Грустные заметки о вилле Radjen Sad notes about Villa Radjen

Rested from July 25 to August 4. Second time in Montenegro. The first time the tour operator was Alf and we stayed in Budva. This time, San Stefan was chosen, PILON turned out to be the tour operator. I highly recommend PYLON. Managers have absolutely no interest in their customers. Soviet service. When we booked the villa, we agreed to a room without a balcony. The tour operator swore that at the same time there was a LARGE window in the room. In reality, the window turned out to be not even standard, but small (this is the one I have at home in the kitchen in Khrushchev). It was not critical, but the sediment remained, as they say. Keep in mind there are a lot of such rooms in the villa (this is the new building of Villa Radzhenovich). We were lucky and we lived on the 5th floor, so there was even a partial view of the sea. It was worse for people who lived on the lower floors and also without a balcony. Also, the manager from the PILON company nicely got out of the bus, which carried the arriving tourists, in the middle of the road and, stating "your villa is next", evaporated. Nice Soviet service. The owners of the villa are mother and son. They understand Russian, but point-blank refuse to speak. You should not expect special help and goodwill from them. They don't speak English either.
We saw them twice in 10 days.
You can’t leave the key to the room either (there is no reception as such), which complicates the rest, frankly.

The room was equipped with everything you need. Cleaned daily except weekends. A small problem with the door. . . only closed after considerable effort. In the bathroom (we didn’t have a shower, but there was a curtain) there was no shower holder on top, which is extremely inconvenient. In general, on trifles... but somehow it hurts in a zhlobsky way for such money, and even on San Stefan.
And one more thing... our neighbors on the plane from Kyiv lived on the 3rd floor with a balcony, though with access to the mountains. According to their stories, on the very first evening a rat ran into them. Therefore, they closed the balcony at night. From the side of the mountains, the third floor is at ground level. Personally, I did not see rats in the villa, but on San Stefan when walking - yes. However, this is not surprising, given the abundance of landfills in Montenegro.
One such dump was right in front of the market on San Stefan, where all the people are overstocked. The picture, frankly, is no different from Ukraine.
We did not eat at the villa. There are small restaurants nearby. The choice of dishes and the service are poor compared to the same Budva. Bus ticket to Budva - 1.5 euros. We encountered controllers in buses five times. So I recommend getting a ticket. You can also get a taxi. Local residents stop and offer to bring it themselves. The average price is 4-5 euros (this is during the day).
Almost all beaches are paid in the vicinity of San Stefan (from 75 euros to 20 euros). There are pieces of free beaches, but here it’s like in the Crimea - whoever came earlier, that’s the best place...
There are a lot of people. And, probably, if you have another option for a holiday this year, choose it, not Montenegro.