Iberostar Founty Beach Hotel

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Arrived for a 5 night stay in April to a large, clean 4* Founty Beach Hotel. The reception was large & cool. Firstly we had to complete a registration form before checking in (First Choice rep gave these out on the coach for guests staying at another hotel, so could not understand why she could not have done this for this hotel, as would have saved lots of time.)
We had a ground floor room, which was large & clean with a large terrace, which looked out onto the vast pool area. The bathroom was clean, with fresh towels every day. The pool was clean & not too cold to swim in this time of year. The children pool had plenty of sun beds for mums & dads, as did the whole area. There were plenty of beds to go around. The beach was down some steps, which was overlooked by a security guard & was excellent (once you had got past the hawkers!)
The entertainment staff were good. They worked very hard ensuring everyone was having a good time & stopped & chatted at every opportunity. The kids club was well organized, although my 5 year old son was the only English child in the kids club, they made a good effort in speaking his language to keep him involved. The staff also put on the ‘show’ every night, after the mini disco. These guys are very talented but do not expect too much & you will not be disappointed.
The restaurant felt like a canteen, which was a little off putting. The food was all right, pasta, pizza’s cooked fresh while you waited which the kids enjoyed. More authentic Moroccan stews for the adults, along with a variety of meats & fish, something for everyone. We had our lunch at the beach bar everyday, which consisted of a grill of the day, either fish or meat & a variety of stews, rice, pasta etc & a good salad bar. There was also plenty of ice cream for the kids. The bar staff ensured that drinks were served immediately & no one was left waiting at the bar (unusual for some all inclusive bars where they keep you waiting as long as they can!) This was ideal as it meant you didn’t have to leave the pool area. The hotel bar overlooking the pool area was very good. We found the service efficient, not as fast as the pool bar, but they always got the drinks right & made sure you glass we not empty.
We ventured out for a stroll to the local ‘strip’ which was a short walk past the other large hotels along this stretch. There were some restaurants & plenty of shops to haggle in. We also took an orange cab (20 dirham) to the supermarket, which was a short drive away & this was well worth the trip. If you do not like to haggle or feel that you will be ripped off then the supermarket is the place to go. They sold everything from spices to garden furniture. We didn’t try the souks as didn’t feel comfortable dragging our 5 year old around them, but some guests did & they said it was good fun haggling with the shopkeepers.
Overall Agadir is not a pretty place, in fact very bland. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1960 & is now being rebuilt, so expect a lot of building work & rubble. Some guest took a trip to Marrakech which they said was excellent & resembled Morocco as it should be, but be warned it’s a 4 hour coach trip from Agadir & left a 6am & got back at midnight, so not for the kids.
Would we go back? Yes we would, but only for a 5 night break in April, to unwind, relax & soak up the guaranteed sunshine, in a nice all-inclusive hotel.

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The Hotel was large and very clean. The pools were clean and there was plenty of room. The relax pool was a good alternative to the activity pool which was quite noisy with loud music and activities going on throughout the day.
Even though it was half term we were the only English family in the hotel which hindered the children from enjoying kids club. The hotel stated that they kids activities went up to age 15 but there were only a couple of activities which my son was able to take part in e.g. Archery and one game of water polo. Which was disappointing as there was a big animation team. Our rep was very helpful, as were all the hotel staff. We found the animation team to be quite friendly, although I don't think we were particularly a popular nationality with them.
The evening entertainment was good, we did two excursions to an amphitheatre and a traditional evening, both were enjoyable and we took a taxi into Madhya which was interesting and different. The food was good, ice cream by the pool would have been nice for the kids and the small plastic cups were a pain if you just wanted a cold beer, as most of it was froth and you ended up with a sip, likewise with coke.
Overall, we had a good holiday, there was something to do all the time, it was clean and the staff were friendly. We were not sure what to expect from Tunisia but we were pleasantly surprised. The weather was changeable it did rain a couple of times and it did get windy in the evenings.
The beaches were beautiful and not crowded, there were security guards on our area of beach so you did not get bothered by hawkers. Would go back, perhaps in august when apparently there are more Brits (just for the kids sake really, as were found it a welcome change!).