Caribbean World Mahdia 4 * (Mahdia, Tunisia): description and photos

For many Russians, it has become habitual to relax in the resorts of Egypt and Turkey. However, year after year, quietly press these venerable media magnates in the tourist business more calm and not pretentious, and most importantly, cheaper Tunisia. Hotel Caribbean World Mahdia 4 * is considered one of the best. It is located near the village of Mahdia - a world-famous center of silk masters. The region where this city is located, has its history since the time of the Phoenicians, that is, almost three thousand years! In the tenth century, Mahdia became the capital of the caliphate, and received its name from the word "Mahdi," that is, the Messiah, the Savior. This town liked not only pious citizens, but also those who were not at all friendly with the laws, namely, fanned romance and involved in bloody stories to sea pirates. In Mahdia was their main outpost, from which we were left with interesting architectural ruins. Here in what unique place will be spent holidays those who will choose among other hotels Caribbean World Mahdia 4 *. Mahdia (in Russian the name is pronounced as Mahdia) in our time is a modern middle-sized city with exotic Arabic charm. It is interesting to conduct excursions, go shopping and just walk. But most of the time, of course, tourists will be in the hotel. Therefore, for them the most important thing is what kind of service is here, what are the domestic and other conditions. Numerous reviews of people who visited this hotel show that its employees put a lot of effort, making the rest of all guests bright, carefree and memorable. We offer you the most detailed, and most importantly, reliable information, so that everyone can make up their own opinion about this African resort.

Location, how to get there

Everyone knows that a small state Tunisia, desperate to become rich and economically independent, is in northern Africa, between Libya and Algeria. Approximately half the length of its borders is washed by the Mediterranean Sea, on the shores of which is the Caribbean World Mahdia 4 *. Mahdia (Mahdia) is located, one might say, in the center of the coastline of the country, somewhat south of Monastir and the island of Djerba. Further south along the coast there are several more settlements, but Mahdia is the only major resort among them. The hotel in question is located in the suburbs, about 7 km north of the city's borders and connected to it by a good road. All the important resorts of the country lie to the north. South of Mahdia on the coast there is only one, and even that very small town of Chebba (or Shebba). It represents some interest as a historical monument, since it was built in the VI century, but so far the spa service is undeveloped. And the closest settlement is the town of McNean, located on the shore of a large salt lake. It is only about 20 km from the hotel. In McNean you can go for jewelry and pottery.

How to get there

In Tunisia there are several large international airports where Russian travel companies sell tickets. If you are going to rest in Caribbean World Mahdia 4 *, the best option is to fly to the airport of Monastir, since from there to this hotel is just over 40 km. To the organized tourists of agency where tickets have been got, gives comfortable transfers with the tinted glasses and conditioners, and the guide all the way entertains the visitors with interesting stories about the country. If you follow the airport directly to your hotel, the journey takes less than half an hour. The same amount of time is spent driving a taxi. But since it has already been established that the transfer takes tourists to all the hotels located at the rate, the path can stretch for 2 or even 3 hours. If in the agency you will be offered a flight to the airport of Anfida, the hotel will have to travel 100 km and spend about an hour on it if you do not deviate from the itinerary. The most inconvenient option is to fly to the airport of Carthage (Carthage), from which to the Caribbean World Mahdia 4 * almost 220 km. Therefore, when buying a tour to this hotel, be sure to pay attention to where you are offered a flight.

Territory and infrastructure

Do not think that if you go to Africa, then you are waiting for only boring monotonous landscapes, endless sands and terrible heat. The Mediterranean coast of Tunisia, rather, looks like a fertile oasis, rather than a debilitating desert. The tourists who came here for the first time seem to get into the Garden of Eden, the Caribbean World Mahdia 4 * is so beautiful and green. Mahdia, located a few minutes away by car, impresses with European roads without the usual pits and bumps, snow-white buildings and an abundance of palm trees. For all this, you'll see plenty of sight on the way from the airport. Going out of the bead and going to the hotel grounds, you will be amazed by the abundance of fresh greenery, not only by all kinds of palms, but also by other vegetation, fragrant, blooming, eye-pleasing surprises. The area of the hotel is quite impressive, as much as 180 acres, and everywhere you can feel a caring hand, as it is difficult to find a lawn or an uncleaned place. But not only the beautiful nature of the impressive territory of Caribbean World Mahdia 4 *. The photo shows how much there is a lot of fanciful forms of water reservoirs and resting places under reed umbrellas. Admiring such a wonderful design, you pass into the central building, the facade of which is also decorated with reed, and you get into a very spacious and bright foyer, where the reception is located. This part of the hotel is made in cheerful colors, which creates a pleasant impression and a positive mood. A highlight is a beautiful fountain. A small minus - the staff at the reception almost do not speak Russian, and English is also experiencing difficulties. The fact is that in Tunisia, which was long under the rule of the French, they speak Arabic and French. Our tourists, who do not speak these languages, have to solve their problems with the international language of gestures. At the reception you can exchange currency, take things to the laundry, invite a doctor, book excursions, deposit valuables for storage, leave your luggage for a while. In the lobby you can use free Wi-Fi, shop in shops located here (souvenir, with clothes, with beach accessories and spices), admire pictures lavishly hung on the walls, and fish in aquariums. Near the reception there is a bar and a cinema, where there are conditions for watching football and other interesting programs.

