The hotel is located 2km out of town and has great views over the desert. The architecture is interesting and the hotel caters almost exclusively for desert safari tourists in 4X4 vehicles. The rooms are acceptable but nothing special. The pool looks nice but needs cleaning. The restaurant is like a canteen the buffet evening meal looked ropey and we stuck with the cous cous! The breakfast was no better although the crossaints were outstanding. The hotel is okay for an overnight stay but I would not recommend an extended stay. The reception staff however were very helpful.

A word or warning for independent travellers it is very difficult to get from Matmata to Tataouine directly, there are no buses or taxis. A private driver knows this and the cheapest deal we could find was an outrageous 130 dinar. Instead hire a louage to Medinine 60-70 dinar and then a very cheap louage to Tataouine.

This hotel has an outdoor bar/swimming pool area with a lovely view over the desert - a great place to get away from the tourist botherers in Matmata. It's expensive by Tunisian standards (66TD/person/night half-board) and appears to cater mostly for overnight tour groups. The faux-troglodite style rooms are interesting, but lack windows, which makes them very dark at night. The staff seemed fairly pleasant.

Points to note:

The hotel is about 2km out of town. This was easily walkable in temperatures of 20 degrees C, but may be a bit of a struggle in the summer heat. People hanging around the bus/louage station are more than willing to give you a lift there, for a suitable fee.

The buffet evening meal was surprisingly good - better than many restaurants I went to in Tunisia. However, water and alcoholic drinks were placed on a central table and guests encouraged to drink them. Only later did a man come round demanding money ;)

Spent one night there last april.
Hotel architecture is nice and interesting.
Lovely view from the hotel.
Service not so friendly.
Food and restaurant is "cafeteria" style.
I would not reccomend this hotel for an extended stay.

Ours was NOT a pleasant stay. There was an oder, a horrible stench, which seemed to permeate the entire place. The rooms were not clean, the airconditioner should NOT be called an airconditioner but rather a fan... If one wishes to stay in "rooms to let".. then ok, this is just the place... but by no means should it be called a hotel.

I must admit the staff was extremely polite and helpful. Other than that, I hope I never see the place again.