinteresting places to visit in Tunisia?
No matter how wonderful the Club Novostar Dar Khayam hotel is, sometimes the curiosity of tourists makes them leave the hospitable territory of the complex and go in search of interesting things. In this regard, Tunisia can offer guests a truly unique excursion program. Throughout the country, many monuments of the glorious past of this wonderful corner of the planet have been preserved.
What can the hotel (Hammamet) offer us? Hammamet Club Novostar Dar Khayam is located near the city of the same name. So, of course, you can go to the village itself. This is an old, colorful settlement. It has many thalassotherapy centers.
Tunisia's most popular attraction is the majestic ruins of the ancient city. Everyone probably remembers from the history of the ancient world about the mighty Carthage, which was founded by the Phoenicians, but then conquered by the Romans. In El Jem, you can see the preserved ancient amphitheater, which is in no way inferior to the Colosseum. This is the main character of the prints on all the souvenirs that are sold in Tunisia. You can also go on an excursion or on a jeep safari to the Sahara, the largest desert in the world. It captures with its grandeur, amazes with views.
