On a land that slopes down to the coast Smaralda in Sardaign, Studios Vacancia Group of Jovanni Sanna had constructed a beautiful building complex consisting of 286 rooms to accommodate 763 persons.
The rooms are in compact buildings esthetically constructed mixing modern features of architecture mixed with old stone walls placed in a pleasing order without the use of plaster or cement in a style unique to Sardaigna.
Inside the elegant luminous rooms with an airy entrance and a small balcon are large enough to comfortably accommodate two to three persons. Large window in the bed room opens to a breath takingly beautiful sight of hills blue sea seen through tall beautiful pine trees with long bare trunks and a well shaped head of leaved branches. The large bath room with shower and toilet is simple and well equipped.
Of them 63 buildings could accommodate a family of four persons said Mr. Frédéric Bitzer the handsome Cosultant from Marmara temporarily relieved from his duties as the Manager of the Marmara Hotel Club in Marakech to organise Janna’e Sole Hotel Club as a family holiday resort. He told me that the building complex was taken on contract from the Studios Vacancia Group for the holiday season beginning from 1 June 2010 to 15 September, 2010.
The Marmara has a contract to run the place as a Hotel Club for one season, and if satisfied will negotiate for the extension of the contract for 9 more years which would cover nine holiday seasons.
Mr. Frédéric Bitzer who insists calling him more familiarly as Frédéric told me, that when they opened the complex to the public in June it had only 300 persons , four days after the number was increased by another three hundred and since the 15th June the whole complex is fully booked with satisfied revelling and enjoying holiday makers of all ages, until the end of the present holiday season on the 15 September, 2010.
Marmara the leading French Holiday Tour maker who have similar Hotel Clubs calls this its first Hotel Club in Sardegna. It is called the Janna’e Sole Hotel Club Sadegna When I asked Frédéric what Janna ‘e Sole means he told me it is a good question as he did not know it himself. But it did not take long for him to find out for me the meaning “ The Door Way to Sun “
The casually dressed, tall well tanned Frédéric is friendly and speaks with enthusiasm about Marmara and its famous Hotel Clubs situated on different parts of the European and near European sun blessed Holiday Resorts. It had been through the hard work of dedicated persons like Frédéric that Marmpara has made its name among the family style holiday hotel Club providers.
Janna’e Sole Hotel club is the first of Marmara’s adventure into Sardegna besides the 23 rooms it has in Baja del Porte. Frédéric promises that Maramara will make of it an entertaining pleasant popular family style holiday resort before long. He is only the Consultant training an equip to eventually take over the place to make of it a popular holiday Hotel Club, and for that Frédéric brings his experience and know how he has gained in running the Maramara Holiday Hotel Club in Marakech.
He was pleased his boss the owner of Maramara Hotel Clubs Mr.Vghier was here to see for himself how the Club is being run and spoke lovingly of his boss the small man in spectacle who has a wonderful head for organising Hotel Clubs.
I told him that Maramara had offered a promotion low price, and that may be the reason for quick sale of rooms, and asked him whether placing his cards on the initial popularity, Maramara will later increase the price. He said with his best friendly smile that it is not in the offing and that Maramara will maintain the same price despite its growing popularity giving the clients quality at an affordable price.
Marmara has taken the first step to open Sadaigne to the ordinary people from different stations of French life to replace the yesterday’s millionaires and the French Jet Set that frequented Sardegna.
By way of a criticism when I asked Frédéric who seems to be ready for any embarrassing question, that the food is not quite up to the mark, even though food non-alcoholic drinks and all holiday activities are included absolutely free in the package, Frédéric adopted a serious look in his face and said that he is aware of it. He said that these are the problems of gestation .The Kitchen staff just recruited from Saregna are no experienced enough to prepare meals in large scale. They prepare the breakfast, which has all essential items of breakfast food as much as the residents require.
Then immediately after they had to prepare the lunch with an assortment of hors d’ouevre, and several main dishes which includes vegetables, Italian pastas , Meat and Fish, with water, red and white wine provided. Then they prepare sweet and salti short eats for 4 o clock tea, before they commence preparing the dinner never offering the left overs from lunch.
That is a big job for an inexperienced kitchen equip and Frédéric promised it will change after the 15th July as he is proposing to bring down his Chef from Marakesh to give a hand and train the kitchen Staff.
These problem are to be expected at the beginning . But experience will provide an edge to initial short comings. He assured me that if I were to visit the place next it would be my dream holiday.
Not so soon I said prodding him to make my second criticism. The excursions provided by the Club are too expensive I said. That too he admitted as not unknown to him. He said excursions are provided by a company from Sardaigna the Blue Tours engaged by Marmara, and problem with regard to the price they had said is in their inability to get the number of tourists for excursions to fill a bus. When the bus has been leased out at the cost a bus full of passengers, if the bus is to run half full, the Tourists Agency has still got to pay the price for a bus load of passengers, therefore it would be a loss to the Tour Agents, hence they are compelled to increase the prices.
All other activities and services are provided directly by Maramara and even the Bar is not contracted out, and hence Marmara provides a whole list of drinks that could be consumed at the Bar.
Perhaps later on the situation may change and they will be able to offer affordable prices, Frédéric said with a smile. It is a formidable undertaking with 763 resident tourists of all ages mainly from France. Marmara employs 120 personnel of which 10 of them are animators with Steve functioning as the amiable Disk Jokey. There are three Roumanians among them a young artist Aline timid and friendly.
The animators take turn to keep the crowd of tourist occupied, in physical exercises around the large swimming pool, organising games such as petanc, pingpong and Tcai tsu. There is continued entertainment dividing tourists into groups and getting them to answer questions until the fall of dusk when the space is provided for group dances first by children
followed by dances for adults- rock and roll, slow, waltzes, Madison .
The animators go round courting spectators to dance to avoid boredom or lasititude.
After dances the holiday makers are invited to the theatre where the animators improvise short items of humour and they should really be felicitated for their indefatigable round the clock activities to entertain the resident tourists. For most of them as well as for the tourists the day seems to ends around midnight.
It was in that sumptuously enjoyable atmosphere that my wife and I spent two weeks of our holiday in Janna’e Sole Hotel Club of Maramara in Sadaigne. On the 22 June when we arrived the sun was at rendez- vous, but a cold wind dominated as if the unpleasant cold weather we left behind coming in search of sun and sand in Sardaigna, had followed us like a phantom.
The dismal experience was short lived and two days after we were complaining of the hot sun looking for shady areas to take shelter from the sweltering weather.
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