I am 17 years old and this is not the first camp I have been to. Therefore, I believe that I am quite capable of constructively writing a review about this camp. Plus, my review will be much more valuable than other reviews, because after reading them, I realized that some mothers wrote them based on something that is not clear, but first of all, this is the opinion of children.
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I am 17 years old and this is not the first camp I have been to. Therefore, I believe that I am quite capable of constructively writing a review about this camp. Plus, my review will be much more valuable than other reviews, because after reading them, I realized that some mothers wrote them based on something that is not clear, but first of all, this is the opinion of children. This camp is a big and friendly family that will never let you get bored, I will go there again because I really liked it! You just have to go there and understand why all the children are delighted, and I ask you not to take into account the reviews of the parents, because they have not been there and do not know anything.
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I liked the Union children's camp in Slovakia, and the child too. An excellent mountainous place, serpentine mountain roads, elevation changes, the ability to go hiking, explore the surroundings. The children's camp is located in the forest at an altitude of 700 meters above sea level. Fresh air. Near the artificial lake Pochuvadlo (the largest in the area), which is nice to swim on a hot day, as well as many other man-made lakes.
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I liked the Union children's camp in Slovakia, and the child too. An excellent mountainous place, serpentine mountain roads, elevation changes, the ability to go hiking, explore the surroundings. The children's camp is located in the forest at an altitude of 700 meters above sea level. Fresh air. Near the artificial lake Pochuvadlo (the largest in the area), which is nice to swim on a hot day, as well as many other man-made lakes. The Soyuz children's camp organizes an excellent and exciting holiday for children, including excursions, hiking, climbing Mount Sitno (next to the camp), various games, discos and other evening activities. The food is also in order - I saw it myself - there are both meat and vegetables and so on (of course, this is not food in a restaurant, but quite acceptable home cooking; products are also supplied from the local Metro store). Only if, of course, the child does not eat exclusively sweets from a nearby store.
The child in the camp needs to be active himself, then the rest will turn out to be very eventful. If the child does not want to take part in certain activities, then they will not force him. Children are accommodated according to age and gender, so that there is always an opportunity to find new friends / girlfriends. Rooms where children live, of course, are simple, but in the pension building there are facilities for the room. The area where the Soyuz camp is located is a former miner's camp, where gold and other ores were mined. True, the last mine was closed more than 20 years ago, and in the 20th century, mining was no longer actively carried out due to the high cost of mining. An interesting and very pretty town (11 thousand people) Banska Stiavnica, whose historical center breathes with antiquity. I especially liked the old castle (it is all riddled with antiquity without tourist embellishments), and the new castle is also interesting (in fact, it is just a watchtower).
Very nice historical center of Banska Bystrica, which is about 50 km north of Banska Stiavnica. Nearby there are also castles and other towns that you can visit...
The guys in the camp are mostly from Moscow and Ukraine. They say that sometimes there are arrivals from Belarus. Also, sometimes children of Russian-speaking parents from different countries (for example, from Hungary) come separately.
The 2014 season turned out to be extremely unsuccessful in the Union. As the camp staff told me, there was no such bad season even in 1998-1999 and 2008-2009, but despite this, the children were actively involved, constantly organizing various events and not letting the children get bored. For example, a hike from Banska Š tiavnica to Mount Paradise, which offers a great view of Banska Š tiavnica, or a hike to Mount Sitno, the highest point in the area, with a height of 1009 meters.
The only moment that upset my impression of the camp, and which is not directly connected with the camp, is the presence of a nuclear power plant about 40 km in a straight line southwest of the Soyuz children's camp near the town of Velke Dur - Jadrova elektraren Mochovce.
I saw her on the way back from the camp on the bus to Bratislava. The construction is quite powerful such that it was then perfectly visible from the air, when our plane from Vienna had already gained altitude towards Moscow.
I hope that, nevertheless, everything is in order with the environment in this place, but somehow the presence of a nuclear power plant nearby is somewhat alarming.
The child in the camp needs to be active himself, then the rest will turn out to be very eventful. If the child does not want to take part in certain activities, then they will not force him. Children are accommodated according to age and gender, so that there is always an opportunity to find new friends / girlfriends. Rooms where children live, of course, are simple, but in the pension building there are facilities for the room. The area where the Soyuz camp is located is a former miner's camp, where gold and other ores were mined. True, the last mine was closed more than 20 years ago, and in the 20th century, mining was no longer actively carried out due to the high cost of mining. An interesting and very pretty town (11 thousand people) Banska Stiavnica, whose historical center breathes with antiquity. I especially liked the old castle (it is all riddled with antiquity without tourist embellishments), and the new castle is also interesting (in fact, it is just a watchtower).
Very nice historical center of Banska Bystrica, which is about 50 km north of Banska Stiavnica. Nearby there are also castles and other towns that you can visit...
The guys in the camp are mostly from Moscow and Ukraine. They say that sometimes there are arrivals from Belarus. Also, sometimes children of Russian-speaking parents from different countries (for example, from Hungary) come separately.
