Have a good rest

Written: 31 august 2010
Travel time: 26 july — 9 august 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 7.0
Traveled with my wife and 5 year old daughter. We were seated almost immediately. They did the right thing by taking an individual transfer from Varna to the Hotel - 20 km, but they didn’t take anyone (save their nerves). In Varna, EUREKA was exchanged for leva at the rate of 1.94 (in the hotel 1.83, in Raiffeisen in the Admiral hotel - 1.84). At 11 o'clock we were at the hotel, at 13.00 we went to the room. Good room, Sea view is not side, 5th floor. The room has a double bed, a bed for a child, a bench, two armchairs, a long bench, a chair, a table with drawers, a TV, Internet access (cable at the reception - free of charge), in the bathroom - a toilet, a bidet, a sink for two, a bathroom, a shower cabin, hair dryer, on the balcony - a table, an armchair (everything is plastic), a dryer. Everything is human, the room was cleaned, but no frills. Tips were left regularly. The elevators worked flawlessly. The service is excellent, except for one case when the wine list was taken away at dinner, but the order was taken only 30 minutes later and then after the scandal.
Adviсe:
1. Take only breakfast, so as not to become attached to the hotel. Dinner is free, but drinks are chargeable. The cost of drinks is commensurate with a good dinner in cafes. So tea - 4 leva, water - 4 leva, wine - twice as expensive as in cafes, juice for children (read paint) - 5 lev. And it takes a long time to order.

2. On the first day, it’s best to hit the Metro in Varna (bus - 3 leva, a taxi from 50 lev you bargain to 30, it’s unlikely to be thrown off, I didn’t bargain myself, I didn’t need to, read below why. ) You can take water, juices, cookies, and alcohol from the metro (I’m ashamed, but apart from Muscat, I don’t know good wine, so I just drank Plicki cognac - a normal average quality, but I don’t need more)
3. By taxi. Below us was a driver with whom we agreed with another individual transfer for 30 lev. But it was embarrassing and we paid - 40 and that's for it: a trip to Varna and back, plus he was under us for 5-6 hours, plus he showed us Varna (the cathedral and a walking street), the port (arranged to let us into the stairs, from where there was an excellent view of the sea in all directions, acres of the coast), plus a trip to all the major stores to buy gifts. Who needs a phone, write 452320@mail. ru - I'll let you know.
4. If you want to drink on the go and inexpensively, then there are supermarkets on this account, which is along a walking street towards the Admiral Hotel. The closer to the "Admiral" - the more expensive (both cafes and prices) "Admiral is the center of the resort, but its overhang over the footpath is a huge minus of this hotel.
5. We dined well and inexpensively in front of a large staircase across the road, immediately on the second floor (a draft is nice). Tasty . They took Shopska Salad for everyone, a tortilla with cheese, but without garlic, juice for a child, for themselves or wine or tea, well, there’s a choice of either grilled or soup (veal, chicken - just like at home), well, there’s also potatoes with fried onion and brisket. The portions are large, so the child does not need to take anything separately.

6. By sunbeds and umbrellas. You can, of course, buy an umbrella, and use beach towels instead of sunbeds, but I didn’t find myself in the garbage, so at first we went for 21 lev (2 sunbeds for 7 lev + umbrella 7 lev, the mattress was still free, the Germans at the Berlin hotel the mattress also costs money) at the sea, but then I began to think and the next time we already went for 15 lev to the sea (all for 5 lev). Because it happened that a person is a social being, that is, it is necessary to communicate, but simply speaking, to bargain. Fortunately, every 20 meters - the new owner of these sunbeds is standing and waiting for you.
7. You can arrange individual excursions.
8. Yacht picnic - better without children, as it can get sick, you can get hurt (the sea is not very clean)
9. An interesting view from the Ferris wheel (spin three times) - do not forget to take your camera.
10. An interesting museum of retro motorcycles and cars near the yacht marina, the Berlin Hotel area - in the opposite direction if from Varna. Paravoziki go - 3 leva - one place.
11. Ice cream is better to take for everything than a ball - it tastes better.
12. Aquapolis (the water park is worse than Troy in Turkey), but the child needs it. Get ready that sunbeds are there for 5 levs, they are not included in the ticket and they will not feed you there for free either - only fast food, so from morning to lunch you are there, then for lunch in a cafe. Take some water with you, they didn't seem to take it away. Fortunately, buses run free of charge every 20 minutes (taxi is polite, but firmly sent).
13. And last and most importantly - no pool. Chloromin does not work very well on the stomach, and the smell of the sump should warn you that things are not so good in Bulgaria from an environmental point of view. Beware of rotovirus infection, even adults get sick. Well, it’s easier for them to drink alcohol in normal doses - a good disinfectant, but for children it’s hard. I myself saw how little one and a half year old children are given a dropper, otherwise there is no way to escape from vomiting, diarrhea, fever and, worst of all, lack of appetite.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original