My boyfriend and I passed 2 weeks in Melia Palm Azur in the August 2008. We travel a lot for business and pleasure and I can frankly say that it was the worst holiday experience that we have ever had. We chose this hotel as we already knew hotel chain Sol Melia and were delighted with their hotels. Now I wonder how come that Palm Azur belongs to Melia chain, and do they guess what actually is happening in the hotel of their chain and how it is undermining their image. So I will try to be short and factual. Geographic location: 30 minutes from airport. Nearest city Midoun – not attractive dirty place with no restaurants or any other places interest. Hotel itself: Big standing a little bit old, but in ok shape. Reception is spacey with a lot of marble and even water fountains (these do not work however). Rooms: Rooms are ok. Old, but ok. Room service is regular but negligent. No mini bar or bottled water in the room. There are big water systems in the hall. So if you lucky and saved your plastic bottle from the trip – keep it as a treasure, otherwise you will be running with a lot of little plastic cups in order to drink enough after sun exposure. Territory: Relatively big territory with sad and dry plants. A lot of objects (umbrellas, benches) are rusty – so keep an eye on everything if tetanus is not your holiday dream. Restaurants and food: Awful! These 2 weeks were real gastronomical torture for us. All the menu consists of the cheapest products possible, with no variations. Breakfast: Uncut frozen or broken fruits ( and this is in august (!)), yesterday’s leftovers vegetables, 1 type of cheese, 1 type of ham (the cheapest one with milled bones), 1-2 types of bread, 1 type home made yoghurt, some low quality hot vegetables and dishes. Everyday for 2 weeks the same, not even slight change. Constant shortage of bowls and glasses. Lunch and dinner the same low quality food. Maximum 2 types of meat. All the time cheap with a lot of bones ( doggy dream!). I have even seen marvelous goulash ( 85% of bones). 2 types of pasta ( yes, even past can be badly cooked). Choice of cut and rapped tomatoes, carrots and cucumbers. The most simple and cheap way. No composed salads or something like that. Dirty plates with big stains from morning Nutella. I spoke 3-5 times with restaurant management – no change. Glasses full of soap – looks like cappuccino when you put water inside! Wine is reused and leftovers are gently put in the used bottle. During your stay you can once reserve a la carte restaurant in order to try authentic Tunisian cuisine. On practice you get the same food as in buffet restaurant and the saddest couscous that I have ever tried. Swimming pool: There are 2 of them: small for kids and big for adults. Main big swimming pool is beautiful, however not safe. There is a water intake filtration system that is rather big. However the grids that were supposed to cover it were permanently missing. There is a lot of children playing around and the area is deep. Parents spoke to the lifeguard near the pool and they received advice to “swim around’ Sandy beach with sufficient number of sun beds. Impossible to enter to the sea because of huge sharp stones that go for about 20 meters on the shore line. So no swimming for children and cut legs and feet for adults. So to conclude, this is the most horrible holiday ever, waist of money and unsafe ambiance.