I hadn't been on a package holiday since my parents dragged me and my big brother to Kos with Cosmos 20 years ago. So when I found myself with a week to kill in October, I was sceptical. We wanted somewhere hot, comfortable and close by, with beach and culture to boot. And we didn't want to spend more than £400 a person.
Scouring through Lastminute.com, we eventually settled upon Hammamet, Tunisia at the five-star Sindbad Hotel. Reading through the conditions, we saw the holiday was offered by one Fleetway Travel, though booking direct through them would have actually cost us more. So I went through cashback site Quidco to the Lastminute website and booked it.
The scheduled flight was on Tunis Air from Heathrow and lasted just two-and-a-half hours (on both journeys the pilots performed the smoothest landings I'd ever experienced).
The trip to Hammamet from Tunis was an hour away by road. Best of all the hotel really was five star: we had a spacious suite, with air-conditioning, a patio and two flat-screen TVs. There was an infinity pool by the beach which the hotel sits adjacent to (you don't even have to cross a road). And, when we felt the urge, we could walk along the sandy shore (not a pebble to be seen) all the way into the centre of town.
It's a bit quiet this time of year, but for five days we had good sunbathing weather, with temperatures of about 25 degrees plus. It rained twice, and we were probably the only non-Germans in the resort (we have Lanzarote, quipped a colleague, the Germans have Hammamet). But I'd definitely recommend both Hammamet (for a cheap beach holiday), and the Sindbad.
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