Accommodation

Caribbean World Mahdia 4 * (Mahdia) for accommodation tourists has six three-story buildings built in the Moorish style. One of them is the main one. It is located on the first floor is not only the reception, but also some of the infrastructure of the hotel, the second restaurant and accommodation, the third only the rooms. All buildings are similar in appearance, but have different colors of walls, which adds a special charm to the hotel.

The category of all rooms is "standard", but they are for 1, 2 and 4 people. The views from the windows are different, depending on the location of the hull. Basically it is a hotel garden, a swimming pool, a road, but there are rooms from which you can admire the sea. The furnishings in the rooms are very simple, the design fully complies with the principles of minimalism. Please pay attention - the hotel Caribbean World Mahdia 4 * first guests took in 2008, and while repairs are not carried out, so individual objects of the interior may not be entirely new. Equipment - the minimum number of furniture (beds, bedside tables, wardrobe, table), pay-per-view safe (in the closet), a modern TV with a pair of channels in Russian, a very compact refrigerator, which is also paid for, air conditioning (works only in the summer and in the first half September), hairdryer, telephone. Balconies are not available in all rooms, but where there is, they are spacious, furnished with plastic furniture. The hygiene rooms are equipped with bath / shower, washbasin, toilet. Bathrobes and slippers are not provided, hygiene products are issued only on the day of arrival.

Quadruple rooms are quite spacious in size, but one-room, approximately in the middle have a thin partition, visually dividing the room into 2 segments.

In addition, the hotel has family rooms, which have two bedrooms and one hygiene room.

Food

Almost all tourists (with very few exceptions) take tours of the all-inclusive system in Caribbean World Mahdia 4 *. Feedback about the organization of food here is quite favorable. The hotel can offer guests a visit to 5 excellent restaurants. In the main there are basic meals. He works from 7 am, when breakfast begins, and until 11 pm. Four other restaurants are specialized. They prepare dishes of Italian, Indian, Chinese and Mexican cuisines. You can visit any of them every day for money and every 7 days for free by appointment.

The layout of the main restaurant is such that there is an indoor hall for a large number of places (the hotel can simultaneously accommodate more than 1000 tourists) and a compact terrace, which offers stunning views, but there are not enough places for it.

The type of food practiced in the Caribbean World Mahdia 4 * (Mahdia) can not be unambiguously defined as a "buffet", because side dishes, salads, sliced vegetables, sausages and cheeses, sauces (they are offered about a dozen), some fish dishes, bread And the baking is really placed on the tables, and the guests take these products for themselves, as many as needed. But meat, pancakes, omelettes, fried eggs, even a watermelon is laid out on the plates portionwise. In addition to the first and second dishes, the restaurant always offers: sweets, raisins, dates, nuts, pastries, honey, halva, jam. From drinks you can order water, soda, coca-cola, sprite, beer, wine, tea bags, powdered coffee. Water in bottles for guests is allowed to take in the room.

There are also a lot of bars in the hotel - 5 pieces. They are located in the lobby, near the pool, on the beach, in the territory. For snacks, guests are invited to the Moorish cafe, where there are also many drinks and delicious snacks.

Hotel for children

The youngest tourists are paid great attention to employees of Caribbean World Mahdia 4 * (Tunisia). Reviews about the service for children, in principle, good. On the territory of the kids can frolic in the children's pool, the depth of which starts from 35 cm, as well as on a well-planned children's playground under palm trees. In addition, the kids are always happy to visit the mini-club, where cheerful and kind teachers organize games, all kinds of exciting activities. In the evenings and all day with the children are engaged animators, arrange for them games, contests, disco. In terms of life, staying in the Caribbean World Mahdia 4 * with children is also very convenient. In the rooms, upon request of the parents, they are provided with wooden cribs, although there is no children's menu in the restaurant, there are many dishes suitable for feeding kids. Among them - milk, cottage cheese, cereal, milk porridge, boiled vegetables and chicken without spices. The payment for children who have not yet reached the age of 2 is not made.

Hotel for active recreation

In the brochures you can see that the name of the hotel in question is served as the Caribbean World Mahdia Aquapark 4 *. This is because there is a small but own water park here. It is a site in the territory where a swimming pool with 5 slides is equipped, two of which are screwed. Reviews about them are not entirely favorable. Disadvantages of the tourists are small hours of work, only 4 hours a day, inadequate comfort during descent, a small area of the aquapark pool and a crowded location of the slides themselves. But, despite these shortcomings, the water park is always popular with adults and teenagers, and small hotel guests are not allowed to go down from the slides.

