Первый раз в Альбене First time in Albena

This year we were in Bulgaria for the first time. We rested in Albena, at the COM hotel. Four adults, from August 28 to September 6. We were lucky with the weather. The sea is clean, the beach is sandy, super! As for the hotel, the impression is twofold. After reading the reviews, we were ready for reality, but still, some moments upset us a little. To begin with, the territory of Albena is a closed, paid territory, you have to pay 2 leva at each entrance. Hotel cleaning is also paid - 10 lev per day. Not knowing this trick, we drove into the hotel parking lot to unload things and had to pay 10 lev, the next day they overtook the barrier (for free, put it where you want). To the sea-15 min. even if. 200 meters from the hotel there is a stop with a free bus to the sea (stop hotel Ralitsa). If you go to the left to the Paradise blue hotel, you can go down on the excolator from 8.00 to 11.00. 30 and go up from 11.30 to 23.00. 00. The hotel was built in Soviet times in 1974. , in 2002 was renovated, but today the hotel is already in need of a new renovation. Toilets in the rooms are weird. You can take a shower without getting up from it : ). There was an unpleasant smell from the drain hole, I had to constantly plug it with a plastic bag, otherwise all the towels would be soaked. Perhaps we are the only ones unlucky with this. The room was cleaned every day. Towels were changed only on request, but no problem. For 9 days the bed was not changed even once. There was air conditioning in the room but we didn't use it. to. there was no need for this. Refrigerators can be used at the reception or in the bars. Wi-fi was almost everywhere, except for the restaurant and the pool. The hotel has 4 buildings, 3 nearby and 1 is located at a distance behind the pool and restaurant. The pool is located in the restaurant and snek bar area. Snek bar and its staff left a lasting negative impression on the first day of our stay. But I won't go into details. We liked the pool, there is a children's and a small slide, a jacuzzi. The toilets near the pool were always dirty, the hotel area looked a little unkempt due to fallen leaves. Special thanks to the animators, well done, they tried as best they could, but at the time of our check-in, out of 800 people, 200 remained in the hotel and therefore there were very few who wanted to participate. For those who have little entertainment in the hotel, there is a night disco "TCAR" (near the administration and a large parking lot), there is also an exchanger (1 € -1.92 lev). The presence of a gym should be removed from the description of the hotel, because. to. actually it is not. Almost everything that can be broken was broken in it, and it seems that it has not been cleaned since the day the hotel opened. Of the 4 simulators, you can somehow work out on a bike and lift the neck with a small weight (with large locks break down). We were quite satisfied with the food, although there were people who did not like everything. Given the budget of a 3-star hotel, it was not necessary to count on something special. And yet 15 minutes. the road to the sea saved us from a couple of extra pounds. Bearing in mind that all the waiters, chef assistants and bar workers are students from different republics from 18 to 22, doing their internship, the service was good. Many Russian-speaking waiters, mostly from Ukraine. Michael from Chernihiv in "Lobbi bar" is beyond praise. Paradise bar on the beach no longer refers to the Com Hotel as stated in the description. Now it is a restaurant "Green forest" (from the hotel Boriana), located 200 meters from the beach in a forest (terminal stop of the free bus). And so: all the disadvantages of this hotel are a fact, but if you don’t want to spoil your vacation, then look at everything through your fingers. Have fun, walk, communicate, more positive and everything will be fine!