Nessie

I really wanted to go to Egypt this year with tother half but for obvious reasons am not going there. Spent the morning finding other places to go and the best one that came up was Tunisia. The Rui El Mansour, Djerba was the place that took our fancy. I was just wondering if anybody has been there and could give me a rating. I gather from the interweb that it is about 50 percent German tourists + French which is fine as we speak both and we have been to Tunisia before ( Hammemet ) but some helpfull hints would be nice. Tia.

mart360

done egypt... shame as its a destination you,ll never forget, visually stunning..

we did skanes this year good weather, good food, good company..

its a bit like egypt, but has a bit more humidity, and things are out of town sightseeingwise..

some hotels cater for mixed nationalities, others split them.. we had a german block and english block and a rest of the world block were we stayed, it was fine it meant we wernt bombarded with towels all the time

Mart

moses

i wouldnae wanna go to any of those places

i say go to malaga basque dont strike as much

moses

by the way tunisia is awesome i saw it on tv, they still got those colosiums roman ones when the romans used to rule, looks cool and also go to the jewish quarter, old jewish traditions u never ever seen in europe not even in israel coz these r arab and berber jews

http://www.harissa.com/accueileng.htm

Nessie

Gonna book it tomorrow folks. Sod wats happening elsewhere.

KiwiGTI

Try Libya, that's meant to be very safe and fantastic scenery.

moses

gaddafi, i doubt it

KiwiGTI

No, it's true, when was the last time you heard of any trouble from Libya, they've been really pushing their tourist industry and as long as you don't stray by yourself to borders (which you wouldn't do anyway) there aren't any real problems.

Syria is meant to be good too.

Check on FCO

Libya is safer than Tunisia

moses

i do agree libya is safer and syria is beautiful at the moment u wouldnt wanna go their coz of lebanon and syria problems , u never know what happens

did u know john the baptist tomb is in syria inside a mosque, i dont know if its the whole body or if its just a dedication to him, i need to find out, i didnt know till a few yrs back u mind when blair went their and him and assad were in the mosque and the news people told us the tomb of john the baptist is in the mosque of damascus and theirs another mosque with saladdins tomb as well

here is the tomb of prophet john peace be upon him

moses

a site of syria

http://www.pingwin.waw.pl/artur/Orie...akatek_Artura/

STi-Frenchie

Did Djerba a few years back and wished we hadn't. I hated the place. It stank, was dirty, the souks were a rip off, the owners pulling at you to buy their rubbish, locals insulting my missus (almost got into a couple of fights with them), lack of beer, hotel restaurants were like works canteens and not as clean, windy around the beach. Awful, awful place. Never, ever again.

khany

You dont wana go to Tunisia....its full of those muslims...no sorry terrorists...err same thing.

Suresh

I know you are being ironic, but.....

jasey

No he's not - he's just stating the facts as he sees them .

There's too much American influence round here nowadays - He's being SARCASTIC not IRONIC. Ironic would be if Khany was blown up by an Islamic Terrorist in his own Mosque .

khany

Yeah sorry cudnt resist it. Tunisia supposed to be a nice place, my grandad has been there.

Nessie

Well have finally made up my mind, Tunisia it is. Had a bit of a quaver yesterday and started looking at Cyprus. Reviews were not very good. Made a mistake with the town tho its Mahdia not Djerba. Mother phoned yesterday and said you do realise Djerba got bombed in 2002 but have checked out FCO site and it seems as OK as it gets. Roll on the Celtia ( perhaps I should have replied to the what beer do you like thread )Thanks for your replies one and all scooby lovers.