Отдых в Бяле летом 2013 Holidays in Byala in summer 2013

We rested in August 2013 in the village of Byala in the hotel Jasmine. I want to describe the hotel itself, the village and the order of prices, so that it would be easier for everyone who plans to Bulgaria to decide. We went with a large company - further I will describe our company in order to understand what a motley audience fell in love with this resort)) . My aunt, a 50-year-old woman, an employee of the university, was engaged in preparing the trip, who had previously taken groups of students to this hotel for several years in a row. She agitated us for this trip, which we were very pleased with. In general, I went - a mother of 30 years old with a 5-year-old son, my godfathers of the same age with the same child, an aunt with a granddaughter of 8 years old and her two friends +/- aunt's age, a girl of 16 years old, an aunt's sister of 40 years old, living for a long time in London with her French husband and 2 children aged 5 and 9. That is, the company is large and very diverse. The hotel immediately seemed rather simple to me, but we were warned that this is not Greece or Turkish 5 *, so we did not expect anything supernatural. But the very attitude of the staff and the owner of the hotel made us very happy! - all rooms with a sea view, parking for a car - no problem, an extra sun lounger by the pool - please! I immediately thought that this hospitality was due to the fact that my aunt and our Britons were already in this hotel for the 4th time!! ! (Besides, my British relatives rested everywhere in the world - from the Cote d'Azur in France, to African Morocco, American Miami and Mexico, but they really like it here - for the 4th time, then rest in Byala))) but later we made sure that the relationship with everyone is wonderful. Of course, the rooms are simple, no frills, immediately unpleasantly surprised by the lack of a full bath or shower. cabins in the bathroom node. There's just a shower attached to the wall. hose and water flows right around the bathroom. knot with drains into a hole in the floor. Initially, it was annoying, but then we got used to it and didn’t turn off the hood at all, so everything dried up in half an hour after taking a shower, and at the same time in the bathroom. the node and the floors were always washed)))) Our breakfasts were included in the cost of living, but, to be honest, they were rather poor - 2 types of boiled sausage, muesli, buckwheat, scrambled eggs. . . perhaps everything. Then we got the hang of it, and for a small surcharge, pancakes with fillings were fried for two of us with a small one for breakfast. That's what they got by with. We mostly dined here. I remember exactly that the adult complex + children's (first, second and compote and fruits)))) cost 11 leva together (last year it was about 45 UAH)) - that is, very cheap). At the same time, it was impossible to eat everything! Often they took one adult lunch for two for 6 leva)) True, now I watched the exchange rate of the lev became - 8 UAH, so everything will be more expensive for Ukrainians. We always had dinner in one of the cafes - restaurants in Byala - there are about a dozen of them along the main street, descending from the highway to the sea. In the evening, dinner cost me and my child (+ they always took 0.5 liters of wine in half with a godfather) about 30 leva. Last year it was something like 130 UAH! Portions are huge! Somehow they ordered mussels in some kind of sauce and right in the shells, so they were brought almost in a bucket))) In general, the prices are very low. But the best part was the beach! I have not been to the beaches of Spain or Brazil, but compared to the southern coast of Crimea and Turkey, where everything is clad in piers, breakwaters and stone embankments, here is simply an unprecedented expanse. It is worth noting that the beaches are general urban, but so unloaded that it did not matter. Also, the beach is located, as it were, at the bottom of the rocks, you need to go down the stairs to it. This is tiring, but the view of the beach and from the beach to the mountains is beautiful, and you can not see or hear city traffic. Just relax. There are no breakwaters: the waves calmly roll on the sand, it is very pleasant to swim in such a sea, the feeling that these are wild places or the ocean) The sand is fine, the entry into the sea is gentle. In this regard, I can compare with the beaches of Thailand, only the vegetation is different on the shore) The children were happy! In general, for the entire stay at the hotel, we visited Obzor, Nessebar with its Aqua Park, were at a traditional Bulgarian dinner in some village and went to Varna. Honestly, out of all this, Nessebar might be worth seeing. . And this is enough, since the water park is the most ordinary (well, this is an amateur, I personally don’t like them in principle), Varna is a big, rather dirty city, there’s nothing to see, except for the old cathedral in the center (you won’t go inside), Obzor is that the same Byala, only there are more trading shops. Nessebar is really colorful, but we were on a day off and there were a hundred people there. Wow. Nothing to see except guides and groups of tourists. So I recommend watching on a weekday. Byala itself is quite quiet, small and comfortable (something like Partenit in the Crimea, only even smaller), definitely not suitable for lovers of noisy holidays, it is more relaxing here with children. Separately, I will say about the road: I went to Bulgaria with godfathers by car - from Kyiv it is about 1300 km. At the same time, we spent the night with relatives in Odessa. But from Odessa to Byala, the ride is very tiring: 3 borders - Ukraine-Moldova, Modavia-Romania, Romania-Bulgaria. I will not describe everything, but given the season, the traffic is crazy. We spent a total of about 6 hours at the borders! horror. Therefore, I fussed back and begged the hotel owner to take me a train ticket (some of the rest of our company rode in it), I’ll say right away that Georgy, the hotel owner, personally helped me and himself, being in Varna, bought me a train ticket with a child in compartment in the same carriage where ours were traveling !! ! For which special thanks to him. But the train goes to Kyiv - attention - 36 hours!!! ! Also, I'll tell you, it's still a pleasure! If it were not for our extensive company, one could go crazy there. And the train ticket back to us with the kid cost me $ 200. Not in vain, then my Britons told me to take a plane with them, but in the season tickets are expensive, you have to take it in advance. But overall, we all really enjoyed our stay. After arriving from Byala to Kyiv, a month later, in September, the three of us went: me, husband, son to a very good hotel in Kemer Turkey - Marko Polo 5 * +. There, of course, a completely different vacation, but with all this, this year I would be more than happy to visit soulful Byala with its simple Jasmine than rampant Kemer with its Ultra all inclusive. And now I sat down to look at Bulgaria in June, my husband asked me to pick up "something normal" - in his understanding this is a class hotel from 4 * + and above, and I'm thinking about Byala: since it's good there, why look for new resorts and tempt fate ? )))))))