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5.0
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Rooms:
6.0
Service:
5.0
Cleanliness:
7.0
Food:
5.0
Amenities:
5.0
The only thing that delights in Santa Marina is the greenery. The landscape designer should have erected a monument. The territory is filled with a variety of trees, bushes and flowers, everything is very harmonious and stunningly beautiful.
The beach at the hotel is small (there is another one, a little further away, with the usual set of marine activities). Between the hotel and the beach - the highway, which can be crossed over the elevated passage. Sunbeds cost a lot - about 3 euros, and therefore almost 3/4 are empty. Bottom - sand, on the beach, which is near the hotel, there are sharp stones. After the slightest storm brings a bunch of algae. They are removed, but without fanaticism - within 2-3 days. So, in addition to free fitness, get ready for free thalassotherapy : )
There is little entertainment in the hotel - three swimming pools and a spa. I did not find the promised bikes. What prevents them from building several water slides (despite the fact that the number of children is amazing), I do not understand.
There is animation, but rather modest - aqua aerobics and some children's competitions. Children's room is paid. On the outskirts of the complex there is a Kokolandia playground, where children can overcome a very exciting obstacle course.
The food is very so-so. And IMHO this property of Bulgaria in general. Expensive and tasteless. Maybe I'm just unlucky though. The hotel breakfast is probably worth the money, but it would be better if it was more expensive and better. There are almost no fruits (only apples and oranges), there are no dried fruits at all, there are no bell peppers among vegetables (sic! ). Little things are also annoying: the oil does not cool, there is no lemonade, the juice is diluted every fourth day, there is no ketchup as a class. The only thing that pleased me was my favorite Twinings tea. The waiters are friendly and clear the dishes quickly.
Unfortunately, Bulgaria is much closer to the Soviet Union than the same Lithuania. Some roads are worth something (even on the only freeway in the country there is no lighting).
In general, everything in the hotel is imbued with the spirit of slovenliness and insanity. The phone number on the hotel website is incorrect. It’s not worth renting a car through a hotel - for the second time they threw me, although I ordered a car three days in advance and reminded me the day before. Ended up being late for the meeting : (
Internet is wired (were stingy to spend an extra 60 bucks on a router at home), the wire is short, the socket is in an extremely inconvenient place, so drag a long twisted pair cable, or even better, a router with wifi : )
There is a laundry, but firstly they need to be convinced to take linen by weight, and not by a list (such a service is usually provided only to apartment owners), and then run to pay for half a kilometer. No to put cars where you can throw coins ...
The rooms (or rather, apartments) are large, the kitchens are well equipped, there are utensils. We had tiles in our apartment, not carpet, so it was uncomfortable without slippers.
Live / rest in Santa Marina, mostly Russian families, for the most part quite adequate.
Tours. You can go to Sozopol by train (5 minutes, 2 levs, breathing gasoline along the highway) or by taxi (7 levs). I highly recommend a trip to Veliko Tarnovo. We took a car and drove ourselves, but 250 kilometers one way through the mountains is hard. Another impressive excursion to Ropotamo is a walk along the river (herons and turtles) and in jeeps around the hunting grounds (wild boars, roe deer). No one guarantees animals, but we were lucky - we saw herons, turtles, and wild boars. We also went to Nessebar - nice. And the water park is not bad - there are several original slides.
In general, I do not consider the vacation a failure, but I probably will not repeat the experience.
The beach at the hotel is small (there is another one, a little further away, with the usual set of marine activities). Between the hotel and the beach - the highway, which can be crossed over the elevated passage. Sunbeds cost a lot - about 3 euros, and therefore almost 3/4 are empty. Bottom - sand, on the beach, which is near the hotel, there are sharp stones. After the slightest storm brings a bunch of algae. They are removed, but without fanaticism - within 2-3 days. So, in addition to free fitness, get ready for free thalassotherapy : )
There is little entertainment in the hotel - three swimming pools and a spa. I did not find the promised bikes. What prevents them from building several water slides (despite the fact that the number of children is amazing), I do not understand.
There is animation, but rather modest - aqua aerobics and some children's competitions. Children's room is paid. On the outskirts of the complex there is a Kokolandia playground, where children can overcome a very exciting obstacle course.
The food is very so-so. And IMHO this property of Bulgaria in general. Expensive and tasteless. Maybe I'm just unlucky though. The hotel breakfast is probably worth the money, but it would be better if it was more expensive and better. There are almost no fruits (only apples and oranges), there are no dried fruits at all, there are no bell peppers among vegetables (sic! ). Little things are also annoying: the oil does not cool, there is no lemonade, the juice is diluted every fourth day, there is no ketchup as a class. The only thing that pleased me was my favorite Twinings tea. The waiters are friendly and clear the dishes quickly.
Unfortunately, Bulgaria is much closer to the Soviet Union than the same Lithuania. Some roads are worth something (even on the only freeway in the country there is no lighting).
In general, everything in the hotel is imbued with the spirit of slovenliness and insanity. The phone number on the hotel website is incorrect. It’s not worth renting a car through a hotel - for the second time they threw me, although I ordered a car three days in advance and reminded me the day before. Ended up being late for the meeting : (
Internet is wired (were stingy to spend an extra 60 bucks on a router at home), the wire is short, the socket is in an extremely inconvenient place, so drag a long twisted pair cable, or even better, a router with wifi : )
There is a laundry, but firstly they need to be convinced to take linen by weight, and not by a list (such a service is usually provided only to apartment owners), and then run to pay for half a kilometer. No to put cars where you can throw coins ...
The rooms (or rather, apartments) are large, the kitchens are well equipped, there are utensils. We had tiles in our apartment, not carpet, so it was uncomfortable without slippers.
Live / rest in Santa Marina, mostly Russian families, for the most part quite adequate.
Tours. You can go to Sozopol by train (5 minutes, 2 levs, breathing gasoline along the highway) or by taxi (7 levs). I highly recommend a trip to Veliko Tarnovo. We took a car and drove ourselves, but 250 kilometers one way through the mountains is hard. Another impressive excursion to Ropotamo is a walk along the river (herons and turtles) and in jeeps around the hunting grounds (wild boars, roe deer). No one guarantees animals, but we were lucky - we saw herons, turtles, and wild boars. We also went to Nessebar - nice. And the water park is not bad - there are several original slides.
In general, I do not consider the vacation a failure, but I probably will not repeat the experience.
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