Bulgaria - not expensive at all, but cool!

Written: 2 july 2012
Travel time: 16 — 30 june 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 9.0
It was the first time in Bulgaria. Bought on the offer on Vygoda. ru - 50% discount. This year, I really wanted the sea, but I didn’t have enough money... I thought maybe Crimea was a savage, but when I saw it - 320 euros = 10 days in a 3 * hotel + all-inclusive + bus travel + visa + necessary fees... thought that in the Crimea you can’t even rest like that.
Honestly, I was in Crimea for a long time....therefore, I wrote the prices about my vacation, and you yourself already count and argue : )
Well, moving in the bus, of course, you have to go through. Especially the fact that children go to camps in it and their data at customs are somehow manually entered into the computer....and there are 3-4 customs to Bulgaria....and the border guard is not a secretary - 10 letters are printed for half a day....+ for a long time I could not understand what Moldova had to do with it ?? ? what carried us there....it turned out they made access to the sea for themselves...

And on the way back, our motor broke down - they repaired it for 2 hours, and then at the tire shop for 2 hours, 2 wheels were changed because we had to go to the craftsmen to buy glue, otherwise it didn’t end....in general, traveling by bus is something.
Now in Bulgaria - the bus does not deliver to hotels. We got off at the bus stop and looked for ourselves. Thank God the Bulgarians are kind people and their language is Slavic after all (for those who know Ukrainian + Russian it is easier). Found.
The hotel is good. We had a room on the 2nd floor. The window is covered with tree branches, so there is no sun in the room and the air conditioner could not even be turned on.
The room has a hairdryer, mini-fridge, TV, telephone, shower with a tray. For 2 4 towels - 2 large and 2 small. I didn’t have enough because after a shower it’s wet on the floor and how to wipe it? Carry a floor rag with you?....So we wiped ourselves with small towels, and with large towels all over ourselves from head to toe....in short, I would add 2 more small ones. Change of towels is declared as 1 time in 3 days. We were changed 2 times in 10 days, and then the first time on the 4th day after I asked, and the second time on the 5th day when I threw all the towels on a pile in the bathroom.
I didn’t leave lions on pillows every day - only on the day of departure. I think that once they declare that every 3 days, then you don’t have to pay extra for it.
I liked the food. There is no abundance, just enough. Breakfasts are monotonous, so after a night of revelry you can oversleep with a clear conscience, especially since dinner starts at 12 already.
But lunches and dinners are very good and there is also an afternoon snack.

In general, I immediately realized that you don’t need to eat everything that is offered, otherwise you can leave Bulgaria with a kind of sack. I didn’t eat side dishes, only when I was pilaf I tried it - it was very tasty. And so - every day 2 soups, several types of meat and fish (1-2 types), salad type Shopsky always and a couple of different ones, all sorts of stewed cabbages, beans and lentils are also held in high esteem, there are also all sorts of misunderstandings, vegetables and oils and sauces separately - i. e. If you want, you can make up your own mind. for sweet always fruit - in turn - apples, watermelons, melons, oranges, grapefruits, peaches, nectarines and apricots were. 2-4 types of ice cream. Black tea, green tea from herbs in bags, coffee in different variations from the machine, juices (nectars) too....drinks at the bar are in abundance. Who came for alcohol - I think they will not complain - I saw and ordered rum, and brandy and whiskey. Beer flowed in rivers. I drank red and white wine - good, dry wines.
I should also note that we probably arrived at the very beginning of the season - the hotel was not completely full - it was so good, it was possible to take a place on the street without any problems, there were no queues for food. Then, about a week later, guests arrived - it was such that there weren’t enough places to sit down separately.
And more about children - there is paradise for them. And I just want to turn to my parents - we live in new realities, in my childhood, in principle, no one took me to the buffet, but now I need to explain something to the children about this. It’s not their fault their eyes ran wide - they collected everything they saw and rush with plates, well, as usual - we go forward and look back : )... well, along the way we ourselves fall and knock the containers out of the hands of others and then ourselves half a spoon ate everything else and threw it away. As a result, I think the hotel could keep a small pig farm - 10-20 good pigs would be fattened per season on waste.
In general, children need to explain all these points, and adults should remember about the figure and, in principle, that you can’t eat all the food in the world.
I liked the hotel in general - the place is quiet, very close to the sea, the pool is good, the staff is friendly. I would go there again for the same money and even more so.
And Bulgaria itself as a country for recreation liked. The nature is good, there is a service for little money, the sea is clean (it was dirty when it was stormy). We were also lucky with the weather - only 1 day in the evening we didn’t go to the beach because it started to rain, otherwise it was always sunny and hot.
We went on excursions to Sozopol + Nessebar and Varna.
Excursions are expensive... Sozopol + Nessebar 46 euros....I remember when I was in Hungary for 50 dollars you could go to Vienna.

I didn’t see something super so beautiful that it took my breath away on these excursions. I would like to go to the Valley of Roses - they praised it very much, but it is far and expensive there. Maybe next time : )....by the way, this is an idea, because the next time will definitely be : )
Translated automatically from Russian. View original