My family and I just spent a wonderful week in this hotel (last days of Oct - beg Nov). We have 3 children, aged 3, 7 and 12, so we cheose 2 rooms next to each other. We paid for side sea view, and the first nice suprise was when at check-in the clerk gave us an upgrade to full sea view, on the 7th floor. He did that without prompting or any offers of a tip. Very nice touch, even considering that the hotel at that time was less than 50% full (end of season), but they could have still chosen to play the "game" and they did not. Grateful for that.
And the nice surprises did not end here. Pool area and garden are fantastic, well designed and very well maintained. Seaside is prefectly managed, too, no charge for loungers or towels, you just walk to the beach, choose a spot, and that's pretty much it. I loved the constant hotel security presence as well, even during this "off-season" period: there were always at least 2 guards constantly present and patrolling the beachfront, which is not only reassuring but very practical as well: once my 7-yr-old daughter was approached right by the sea by a vendor in a very much unsolicited manner, he even started to put on some scarf on my daughter in order to make a sale, I guess, and I just had to make a no-no wave with my hand to the guard, who was already closing in on the scene, and he shooed the man away immediately. These things make all the difference.
The watersports centre was also superb, prices vs European norm are lower, and the service is just as good. We did parasailing (my wife, and my 7-yr-old and my 12-yr-old daughters all tried it, with an instructor), for 40 dinars (cca 20 euros) per round; and jetski as well, with good and powerful machines. Loved it.
Hotel meals were good, though I missed bacon in the mornings and pork in general, but I guess I understand......... :)) We were on half-board, and when the parents were not so hungry, only the kids had a lunch, and the hotel staff were generous with the billing on those occasions (not sure if I want to elaborate on this, I do not want to get them in any trouble....).
Hotel room services: we were satisfied overall, some hiccups (no new bottle of water on one or two days, sometimes the rooms were done late in the afternoon), but they were minor mishaps. Whenever we had a special request (eg for a new box of tissues, or for getting the lightbulb on the terrace replaced) they were attended to very quickly.
Optional trips: we went for the dolphin show combined with the zoo trip, for the sake of the kids, but we thoroughly enjoyed it ourselves as well. The 2-day Sahara trip was also very attractive, but we did not do it because it would have been too demanding on our 3-yr-old. We also visited the Museum of Sousse, with its fantastic collection of antique mosaics, I recommend that wholeheartedly to anyone who is interested in the cultural heritage of the country as well.
Only negative was the breakfast on departure: hotel brochure said breakfast is available from 3:30 am, and unfortunately we had to make use of that when we left (bus came to hotel at 3:55 am....), so we all woke up very early, left the rooms, and showed up at restaurant at 3:30 sharp, but pratically nothing was available, except a few baguettes of bread and some jams, and just a few minutes before the bus left, we managed to get some coffee.
Otherwise this was a perfect vacation, we all had a great time, and I am sure to return here if we go to Tunesia again.

‘Pick’ of the Bunch

Its big but its good. Driving up to the door of the Movenpick Sousse is like arriving at the threshold of an Egyptian temple but behind the awesome façade lies a smiling welcome and an array of luxuries – huge leisure pool and warm sea-water pool, tall swaying palms and,beyond, the beach with soft pale sand the texture of light muscovados sugar. Staff make every effort to met your requests. Ahmed, the exceptional restaurant manager, strives to ensure a delicious dining experience. Appetite was pleasantly assuaged by the gargantuan evening buffet and breakfast was a treat with fresh orange juice, fruit and eggs cooked to order. We also enjoyed the Spanish menu at the intimate Tapeo restaurant.
Around the pool, Kamal covered the extensive pool area serving drinks with a beaming smile under his straw hat – try semaphore signals to catch his attention!
The October weather was comfortable even in the evenings – sunny enough with a couple of days of thunderstorms in the two weeks. Taxis were readily accessible on the main road in front of the hotel for visits to the medina/souk in central Sousse or to Port el Kantaoui with its attractive marina.
We find the key to a successful hotel often reflects the modus operandi of the manager and his front of house team. Peter Schonenberger excels in the atmosphere he has created where the welcome.even out of season, ensures the most positive experience – Mustapha in customer relations, Hamdi at reception and the ever cheerful Ossama also deserve our thanks for a delightful vacation.

Beautiful hotel; fantastic service.

We went for our honeymoon in October for some pre-Christmas sunshine and some luxury.
We were not disappointed. The hotel is wonderful, the food is excellent and the staff could not do enough for us.
We were not interested in excursions outside the hotel, only lounging by the pool which was fab.

booked a all inclusive at this hotel , we arrived early morning & was greated by an ice cold drink & a cool face cloth to freshen up which was needed as we had been traveling since 3am . The hotel is beutifull & the staff are polite , the rooms are large with full size bath & shower with slippers & robes in the rooms which i think is always a nice touch , it was a shame it was end of season & parts of the hotel was closed so we were restricted to the room we had but never the less it was a lovly room .
the food was basic buffet with occasional extras like fresh sword fish but unfortunatly with all buffet style resaurants the food didnt stay hot long .
we tried the other restaurants but i can say that if your all inclusive the service is not very good .(review seperate)
all in all the hotel was great & would go back to relax but theres no need to leave it as the hassel on the streets is not worth it & its all cheap tourist crap