Sousse
Port El Kantaoui, 
Barcelo Group that was founded by Simon Barcelo in 1931 on the island of Majorca (Spain) consists of Barcelo Hotels Group, which includes 250 hotels in 22 countries, and the Avoris travel brand, with about 700 travel agencies on 4 continents, several tour operators and an airline.
It’s a new hotel that was built in 2016. The hotel is designed in a traditional Moorish style which is perfectly complemented by modern décor. It’s the right choice for those who want to enjoy a calm and comfortable holiday in the atmosphere of prestige and prosperity.
The target audience of the hotel is guests who appreciate maximum comfort and excellent service and, at the same time, the ones who are not going to spend all their time in the hotel. Port El Kantaoui located nearby opens up incredible opportunities to clearly sense the atmosphere of the place, get into details, and study the peculiarities of local culture and cuisine. A great tourist infrastructure is within walking distance: a corniche, a yacht port, restaurants, pubs, cafes, an amusement park, and souvenir shops. Right outside the hotel there is a great golf complex called El Kantaoui Golf Course which offers special rates to the hotel guests.
There are 3 bars and 4 restaurants, 3 swimming pools (an outdoor pool, a children’s pool and an indoor seawater pool in thalasso center ($)), a mini club, a fitness room, a thalasso center ($), 4 conference rooms ($). Wi-Fi is available in the lobby, public areas, except the beach, and rooms.
The hotel is situated on the 1st coastline and has a private sandy gently sloping beach which is perfect for family holidays. Sun loungers, beach and pool umbrellas and mattresses are provided free of charge, beach towels are available with a deposit.
There are two types of boards in the hotel: HB and All Inclusive. In the main restaurant Vendome the meals are served buffet style. All Inclusive snacks are available in the snack restaurant Nesoi by the pool. A la carte restaurants Didon and Le Savoy are chargeable.
All the hotel bars serve All Inclusive drinks. There is a lobby bar Swing, another lobby bar by the animation stage Funana and a pool bar Blu Bar.
There are 452 rooms in total, which are located in the main hotel building. There are 6 Room Types: Standard Room Garden View, Sea View Room, Family Room, Family Room Sea View, Suite Junior Sea View, Suite Premium Sea View.
The basic equipment of a room = the equipment of a Standard Room Garden View:
In Tunisian hotels the Open Space service (serving the clients outdoors) is usually provided from 01/06 till 30/09. The actual schedule correlates with weather conditions.
The mandatory air conditioning period in Tunisia lasts from 15/06 to 15/09.
The hotel reserves the right to change the list and terms of provided services before the start of the season, and even during the season, in accordance with current circumstances if these circumstances don’t affect the conditions of tourists’ stay significantly.
According to the law of the Tunisian Republic which came into force on December 8, 2017, tourists traveling to Tunisia must pay a hotel tax on arrival to the hotel.
The tax is 3 TND per person per night in four- and five-star hotels, 2 TND per person per night in three-star hotels, and 1 TND per person per night in two-star hotels.
The maximum number of nights the tax can be charged is seven, so customers staying longer than seven nights will only be charged for the first seven nights of their stay. If tourists stay in a hotel for less than a week, they pay only for the actual number of nights.
Children under 12 are exempt from paying the tax. If a child turns 12 in the first week of a hotel stay, from that moment the tax is charged for the number of nights remaining till the end of that week.
Both nightlife lovers and those who prefer daytime activities will like the resort. There are lots of places to visit, numerous restaurants and cafes, and in the local port called El Kantaoui, travelers will find a pretty artificial harbor and a cozy pedestrian zone.
