Resort was OK - quite quiet which was fine by us and the beach near the hotel seemed clean. On the whole though, nothing to write home about although the people in the local ordinary shops (not tourist) were very friendly.

Hammamet North was on the surface very clean. However, after a storm one night the beach was flooded, we tried to walk round the back of the beach bar and found there were hundreds of plastic bottles dumped behind the trees along with broken chairs and sun loungers. This was the only sign we saw that it was not as clean as we had first thought.

The Hotels are about a 5 minute (possibly less) walk from a lovely beach. Wind surfing is in the all inclusive activities on the beach but there appeared to be little or no advice on how to use them. There were plenty of sun beds and parasols available on the beach but a fee is charged for the use of these. The beach bar serves only non alcoholic drinks as part of all inclusive, snacks and alcoholic drinks are chargeable. I was stung by a jelly fish when swimming in the sea after a storm and found the girl at the beach bar to be very helpfeul and sympathetic. Although she spoke little Engilsh she fetched some slices of tomato for me and rubbed them on my arm to ease the sting. The surf instructor and two life guards (I think that was their positions) also came to check I was ok and to advise that dry sand can help ease the sting. Don't worry though apparently it is not common for people there to get stung. Other beach activities available for hire are a banana boat, jet skis, canoes, water skiing and para sailing.

The only problem with the beach was the constant stream of sellers with wares from cigarettes to coated nuts and jasmine plants. Ocassionally they also carried small live tortoises and chameleons, I assume as conversation points.

There are a few shops and resteraunts along the beach front but for more pub/club type entertainment we found it best to take a taxi to Hammamet Yesmine. We did not find a thriving night life but did make friends with other people in our hotel easily.

Hammamet - Or rather Tunisia as a whole is an excellent place to explore. I loved walking round the medinas, finding new places to eat and new bits of beach around the whole country. the taxis are dirt cheap and the trains for longer excursions are very cheap and good. its about an hour to Tunis or Sousse and both are well worth visiting. I'd also recommend the 'Jamaica' area of the beach near(ish) to the hotel, and i've yet to have as nice a meal as I had at the Palmeras (i think) restaraunt in the resort. I'd definately go tp Tunisia again, but probably the sousse/el kantoui area rather than hammamet.

We visited a number of resorts during our stay (2 weeks and a couple of tours), and suspect that Hammamet was the nicest of them. However, there is not much to do and as all restaurants in Tunisia seem to have the same menu eating out is not that exciting! A week is fine, but for longer I'd recommend the multi-centre route and spend the second week in the south perhaps.

Top tip is the Sidi Bouhad bar on the beach end of the madina – the place to go after dinner for a coffee or cold drink and chicha (funny pipe thing that looks oh so cool) – it’s the most Tunisian thing to do in Tunisia!

Hammamet is very quiet, as is most of the surrounding area, its not Spain or Tenerife so don’t expect it to be.

But the people are friendly and just go with an open mind and you won’t be disappointed

We chose Hammamet as we wanted to stay somewhere that was slightly more Tunisian than touristy and where we could easily get a train to Tunis if we wanted to go on a day trip. Hammamet centre was about 5km from our hotel and it took us about 1 ½ hours to walk there and cost less than 3 dinar back in a taxi. The town centre itself is not very big and there isn’t much to do or see apart from the Medina and the Kasbah but we enjoyed just walking around and seeing people going about their daily business. The Kasbah (fortress) is worth visiting though as you get good view of the surrounding areas from the ramparts. There are also some information boards in English. It costs 1.6 dinar to get in plus a further dinar for a photo token and is accessed via the Medina. We didn’t bother looking round the Medina itself but didn’t really get much hassle whilst trying to find the Kasbah. We also went to the Tourist Office to try and find some info about trains to Tunis and to see if they had any useful leaflets. There was only one member of staff there who was a bit grumpy, but we managed to get the info that we needed – but bear in mind that I did my degree in French, so I can’t say how easy it would be to get info there if you only speak English.

By far the best and quickest way to travel around is by one of the local taxis. They are all painted bright yellow so you can’t miss them. There will normally be a couple waiting outside your hotel, if not, just find the nearest road and flag one down. Just make sure that the driver switches the meter on at the start of the journey. We didn’t feel hassled at all while were out and about – when people tried to talk to us and sell us things we just said ‘no thanks’ and walked off. The level of hassle we experienced on our trip to the Gambia earlier in the year was much, much worse than what we encountered in Tunisia.

The weather was quite hot for most of the week that we were there, but it was windier and cloudier then I expected and there were rain showers on 2 days. Not the best weather that we’ve ever had on holiday but it didn’t stop us from doing anything that we had planned to do.

Carthageland is a good day out, it's a small theme park with the rides included in the entrance fee, but make sure you bring plenty of money, there are lots of souvenir shops around the outside with something tempting in every one.If you go to the Medina or market in Hammamet try not to pay more than a quarter than what they asked in the first place. Start off really low then when you're at the price you want to pay go to walk away, they'll soon come down. Taxi drivers are very friendly and fairly honest, make sure you agree a price first or get them to put their meter on. Can't really comment on the resort nightlife because we didn't go out in the evenings but it does have bars and nightclubs. We're hoping to return when the children have grown up so we can see more of the real Tunisia.

Hammamet was a lively, yet relaxed resort....plenty for everyone to enjoy. I felt safe at all times, and was delighted by the honesty and freindliness of all we came across....no yobbish drunks....although alcohol freely available to enjoy.
We stayed out till around 2am most nights as we loved the beautiful evenings at cafes, enjoying th lovely music and "bubbly" pipes!!!
Every evening we ventured out about 10.30am, after the hotel family entertainment had finished....hammamet was full of culture and a great place to visit.

Once outside the hotel, you didnt have to go very far until you realised how poor Tunisia is. Not far away is Yasmin Hammamet this is all brand new with Tunisias only ice rink, fabulous hotels and a modern theme park called Carthage Land, well worth a visit. Pirate ships start sailing from here, if you haggle, you can get a cheap price.
From dad. Beware there are no off licences. Get your spirits at duty free before you land, as shorts are exepensive, altough beer is cheap in the hotels. Tunisia is excellent value for money. The locals are very friendly unless they are trying to sell you something. The beach at Les Orangers/ Hammamet were very clean. There is a beach bar on the beach called MacOranges which is worth having your dinner at.

The resort is Hammeremt Yasmin they are just building a lot of it, we did not experience any problems with the building sites. Entertainment was alright. Beach standard was good.

Would visit resort again.