But actively spend the day in the Caribbean World Mahdia Aqua 4 * can not only be in the mini-aqua park. The hotel has a golf course, tennis courts, archery, squash, football, volleyball, darts, a very large outdoor swimming pool with a depth of 1.75 meters, indoor pool, sauna.

In the evenings, a disco is organized every day at the hotel, and some dances are taught. And it is always excellent to look like vacationers help experienced hairdressers, providing their services in a beauty salon.

Sea

Absolutely all guests of Caribbean World Mahdia 4 * are satisfied with the beach. Tunisia, Mahdia especially, are famous for their fairly long and clean beaches with soft, like flour, snow-white sand, turquoise sea, shallow depth off the coast, convenient entry into the water. It is this beach is owned by the hotel. It is intended only for lodgers, but sometimes strangers here still penetrate. Basically, these are local merchants of all sorts of rubbish and summer clothes. They can impose their goods on vacationers only until they see the security and leave the beach on the first request.

Otherwise, the rest of tourists here is without any problems. Sun beds, umbrellas and mattresses for them are available in sufficient quantities. We draw your attention - sometimes these beach interior items help convey to the desired place a special worker who may not be satisfied with one "thank you".

The sea in the vicinity of the location of the Caribbean World Mahdia 4 * (Tunis, Mahdia) is almost always calm, jellyfish are rare, there are few animals in the water, only small fishes. That's why diving lovers here are not particularly interesting.

For entertainment on the beach, the animators arrange games in football, volleyball, and carry out sea exercises. The tourists can also rent a canoe, windsurf, ride a camel.

The advantage of the beach is the presence of rescuers. In the sea, in addition, there are buoys, enclosing the site, where the safe depth ends.

Some tourists, for the first time going to Tunisia and, in particular, in the Caribbean World Mahdia 4 *, are interested in what month to rest there most comfortably. Regarding the section of the coast where Mahdia is located, we can say that the whole year round the beautiful weather with an abundance of sun and heat. However, guests can swim in the sea only from the end of May, since before this period the water temperature even near the shore does not exceed +14. This despite the fact that Mahdia is considered the southernmost resort. In September and even in October, it is here that the sea can rejoice the temperature of water to + 25-22 degrees. The air in this corner of the country in winter can be quite warm (up to +16 if the wind blows from the desert) and somewhat cool (up to +6 if the wind is from the sea). Knowing these features of the Tunisian climate, everyone can decide for himself when to go to Mahdia to rest.

Entertainment outside the hotel

As interesting as it may be in Caribbean World Mahdia 4 *, Mahdia is a city that must be visited. He has such a rich history that acquaintance with the sights left by her will be of interest to everyone. You can see here ancient fortresses, towers, a mosque built at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. After visiting Mahdia, it's unthinkable to do without shopping. Here they buy unique silk products, leather shoes, clothes, bags, exclusive jewelry, oils, spices, exotic souvenirs. By the way, a good shopping center is located directly in front of the hotel, which is convenient for those who prefer to buy everything on the spot.

And those who, on the contrary, like to not sit on the beach only at the hotel, you can recommend interesting trips, for example, to the Sahara (for 2 days), Monastir, El Jem, Duggu, Sousse and many others. Buy all tours can be at the reception.

I like tourists of any age to visit the zoo of Phrygia, located not far from Hammamet. Many animals there freely walk around the territory, they are allowed to feed. It takes about 3 hours from Mahdia. You can get there with an excursion, and on your own, using the minibuses or an electric train going to Sousse, and from there either by taxi or again by shuttle bus.

Caribbean World Mahdia 4 * (Tunis, Mahdia), reviews

With tourists this hotel leaves a pleasant impression. The advantages noted in most reviews:

- good location (and the city is nearby, and not noisy, and the airport is not far);

- a wonderful area (lots of greenery, cleanliness);

- tasty and always in sufficient quantity of food;

- the presence of a large pool with a comfortable bar;

- daily room cleaning;

- great work of animators;

- Wonderful beach;

- good service for children;

- fast settlement without the requirement of additional payment for the best room;

- Free Wi-Fi in the reception area;

- the presence of elevators;

- an opportunity to take dietary meals.

The shortcomings noted by tourists:

- the number of rooms is not enough new;

- a lot of paid or for the deposit of services (safe even in the rooms, refrigerator);

- queues in the restaurant for almost all dishes;

- marked cases of loss of things;

- inability of staff to understand Russian speech, which makes it difficult to resolve issues.

Conclusions: this hotel is quite suitable for recreation of people of all categories - youth, parents with kids, the elderly.