об отели «Амфора» about the hotel "Amphora"

I decided to write a review about Bulgaria and in particular about the Amfora hotels. Rested families 2 adults, a child (5 years). We arrived in Bulgaria in the morning, the weather was bad, it was very cold, even though it was the middle of summer. Since we first began to rush around the airport in search of those who met us, there are a lot of different tour operators. No one warned us in the tour company which tour company was meeting us from Bulgaria. My husband and I calmed down and began to carefully read the tour package, found the name of the tour company from Bulgaria, found it, loaded us into a minibus, told us a little about Bulgaria, about where it is better to change money and all sorts of precautions. They began to deliver tourists to hotels. They brought us to "Amphora" and told the reception that the check-in was at 14.00 and it was 11.00. Since we have been on the road since 05.30, this is not very pleasant. We found a cafe and had lunch there. And we went for a walk on the beach, it was very cold. They waited for the settlement at 14.00. They came to the reception, and there were Romanians, Bulgarians, and the like, a crowd. We sat on the sidelines, waiting for them all to take shape. Checked out. We went into the room amazing smell of chlorine (weathered day). Washed gray bed. I don’t know for sure if they changed it for us while we were relaxing, but when they left a tip, they covered it beautifully and even made flowers from the duvet cover. If you close your eyes it's ok. The furniture is old for us, a double bed for a child, a folding chair, in which the pillow fell through all the time. In the shower room, which is also a toilet, there was water on the floor all the time, it simply had nowhere to drain. The room overlooked the courtyard with the stage and bromine. We went to the beach not knowing that the hotel had its own beach and went to the nearest one. Umbrella and two sun loungers 21 lev. We sat down near the paid zone, so the caretaker ran and demanded that we move further and further. I can write novels about holidays. The beach is nearby, as well as the beach of the hotel, which is a little further away, dirty all in plastic dishes (considering that they charge for sunbeds and umbrellas, they could clean it), in principle, there is white sand under it. The sea is clear, warm, it is better to swim in the morning, there are still few people, the sea is wonderful. And for the fact that the resort is located, as it were, in a bay, the climate is very mild, it does not fry during the day, if the weather is bad in the morning, it becomes warmer by lunchtime. On the beach of the hotel, an umbrella and 2 sunbeds 12 lev. Once, during the rest of the holiday, algae drove in, the weight of the beach was littered with them, but after lunch the sea took everything back. On the beach, a free bar diluted cola and fanta and not very tasty beer, you can drink. On the beach, fruit vendors are very intrusive, weighing you down so that you buy something, they don’t leave for a long time. Normal tableware clean for breakfast gave eggs of various types (boiled, fried), sausages (liked), ham and the like, cheeses such as cheese, yogurt, breakfast cereals, milk, bread, honey (everything is quite tasty). Lunch in the dining room, there are a lot of people to sit down, queues, food: several types of first and second courses, there is something to choose from to your taste, salads and simply chopped vegetables, few fruits, although we were in the grape season, they gave apples, bananas, sometimes green melons and watermelons , fruits tasteless, several kinds of sweets are very tasty. Once we decided to try the horror wine, do not drink something diluted with alcohol, I barely took one sip. Coffee tea tasteless. Juice is not juice at all, chemistry. There is already a variety of both tasty and not very. We went to the supermarket and bought water, Turkish delight (very tasty, especially with rose petals), bought decent Bulgarian beer, Bulgarian fruits were not found, all imported from Greece, Italy. From 11.00 or 12.00 the snack bar starts working, they bake pizza, fried potatoes, wings, something else was not particularly there. In the bars, free cocktails made from alcohol made in Bulgaria. There are decent ones. In the evenings, all the events in the yard: bars, shows, and so on until 23.00 or 00.00, but do not rejoice at 02.00 at night, drunk Bulgarians and Romanians return and turn on music, neigh like horses. And everyone is purple that you and your child want to sleep. There was once a show program with dancers, we watched directly from our balcony, very well. I liked it in the resort town is very clean, the hotels, the houses are beautiful, the bushes are trimmed, there are practically no cars, it's nice to walk. We went on an excursion to Sozopol, we would have beaten such a guide like a mammoth. The tour included a visit to the monastery in Pomor, a visit to Sozopol, a ride on the river, a visit to Burgas. In Pomorie, they showed a monastery with a holy spring, told the legend of its creation, then Sozopol, they didn’t tell anything, they walked in the city and that’s it, although there are temples and many other sights (it is very similar in style to Nessebar, only more rocky) a very beautiful city, they fed us there in a restaurant, delicious, a little unusual, large portions, I refused the first one so as not to overeat, I finally drank delicious tea all the time. Then we were taken to the reserve, to ride along the Ropotamo River, of a yellow-green appearance, I am picky, but very long and boring, on one side of the river the mountains are beautiful, but monotonous, we were taken to the sea and back. Everyone who traveled with us was terribly tired, and when they made us happy that they were still taking us to Burgas, they heard requests, maybe not, but they still brought us to the city, dropped us off the bus and said we would meet in an hour. We wandered around the center not particularly enthusiastic, you can climb shopping centers at home, maybe if the guide knew about one city, its history would not be so tiring. He also hinted that at the end of the tour they give a tip. Why is unclear. Sozopol is certainly beautiful, but even I know more about Bulgaria than he does. If you close your eyes, then visiting Bulgaria is not bad, I don’t want to go to the resort for the second rose, except to fly to Sofia to see. Yes, I forgot that cosmetics from roses are very good, and my impressions are not only negative, but also positive, if everything is written in a book. It's just not all rosy as expected.