Tunisia as lone parent and mozzies

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I'm looking at a last min break. Taking 2 kids over 10 on my own to all inclusive complex type. No real interest in leaving the hotel. But I am hoping it will be ok for kids and mozzies as I get eaten alive. Has anyone had any experiences/advice for sousse.

Tunisia usually gets an absolute slating on these threads. If you’ve got no plans to leave the hotel it might be different, but with young kids and concerns re mozzies, food safety and the massive cultural difference I suspect many will say look elsewhere.

It’s not damp! Mosquitos would be unusual. We always took dc to see things. What’s the point of travelling to North Africa if you have no interest in it? Maybe use a trip for their education?

For the weather this time of year. Only going 4 nights last minute break after a very hard few months. We want sun and fun. Prob will do a guided tour to break up the time but essentially time together in sun playing cards and being carefree and away from some very horrible trauma at home.

My choice is either marakesh or tunisia for weather and affordability

It might not be that warm in the winter. Assuming that’s what you mean. Marakesh would be better but if you just want a resort, it’s not much different.

Anywhere around the Mediterranean will always have a few mosquitos. You can buy a plug-in for night-time from any supermarket (look for brands like Raid or Bloom) and an after-bite roll-on stick from a pharmacy. Take repellent, either DEET-based if you can stand it (it's smelly, greasy, and damages plastics, but it's the most effective), or Picaridin-based (e.g., Autan) if you can't.

Thank you x

My first time in Tunisia was November, I don’t remember any mosquitoes at all.. it was not super warm though, I don’t think I would have sat outside/by a pool. It was 16 or 17 degrees but windy.

It's 24 degrees at the moment x

Advice for Sousse - don't go. It's an awful place. So much poverty and you get hassled non-stop. I'm fairly well travelled and Sousse was the worst experience I have had.

If you just want sun and swimming pools and some time with the kids and you do choose Tunisia, I wouldn't leave the hotel. Usually I'm all up for a bit of sight seeing, but Sousse just isn't geared up for that. People don't go wandering about. The hotels tend to be all inclusive for that reason. They are quite far out and you need taxis to get into Sousse etc and when you do, it's not pleasant.

Some of the hotels are right on the beach so plenty to keep you occupied for 4 days.

Port El Kantoui is a kind of resort of various hotels and I think you can sort of mill around between the various hotels and it has more of a kind of holiday vibe to it. It's like a kind of man-made holiday village thing, built in the 70s I think. But I'd be wary of venturing outside of that.

Thank you. Yeah I was looking at a big resort on the beach so there is enough to do. I'm not that bothered about sight seeing. We need sun. Light and a rest. We are happy to swim read and play cards.

Should add to the above - the hotel we stayed in (Royal Kenz) was lovely. Could not fault it. And the staff were lovely.

But the staff are all bussed in from very deprived areas on the outskirts. So you need to budget for giving quite generous tips on top of what you are paying. They work hard and there is not a lot of money / opportunities for them. They rely on tips.

However, the staff in these hotels are not pushy for tips. They are absolutely not allowed to be. But they do need (and deserve) them.

But outside of these big resorts you will be hassled for money constantly.