I have just arrived back after spending a week in the Shalimar from 30th December 2007 to 6 January 2008 with my girlfriend and her family through Sol Africa. There were 6 of us including my girlfriend's brother and sister under 20 years old - all except for myself are French. The hotel is very impressive and of a very... more

We went as a family with two teenage sons, absolutely nothing for them to do, all the entertainment was in French (they did German at School). After the entertainment team realised we did not speak French, they actively avoided us. Watching a French opera about birth of Jesus, ballroom dancing and weakest link in French were not our idea of... more

Shocking. Wine in beer glasses, beer in wine glasses, chipped always. Food ok, could always find something but slightly repetative. Hotel is for French guests, not british. Everything in french, kareokee in frech, food labels in french.... Will never visit Tunisia again which is a shame as i hear they're are nice hotels here. Travelled the globe and never been... more

To be honest we were dissapointed, the best way i can describe it was like being on a french butlins holiday, and yes they did wear redcoats! the staff were lovely despite the language problems and my kids did try out the kids club and again the staff tried hard but thompsons would do well to put some of their... more

This hotel looks lovely on the photos but don't be fooled like i was! As you may have noticed that most of the photos are of the pool, this is because the pool was the best thing about this hotel! the room's are filthy in the space of 3 hours after we had arrived we where now moving into are... more

i stayed at the shalamar in november with my 2 friends , when we arrived at the hotel , we were very impressed . Lovely hotel ,reception staff were very nice, the pool area was fabulous plenty of sun loungers not that i sat there as there was cats , prowling around a guests were feeding them as i have... more

Had a great time. The hotel is not quite 4 star but is clean and spacious.The rooms are very nice. The staff are all lovely and most do speak english (its not like most of us speak arabic is it!)So please make allowances for those that are still learning. Food is very good but can be a bit repetetive as... more

The hotel was booked with Thompson after viewing there broucher and deciding that it had everything we wanted for our children aged 11and 13.So we looked forward to our August 06 holiday. As this was Thompsons first season there there was no customer feed back but we were assured that there were no problems . A couple of weeks before... more

Marie. UK,Portmouth We stayed at the Shalimar Hotel for one week over New Year, and had a fantastic time! I will admit that the 50min trip (as we were told) from the airport to the hotel turned out to be nearly two hours, but this was no real problem as the coach was clean and comfortable. On arrival at the... more