Had hoped for a nice realaxing break with my partner but this hotel is not worth the price. Rooms and the entire place are generally what i would call dirty, service in the main resteraunt can be an absolute nightmare, and at certain times you have to queue to get servced at all of the bars and snack bars. It is not set up to cater for UK tourists and I would not recommend anyone going here expecting the same standard as other European/Eastern & African destinations. We met some great people and all had a good time, mainly having a good old group moan. The entertainment team are nice people trying hard with no real budget or equipment.

Be prepared to queue for everything. There were never any clean cups at breakfast or tables. The waiter's idea of cleaning a table was to brush the food off the table and not change the table cloth, although if they changed the cloth that was dirty too. The main resturant was the filthiest place in the hotel! There was food all over the counter, dirty floors and walls and the waiter's were all filthy. Evening meals were awful, We are not fussy eaters however because everything was dirty it put you off eating anything. When we did try to eat something then we found all of the meat including the fish was processed. Lunchtimes were burgers, hotdogs or pizza and you had to queue for that. At 3pm they would do pancakes at the poolside and you had to queue for those too! You had to queue at the bar unless you tipped the bar staff. By 9pm they had run out of glasses so you would have either a plastic cup or odd glasses for the drinks order i.e beer in wine glasses, red wine in shot glasses etc. If you were luck enough to get a glass it was chipped or cracked.
We arrived at the airport in Tunisia and it took over 2 hours to get through immigration. When we finally got through and out the otherside we got onto the coach which then took us across the road to the Bella vista! We could have walked quicker and on the way home we did which was a good job as it took over an hour to get back through! If you really feel the need to go to this hotel then dont pay for the transfer as you can see the entrance to the hotel from the check in gate! The only consolation was the weather and the beach was great, the sea was clear and refreshing however this was not a 4 star hotel by any standards. The locals in the surrounding towns didnt make you feel welcome unless they knew you were english and they assume we have lots of money to spend. I would not recommend this hotel or Tunisia to anyone.

My partner, 11 year old daughter and I stayed at this hotel in July 2010 after a transfer from the Houda Golf and beach resort (as it was very very dirty),
The Bella Vista is straight across the road from the airport so you sit on the bus for 90 minuets then it takes 2mins to get to your hotel. We stayed in room 4014, which was much nicer than some of the rooms, our room had a separated bit for my daughter to sleep in, although the sofa she was meant to sleep on was brick hard.
The staff at the reception do not really speak good English and didn't explain much to us on our arrival or give us any information about the hotel or time tables for the meals etc.
The hotel is under staffed so there is always long que’s for everything, at night there is 1 bar that serves spirits with 2 bar men working so you can imagine how long the que’s are for a drink for 1600 people. Even when you do get to the front of the que, they never have enough glasses so you have to wait till the glasses are collected and washed before you get a drink, they often run out of cups so sometimes it's hard to even get a cup of coffee.
The hotel do quite a lot for young kids but only for under 5 year olds.
In the dining hall they only bring out 1 tray of chips at a time so the que gets massive and your dinner gets cold while waiting for more to be brought out, then you have to que for a drink, 1 person giving out the ice-cream so that is also another long wait.
If you want a bed next to the main swimming pool you'll have to be up at 6am, but some people were tipping the life guards to put bed out for them and also tipping the waiters to bring them there drinks, although this is not meant to happen.
In the afternoon, they have buffet style outside of pizza, pasta, burger and chips, We waited for over an hour for a pizza.
Not a lot of British in this hotel when we were there but loads of polish, russian, french, dutch, germans, Tunisians
My daughter wanted to use the internet but at 15dinar for an hour(approx £7) I thought that was expensive, however when she asked the reception staff they just said tomorrow, we went back the next day at 6.10pm and we again were told tomorrow and when I asked why they said the secretary goes home at 6pm with the code, so you can use it between 10-6pm, back the next day the same reception staff had the code and still could not get the internet to work so we gave up, however if you take your laptop I’m sure they have wireless connection in the lobby as we seen lots of youngsters on their laptops.
The entertainment staff work really hard and long hours, the entertainment manager Momo is very good and very approachable.
The hotel was 25 rooms over booked and found it impossible to keep our rooms for a late check out.
If this hotel employed more staff and had set times for lunch and dinner it would run a lot better.

