Me and my husband traveled to Hammamet last September and we were looking forward to know a different culture. We chose Maritim Alhambra because it seemed really nice, and we wanted to stay in a 5 star (some friends who were in hammamet before told me that we should stay in a 5 stars).
We arrived after midnight and we were starving. When we arrived in our room cold food as cheese and meat were waiting for us. The room was huge and very clean. Unfortunatly we could hear our neighbours TV Set.... The pool was ok, but a bit small (it seemed bigger in the magazine). The beach is great, we spent most of the time there. The buffet was very good and the waiters were very nice, but I think they were few and sometimes (specially in the breakfast) we had to wait a long time to get a clean table. The best was the mourish cafe. Really nice. We went there every evening to drink tea and to smoke the famous shisha. The waiter was so nice! We taught us how to prepare shisha, which was very useful, as we bought a narguille.
We I look back and recall the experiences we had in hammamet, the hotel was the best.

We spent one week at the Alhambra in Hammamet which was more than enough......the saving grace was the weather was 50/50 so on the days we had beautiful sun and blue skies we made the most of it and sunned ourselves in the lovely pool (heated too)....here are my gripes:-
HOTEL SERVICE- a 2 star in Europe would have better management skills and customer service.
Hotel Bureau De Change - beware, every time we changed Euros despite what the print out slip says you will still be short changed. I had a stand-off with the teller just to get the correct money!!! On 3 occassions.
IN HOUSE FOOD- Breakfast is typically continental, although you can get omlettes and if lucky a boiled egg.
The dinner buffet is a rip off at €30 each and we were left with all our dirty plates during the course of the meals.
HAMMAMET MEDINA/TOWN- a dirty old town with nothing in it, the souk we didnt even get into as you are literally acosted when you get off the little tuk tuk train and they also will approach you and say they are the waiter from your hotel, the next minute you are being pulled by the arm!!
The highlight of our trip was to Dougga visiting the wonderful roman ruins, on a par to Ephesus in Turkey......a must see!
In summary, the hotel was fine, rooms nice, lovely corridors, there are plenty of other destinations which would provide better service, far cheaper and make you feel that you werent being ripped off every time. Sorry Tunisia, you wont be on my return wish list!!!!

We had a last minute change to this Hotel as our original hotel had building works next door. We arrived in the early hours and were offered cold meats and cheese etc. in our room which we declined as we were exhausted and just wanted to sleep. Over all service was excellent especially in the restaurant (Tarek our waiter was superb, very attentive, we never even had to pour our own drinks at the table). The beach area was like an extension to the hotel the service was just the same and it was only about 100 metres down the road ( they had a tuk-tuk vehicle if you did'nt want to walk). The food was varied and excellent quality. The only thing lacking were snacks at the pool/beach bar. Very clean and friendly hotel. Would recommend this hotel for good service, quality food , and a relaxing holiday.

We stayed at the Maritim Alhambra for 2 weeks, end of July 2007 to 13th August. Overall it was a nice holiday, and the beach is fantastic. Better than some of the other hotels' sections. The hotel's tuk tuk takes you to and from the beach, it isn't that far and you can walk it if you have to. The hotel itself is a little smaller than some others, and does not look as grand as some of the other 5 star in the resort. However, the rooms are well appointed, very clean, air conditioning good. If you book sea view don't expect a large view of the sea - it is very much in the distance as there is a large desert area before you can see it. The swimming pool is nice with wooden sun loungers, although there are not a great amount of loungers - the beach has a lot more.

I had read reviews about the staff being rude - indeed they are on the abrupt side and do not seem to be helpful. Make sure if going to reception you cover up swimwear as they are a little picky about this.

On the weekends they fill up with tunisian or algerian families, so there can be an influx and it can get a little busy. The turnover of guests is quite high, we had never really seen such a change before. Not all stay for the usual 7/10/14 days.

The food was of good quality but there is not a vast range. Maybe due to it being s small-ish hotel.

Overall, a nice hotel-not quite 5 star in every department - in a nice resort of yasmine hammamet.



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