Having opted not to stay in one of the troglodite hotels we headed for the hotel Matmata. First impressions were not good as there were three coach loads of Italian teenagers, but a quick chat with the guy on reception and he told us that the groups stop their for lunch but stay somewhere else. The room was a good size and everything worked. We opted for Demi Pension which included our eveing meal and that was best value option as eating places seemed to be lacking in the town. The food was very good, a four course evening meal, including a veggie option. The breakfast was the standard Tunisian hotel fair, you know bread, cheese triangles, jam, butter, stewed coffee...... The location is very good, close to the museum and troglodite houses and not far to visit some of the surrounding villages. The pool was drained and empty which was real shame as we could have seriously done with that the first day but otherwise it was a good stay, helpful staff etc. The only draw back is the hoard of 'guides' and other touts that hang around the entrance, wanting to take you to different places, they are really persistent and the hotel does little to discourage them. We went to the museum on our own and the lady there asked us how we found it, we told her it was in our guide book and thought the question was strange until five minutes later one of the men who had been hanging around outside the hotel turned up and tried to claim that he'd brought us there. She was having none of it and he was dispatched after a right telling off.

It was a minor niggle and would stay there again