My Husband and I have just returned from a holiday staying at the Bella Vista Hotel Skanes Tunisia, this was our first and indeed will be the only visit in our lives to this country, we are not new to travel abroad and are not fussy people are well used to different hotels and varying standards , and appreciate that standards abroad are not the same as we are used to in this country. On arriving at the airport I went into the ladies toilet a cleaner opened the door for me, as soon as I came out she turned on the tap for me handed me a paper towel then promptly held her hand out for a tip !! And that seemed to be the case in Tunisia not particularly in this hotel ,but constant hassle to buy take you places to relatives shops etc and they change when you make it clear you dont want to !
The Bella Vista is just across the road from the airport about five mins walk so dont bother if you are booking this hotel paying for the transfer and waiting nearly an hour before the coach is ready to go for a two minute journey , check out time in this hotel is 1pm, and this meant for us nearly waiting three hours for our room as the hotel was fully booked , a really nice Tunisian lady called Mouna who is the customer relations person for this hotel warmly greeted us and showed us around , she is the best thing about this hotel working so very hard to try and help and please guests.
We were lucky to get one of the newer refurbished rooms of the hotel which was quite nice with sofa area etc, the rest of them look old and dated probably soon to be refurbished also. The amenities were fairly good especialy for children with waterslides play areas etc. Now the real complaint !!!
My husband and I as stated are not fussy used to repetative menus in hotels of this kind, we kind of expect it really and just get on with it, but this hotel well was really not good, we asked the Holiday Rep of our tour operator if anyone else was not happy and was told no other complaints, which we found out she was telling us lies as we soon met other English people who felt the same. After three days my husband was violently sick and rushing to the toilet with stomach pains , we also met others with similar symtoms , Our rep suggested too much sun maybe ?? My husband is still getting pains as I write this review it was definatly not the sun !!! One morning I went into the ladies toilet to find the SINK half full of thick vomit !!! Sorry to be so to the point but I am telling as it was, thats people not hotels fault I know , but the point is someone else had had course to empty the contents of their stomach during their stay !
The food was very often only just warm , and it was very evident the recycling of food from previous meals maybe of same day or day before, the meat was cheap cuts, chicken wings etc used , for the last three days we hardly dare eat any thing my husband still ill , and myself desparate to not be ill as we wanted to make that flight home, as its only on a Wednesday and a Sunday that the British tour operators fly here. The bar staff in the main bar fill empty water bottles from the soft drink dispensing machine and serve your coke fanta etc directly from these instead of cold from the machine, the beach bar we witnessed when they ran out of glasses we saw the staff collect swill with cold water only and the start using them again without even drying them !! I could go on !!
There is a train that is very close that will take you one direction to Monastir and the other to Sousse, some places of interest to see, but expect hassle from shop keepers to buy ! Rubbish on streets and quite smelly drains in places, but thats not my complaint its mainly the food at the Bella Vista it really is one of the worst we have ever experienced, they are however working hard to improve this situation and Mouna is trying so hard to please the guests, if you have booked for this hotel I do hope that things will have improved for you, maybe we were just unlucky ???
To cap all nothing to do with the hotel, on arriving back at Manchester airport on collecting luggage found my case combination lock was missing the luggage strap missing and the case zip open approx four inches, on opening found it had been tampered with vanity bag zip open etc and am missing a few things perfume and jewellery somewhere along the line there are some dishonest baggage handlers, we were the very first people to check in at Monastir airport for the flight ??? I think with this happening as well it has put me off Tunisia and will never return there ever !