This 5* hotel has an impressive entrance and atrium style reception area. We were greeted by friendly staff and given a welcome drink before being shown our room where a large basket of fruit awaited. The room was of above average size with a large balcony overlooking the seafront and main road where the noddy trains and horse-drawn carriages passed by at regular intervals. Unfortunately the room fitments were now displaying their age and poor quality - the terrace doors didn't close properly and, being November, the howling wind and rain kept us awake at night

Most guests were from either Holland, Germany or Italy and were on all inclusive package holidays. Very few were, like us, on business or indeed were British. At the weekend a large number of Tunisian families arrived which really stretched the breakfast facilities. There were long queues for cleared tables, coffee cups, bread, omlettes/crepes and orange juice.

The evening entertainment was displayed on a board each morning - it ranged from bingo, a one-man band who was obviously an Elvis fan and a Volkische evening of dancing and singing. All played at great volume which fortunately stopped at 11pm.

We changed our booking from H/B to B/B having seen the buffet food provided and because we knew there were many reasonably priced restaurants an easy journey away.

As dawn broke guests were seen reserving their preferred sun loungers around the open air first floor pool.. Later the hotel animators were kept busy alongside the pool./bar entertaining children, together with pin machines and staff serving freshly made crepes.

The highlight of our visit was the excellent car with driver the hotel booked to take us out for the day..