We stayed in skanes beach for a week and can come back with very little positives, The food was shocking some of the strangest combinations of items i've ever seen.
cold pizza and uncooked chips.

The staff were always friendly and helpful as much as they could be with the language barrier.

at the time we were there the hotel was full of germans and spanish teenagers lots of them!!.

the animacion team did some activities in the day including archery boules and darts, the evening entertainment left a lot to be desired there was one show a night usually explained in three different languages or more.. these were usually finished by 11 and left with very little else to do in the evenings there was no English tv in the hotel at all even in the rooms.

the outdoor areas of the hotel needed lots of work doing and could have been and probably was 10 years ago a very nice hotel. i dont think the hotel warrents its 4 star rating anymore its definatly no more than a low 3 star.

I wouldnt go to tunisia again and i would definatly not take any children there due to the fact they would be a complete nightmare from the lack of anything to do.

there was one bar about 300yds down the road from the hotel called the safari club/bar which is set in a little complex which has a small cafe/ restaraunt and a shop this pub plays all the english football/ sports but beer prices are dearer there about 5 DT a pint (£2) but else where expect to pay from 2DT to 4DT a bottle of beer slightly more for draft beers

PS. if you do go be wary of the Taxi drivers and porters at the airport just out to take your money ended up paying £10 for a journey that should have cost no more than £3 .

Returned from this holiday on 9th April 2006 and can't wait to go again. If you want a crazy wild holiday then its not for you but if its relaxation your after then this is the place to go. Food was ok if you like something different, staff were incredibly nice and welcoming. Weather was amazing and the beach is fantastic. I would definatly go back again. We went to 4 different hotels and this one was the nicest by far.

We have just returned from an unfortunately rainy week at the above mentioned hotel,it was allocation on arrival with Panorama. Can't complain about the room as it was very spacious and clean with maid service every day, however the in-room entertainment for English speaking guests is restricted to a rather snowy BBC WORLD news channel (24hrs). The hotel is situated on a road in the middle of nowhere across from a noisy building site with a daily wake up call from 7:30am onwards. It has its own private beach which was nice apart from the howling gales and local tat sellers after "small monies". We were all inclusive and could not fault the food (hope you like courgettes). Drinks are served from 10:00 till 12:00am, not a particularly wide range of alcoholic drinks but are enough to numb the pain of the boredom and sheer crapness of the in-house entertainment (these people work v hard but it's simply pap!) We found that the bar staff were very abrupt especially towards the female guests. The MY TRAVEL rep was extremely helpful and approachable, i'd recommend going on a few of their excursions just to get out of the hotel! the reps cabaret night in Sousse was very enjoyable. Apparently 1 Dinar is a really good tip which we found out after leaving so don't get carried away.

As a result of an "administration error" we ended up staying at the Skanes Beach hotel. The good point -location to beach and pool. Bad pointS - hotel is looking very dated, shabby and worn. Location - Very isolated (excluding the powerstation 1 mile up the beach). No shops or facilities anywhere near the hotel. Cheese on a stick nightclub (like visiting the bar in star wars where assorted weirdo's hang out). Local Skanes mytravel rep - a cross between vicky pollard and a ---- rottweiller, kept droaning out lines such as "every holes a goal" and "phoar, local men in their tight shorts well worth one" during welcome meeting in the company of middle aged/family orientated couples became very tedious.
The only good thing about my stay was that it was short lived as I transferred to Hammamet ysamine the next day. One thing to note is that the weather in March can be quite cold and windy.