Yasmine Hammamet Hotel Reviews

Beach not very nice had some sort of oil slick going on which made it very unpleasent and a bit smelly.Harbour o.k some great looking boats nothing eles there apart from a few restarunts.Lots of shops in walking distance but all sold the same sort of things but worth going in all of them as prices will vary never pay what thay ask you always haggle and you will get a bargin.If you like football had a good english bar showing all the games .Did not go out that much as hotel all inclusive.

Yasmine Hammamet is a fairly new, purpose built resort but retains that 'Tunisian' feel. It is very clean and the people are really friendly. We were warned before we went that we would be continually harrassed by the locals selling their wares but this wasn't the case. A polite no thank you was all that was needed if anyone did try to hassle you. The beach is fantastic and shelves gently into the crystal clear sea making it good for bathing. We ate in the hotel every evening but some people got a taxi (4 dinars = approx £2-40) into Yasmine Hammamet where there were plenty of restaurants and bars. The place is steeped in history and there are plenty of really good excursions to go on. El Djem is a must. It is the Roman amphitheatre where Gladiator was filmed and it is breathtaking. Other good excursions are Dougga and Carthage. The weather when we were there was particularly hot (according to the locals), about 42 degrees in the shade! It just meant popping in the pool a bit more often and wasn't a problem. All in all we had a fantastic holiday and would definitely consider going back there.

The resort is only 7 years old and still needs a few finishing touches but there is a lovely line of restaurants by the harbour. It is a very pretty area. The clean beach is next to a wide promenade, very flat but not quite paved properly with holes for streetlights not yet put in, but watch out for the beach sellers, they were a real pain especially the fruit seller. Be prepared for hassle from all the shop owners everytime you walk past as they try to get you into their shops, which all sell the same stuff. Its ok first couple of times but then gets very tiresome, as do the street sellers with flowers and bracelets etc. There are loads of yellow taxis that beep as they go past you if you are walking everywhere and some horse and carraiges decked in flowers, for hire on the prom, but the horses are not looked after very well and with the heat you can really smell them as soon as you are near. If you go out at night though, groups of local youths seem to hang around on corners and seemed to start to follow passers-by for a few yards for no reason (even crossing roads behind them when it was obvious that the person was trying to avoid them)which some people would find intimidating. The resort seemed extremely quiet at night with hardly anyone in bars or restaurants,most people seemed to stay in their hotel complexes as majority seemed to be all-inclusive and had various entertainments, I can't say how busy it gets in high season.

Although we did not eat out or sample the night life hence 3 average scores our beach rating is lower because we found the sand a bit course but the resort was a lovely place and we would strongly recommend the excursions we had great fun quading and spent a day on a pirat ship what can i say :-)

didn't know Tunisia was closed during the winter. we went to a bar by taxi for a drink but it was a bit scary coz most of the people in the area were locals and didn't seem to like us being there.