We spent a wonderful time, friendly people, clean rooms, good food, amazing garden,beautiful place. We went with a 5 year old son, who also enjoyed every minute. I can say it was good choice.

This is a typical Tunisian hotel in a tourist zone catering to the beach crowd. The beach was some 200 m away from the hotel, but it was clean. The outdoor amenities of the hotel were good. Pools and tennis, etc. Inside, the public areas were comfortable. The room was mediocre: smallish, the air-conditioning didn't work, no screen on the window, so if you opened it, you got eaten by mosquitoes. The food in the dining room was very good to excellent, with great variety and presented with style.

Confusingly the hotel is also called the Djerba Palladien. It is fairly large and mainly consists of a couple of three storey wings spreading out from a central reception. However the grounds are also shared with the sister hotel Cesars whose accomodation is principally
two storey villa / village style setting.

The central reception is an initially impressive, but ultimately soulless barn of a space, with decent furniture but little of passing
interest. Our bedroom was a reasonable size (think Travelodge), clean
and with a large balcony. The furnishings were ok, if unspectacular. There was a good daily maid service. Outside the hotel has 3 pools, all quite separate from each other. Towards the front is a pool with small(ish) fun slides. To the rear was an "adults only" pool. Both of
these were smaller than the central pool, where most of the activity went on. This is organised by an "animations" team. The music could be annoying to some, but you always have the other options. In fact we spent most of our time on the beach where the hotel has it's own snack bar and area of (free) sun beds.

The beach itself is lovely fine sands, and shelves very slowly, making it ideal for young children. The sea is warm. Just look out for the odd rock in the water. We were on half board basis. We found the food fairly bland, and the repition at breakfast soon became boring. However with a little effort we found a very good Italian nearby, and other restaurants too. A meal at the local casino is recommended.

The main problem (which I had dismissed when I read other reviews) was the pre-eminence of French as the main language. During the day this was not much of a problem, as I can speak a bit of French, and most of the staff could speak some English. But all the daytime orhganised activities, and in particular all the evening entertainment, is in French. As a result I felt we missed out on quite a lot, and several evenings we were left with little to occupy our time. I recommend you take a pack of cards! Having said that, and
having spoken to other Brits that we met on trips out, it's the same at most of the hotels.

Speaking of trips, I recommend the 2 days to the Sahara desert. Your chance to play Lawrence of Arabia.

Overall then, an OK hotel, but I cannot think of any reason why you would or for that matter, would not) choose it over any other. They all looked much the same, and I recommend that you choose mainly on price.

We stayed at the Djerba Palace A few years ago now.

As I recall its was a lovely looking hotel. The food was not bad. The bar had some good wine, beer and cocktails. The entertainment was poor though!

The hotel is vey close to a nice beach.

We used the bar and indoor pool in the hotel next door most of the time. This was a 5 star hotel.

We would use this hotel again, but were not planning to return the Djerba for a while yet!