The 2014 season turned out to be extremely unsuccessful in the Union. As the camp staff told me, there was no such bad season even in 1998-1999 and 2008-2009, but despite this, the children were actively involved, constantly organizing various events and not letting the children get bored. For example, a hike from Banska Š tiavnica to Mount Paradise, which offers a great view of Banska Š tiavnica, or a hike to Mount Sitno, the highest point in the area, with a height of 1009 meters.
The only moment that upset my impression of the camp, and which is not directly connected with the camp, is the presence of a nuclear power plant about 40 km in a straight line southwest of the Soyuz children's camp near the town of Velke Dur - Jadrova elektraren Mochovce.
I saw her on the way back from the camp on the bus to Bratislava. The construction is quite powerful such that it was then perfectly visible from the air, when our plane from Vienna had already gained altitude towards Moscow.
I hope that, nevertheless, everything is in order with the environment in this place, but somehow the presence of a nuclear power plant nearby is somewhat alarming.
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First about the cons. Most of the rest children spend on the road upon arrival, they still wind around the neighborhood all day in order to free the rooms from those leaving. + Movement in western Ukraine is now simply dangerous for Russian children. There are a lot of ticks in the camp and there are so many of them in the forests that the children stand in line to the doctor almost daily.
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First about the cons. Most of the rest children spend on the road upon arrival, they still wind around the neighborhood all day in order to free the rooms from those leaving. + Movement in western Ukraine is now simply dangerous for Russian children. There are a lot of ticks in the camp and there are so many of them in the forests that the children stand in line to the doctor almost daily. There is no camp as such. I just simply rent miserable houses near the ski base. Children live even where there are no windows in principle - these are pantries for ski equipment. The cost of the tour is over the top and not worth it at all. The staff works for a penny, and you yourself understand what it's worth. I extract money from children in all possible ways for excursions and souvenirs. Food disgusting no fruit. There was a case when they gave moldy yogurt. Violation of all safety standards as possible. Now about pluses. Director Pavel Vsevolodovich and his numerous relatives participate very strongly in the life of the camp. Children are always busy with something. Nature and clean air have a lake. Wonderful game in the Old Castle. I think that's probably all of the pluses. Although for that kind of money you can relax with all-inclusive meals for a whole month in Turkey at sea. Unfortunately, a video that is not worth trusting is a montage of beautiful or funny moments. But kids don't need much. The main thing for them is communication with each other and the absence of adults nearby. This vacation is simply not worth the money and the fact that the road there and back takes a very long time and a complete violation of all safety standards. All this is a huge fat minus of the camp.
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Parents, be careful when sending your child to the Soyuz camp, not everything is as good as it seems at first glance. To begin with, in Domodedovo I met with an escort who made about the same impression on all parents - no experience, slowed down, unable to organize anything, standing at the check-in desk and saying - how to say that the children were put all together on the plane? We already thought that foreign girls who do not understand Russian work at the registration, it turns out not, it's just that our counselor cannot formulate her thoughts and ask a question! Okay, we arrived at our destination on schedule, got off, there was no bus, we waited for about 2 hours (all the children after a sleepless night, the meeting at the airport was 2.
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Parents, be careful when sending your child to the Soyuz camp, not everything is as good as it seems at first glance. To begin with, in Domodedovo I met with an escort who made about the same impression on all parents - no experience, slowed down, unable to organize anything, standing at the check-in desk and saying - how to say that the children were put all together on the plane? We already thought that foreign girls who do not understand Russian work at the registration, it turns out not, it's just that our counselor cannot formulate her thoughts and ask a question! Okay, we arrived at our destination on schedule, got off, there was no bus, we waited for about 2 hours (all the children after a sleepless night, the meeting at the airport was 2.45 at night). Finally, the bus arrived, after 10 minutes it stopped, the driver said that the engine had overheated and needed to be cooled, they stood for an hour and so, with stops, reached the camp for 5 hours. Upon arrival, they were not allowed to rest, take a shower, which is located in the basement and works according to the schedule in the morning and evening with constant queues. Then we took the tired children for a walk uphill for 2 km! The building is very old, there is only cold water in the washbasin. A separate song is food in the camp. There are practically no vegetables and fruits, at best 1 apple every other day. Meat and meat products are not given every day, because. e. for lunch there can be potatoes and cheese, and for dinner pasta without anything, my child was hungry all the time in the evening. I understand that everyone wants to earn money, but you need to know the measure, you can’t deceive children like that - 800 euros for 2 weeks is the cost of a good European hotel with varied and high-quality food! Very poor organization of excursions, children stand for an hour, or even two waiting for the bus, which may not arrive at all, this also happened, and the children went on the planned bus tour on foot. They were taken to the lake to swim only when the counselor wanted it. No one warned that the camp was full of ticks, which very often bit children, which is not safe in our time. I can draw one conclusion - the price absolutely does not correspond to the quality of the rest and there is no desire to send a child there for the second time!
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