just returned yesterday would return but only for a one week stay 2 weeks to long food the same everyday but ok carrots,potatoes,cabbage,chicken,beef,fish,rice, pasta but be wary alcohol very weak watered down only two bars 1 inside, open until 11pm, 1 pool bar open open until 1am forever running out of glasses due to people getting 4 or 5 drinks at a time to save queing nice beach plenty sunbeds beach hut soft drinks only you have 2 go pool for food & beer, rooms ok cleaned daily right on beach get up at 6am to get front umberella on beach recommended as sun gets very hot 40+ watch out for the guy who sells drums on the beach i called him stumpy he has no hand on 1 arm due to accident what a lovely person if you go talk to him you will love him, animation team brilliant ,one guy called sam looks after kids allday games on beach mini disco in the evening what aguy top class, then theres latif the camel man very funny you cant miss him there every day " cheap as chips" go outside the hotel turn left walk about 100 yards 5 or 6 shops go to camel shop for your bargins very cheap, gold jeans watches shirts you name they have it, if they have not they will get it this shop and 3 or 4 others owned by latifs brothers nice and friendly but barter with them for cheap price they always give in what ever they ask cut in half good luck.

well arrived back from DK last weds, had a great holiday with my partner and 4 year old son.

Really just echoing what others have said, hotel is clean and tidy, rooms, are fine with everything you would need, but they are fairly basic, with no add ons other than a tv i.e no tea coffee facilities, hairdryer etc, which is fine by me.

meals were ok, pretty much the same every lunch and dinner, but I tried not to pile my plate with everything and be sensible with my choices so I didn't get too bored, plenty of salad and veg choices available and some grill which was lovely although do check the chicken/turkey kebabs they do some pieces in the ones we picked up were still a bit raw, but nothing to worry about as long as you check. puddings were lovely as were the variety of ice creams and you canget kebab rolls and, chips, pizza, and pasta from the snack bar for lunch, which sometimes made a nice change.

pools were lovely we made use of the omar pool and slides which was great, although not very safety conscious so do keep an eye on littler kids, and the pool area is quite slippy, but a very lovely pool and surprisingly relaxing over there to.

Entertainment was as already said in so many reviews brilliant, lots going on all the time, my boyfriend played water polo a few times, which could get very competitive, lol, and I did aqua aerobics and a few of the games they played. The team were brilliant, they do ask everyone to join in but do leave you be if you don't want to jpin in something.
Evening entertainment involved a kiddies disco, from 8:30 to 9:30ish and then the club dances with everyone on stage and then the animation team would pick people out to dance one on one, if you didn't want to they did just leave you be. you then had a bingo game, followed by a show done by the team, mainly involved dancing, or comedy sketches, all good fun and did genuinely laugh out loud to most of them.

They do all work very hard, especially as others have mentioned before, sam, the childrens entertainer who works from 10 through to 12:30 then again from 2 through to about 5:00 and then he was around from 8 until 12, doing kiddies discoand taking part in shows, he doesn't seem to stop.

The team also sell t-shirts for the kids with their names on and then a cartoon character on the back, these were 20 DT I think, we got one for my son, but if you have a big family just be warned

went on the camel trip and pirate boat trip which were good fun , and don't cost too much, didn't go into medina in hammamet as just walking to the shops down the road were hassle enough and to be honest it was just too hot to do anything, i was quite happy by the pool or on the beach.

The beach is also lovely , your able to walk out a fair way, and it is surprisingly warm, great selection of sports to try put, some you pay for but you can use things like pedaloes and windsurfs for free.

mattresses for the pool and beach are 2dt a day or 10dt for a week, as a rough guide while i was there the exchange rate was about 2.28 DT to the £.


Other tips, drinks are watered down, but the beer is ok, as is the wine if you add a bit of lemonade and ice, (all drinkjs are served in plastic glasses, but this is for obvious reasons) i would advise getting alcohol and fags on the plane or in airport coming over, we flew with firstchoice and got a bottle of bacardi and smirnoff blue for £16, and on the way back i got some lambert and butler for my dad which were £28 for 400, in monastir airport they were 35.50 for 400.

also have tips ready for porters in airport and at hotel or a firm no ready for them, £1 coins will suffice, we got caught short at airport and had no change, that porter must have had a happy day!!!

All in all an excellent holiday was had for the price we paid which really was not a lot, and was worth every penny.

Stayed at the Dar Khayam late june/early july the holiday was ok but did have some reservations regarding it.
Evening Entertainment was ok nothing special but worth watching certainly better than some iv seen in the past
( apparantly its dated as the same shows have been getting done for several years now according to others that had stayed before) the entertainers are fine, really only interested in in families with young children or with girls, in 2 weeks there only 2 entertainers went out their way to speak to our party (2 adults and 2 older teenage boys) They was sam and hassan, Hassan was usually looking to borrow our sunhats or sunglasses for hours on end this seemed to be his motive for chatting!!!
Food again was ok though the variety was limited probebly least variety iv had in around 10 AI holidays.
Drinks arn't wattered down just of a weak alcohol content, certainly seen several people drunk ( maybe they had their own).
The big let down for us was the Air conditioning ..or lack of it, very poor in the reception area non existant in the resturaunt and although it worked in both the rooms we had it was totally ineffective unless u stood within 12-18 inches of the actual unit, having talked with other there this seemed a common complaint although a few people said their air con was brilliant and needed switched off at night.
During Peek season july - sept i expect it will be an early rise for sunbeds as the hotel is full, (was overbooked when we were there) 7am seemed to be the cutoff for getting a brolly and a bed when we were there.
We were located in the bungalows away from the main building and they are pretty basic didnt have a problem with this what i would say though is the shower is no more than a hole in the floor so when u have a shower the bathroom floods quite bad and the washand basin was extreemly loose i was scared to really touch it incase it collapsed.The rooms are cleaned most days (cleaned means bed madeand bathroom tidied up we were left without towels on 3 occassions, not sure why maybe by the time they reached our room there were none left!!! had to kick up a stink at reception to get some each time.
The pool area can get very slippy and there is a life guard on duty though you will usually find him chatting up some girls somewhere around the pool, although the sign says not to use the pool after 7pm it get used all night by youngsters and adults (Shona TUT TUT )
To sum up the holiday its self was fine great for families with younger kids, several people who we spoke with had stayed there on several occassions and all agreed it seemed to be going down hill, they felt the food was poorer and the standard of clenlieness was poorer than in the past, would i return, possibly but for no longer than a week and deffinately not a peak times probebly better for an early / late week in the sun

this was the best holiday in years. we were entertained all day and night. we nearly forgot we had kids they were so happy away with Sam doing all the games we never saw them!! Yes we did bring them home. The Animation crew were.... well words can not describe, we loved them all especially Kelly, Midou Hassen Simo and the rest. Cant wait to go back next year. Only down fall was the airconditioning it wasn's as good as it could have been but hey that's what you go on holiday for the heat! Connor and Abbie will miss you all guys keep in touch x