The hotel is green, with a small territory, to the sea at a leisurely pace 5-7 minutes, the room is normal minus that it stinks of cigarettes The fattest minus food For breakfast, porridge, pancakes - no There is an oak omelette (probably fried in the evening) and sausage with sausages Rice for lunch Zucchini corn, cauliflower every day, on holidays there is pasta If you have children, it will be a problem to feed No ice cream, fruit: plums, apples, orange Check-in at 14.
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The hotel is green, with a small territory, to the sea at a leisurely pace 5-7 minutes, the room is normal minus that it stinks of cigarettes
The fattest minus food
For breakfast, porridge, pancakes - no
There is an oak omelette (probably fried in the evening) and sausage with sausages
Rice for lunch
Zucchini corn, cauliflower every day, on holidays there is pasta
If you have children, it will be a problem to feed
No ice cream, fruit: plums, apples, orange
Check-in at 14.00, the bracelet will be put on earlier
The fattest minus food
For breakfast, porridge, pancakes - no
There is an oak omelette (probably fried in the evening) and sausage with sausages
Rice for lunch
Zucchini corn, cauliflower every day, on holidays there is pasta
If you have children, it will be a problem to feed
No ice cream, fruit: plums, apples, orange
Check-in at 14.00, the bracelet will be put on earlier
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Just arrived from Bulgaria. I really liked the hotel. Estreya palace and Estreya residence have a common lobby, territory, restaurant, courtyard, pool, so this is one hotel. Very cozy, green area where you can just enjoy the peace, and the children run and play hide and seek (there are two playgrounds, but small).
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Just arrived from Bulgaria. I really liked the hotel. Estreya palace and Estreya residence have a common lobby, territory, restaurant, courtyard, pool, so this is one hotel.
Very cozy, green area where you can just enjoy the peace, and the children run and play hide and seek (there are two playgrounds, but small). There are no noisy events, nothing interferes with sleep.
Cleaned every day, bed linen changed once a week.
There are animators, but these are two teenagers who just walk around the territory and do not show much initiative. Several times they brought darts and played water polo in the pool. So you can't really count on them.
There is an indoor pool with warm mineral water, as well as 2 outdoor pools + children's paddling pool. There are not very many sun loungers, but there was enough for everyone, people come and go.
The food is not very plentiful, but of high quality (meat-pieces, barbecue, ribs, chicken legs), fruits, ice cream, herbs, cheeses. Everything was delicious. Only sweets, not very (cakes). At the pool bar: sandwiches, drinks, ice cream.
The beach is 10 minutes walk. On the beach, sun loungers and umbrellas are free for Astor Garden guests, the rest are 10 levs for rent, but, of course, everyone gets their own bedspreads, and a beach umbrella can be bought for 8-10 levs.
There are several beaches, close to all. Everywhere-sand and struck a very clean sea. Lifeguards are on duty on the beaches, there is a shower and changing cabins (free of charge), a toilet (2 lv), a bar.
The village itself is very small, several restaurants, quite a few stalls, a 24-hour supermarket and a LIDL supermarket, which has everything you need. If you don’t eat at the hotel, then I don’t even know where you can eat: there is no fast food on the street: you have to go either to LIDL for buns or in a restaurant (about 20-25 lev per person).
There are several exchange offices in the village. The exchange rate is 1.65 lv - dollar, 1.90 lv - euro.
Two buses run to Varna: 31A and 409. The conductors are right on the bus, the ticket is 1 lev, children under 7 years old are free.
Very cozy, green area where you can just enjoy the peace, and the children run and play hide and seek (there are two playgrounds, but small). There are no noisy events, nothing interferes with sleep.
Cleaned every day, bed linen changed once a week.
There are animators, but these are two teenagers who just walk around the territory and do not show much initiative. Several times they brought darts and played water polo in the pool. So you can't really count on them.
There is an indoor pool with warm mineral water, as well as 2 outdoor pools + children's paddling pool. There are not very many sun loungers, but there was enough for everyone, people come and go.
The food is not very plentiful, but of high quality (meat-pieces, barbecue, ribs, chicken legs), fruits, ice cream, herbs, cheeses. Everything was delicious. Only sweets, not very (cakes). At the pool bar: sandwiches, drinks, ice cream.
The beach is 10 minutes walk. On the beach, sun loungers and umbrellas are free for Astor Garden guests, the rest are 10 levs for rent, but, of course, everyone gets their own bedspreads, and a beach umbrella can be bought for 8-10 levs.
There are several beaches, close to all. Everywhere-sand and struck a very clean sea. Lifeguards are on duty on the beaches, there is a shower and changing cabins (free of charge), a toilet (2 lv), a bar.
The village itself is very small, several restaurants, quite a few stalls, a 24-hour supermarket and a LIDL supermarket, which has everything you need. If you don’t eat at the hotel, then I don’t even know where you can eat: there is no fast food on the street: you have to go either to LIDL for buns or in a restaurant (about 20-25 lev per person).
There are several exchange offices in the village. The exchange rate is 1.65 lv - dollar, 1.90 lv - euro.
Two buses run to Varna: 31A and 409. The conductors are right on the bus, the ticket is 1 lev, children under 7 years old are free.
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Many people choose this hotel every year. Compared to the territories of other hotels, it’s good here - there is greenery all around, a fence around, that is, there is no feeling that you are like a lonely house with a pool, and there is a road around, people scurrying back and forth, in short, a passage yard.
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Many people choose this hotel every year. Compared to the territories of other hotels, it’s good here - there is greenery all around, a fence around, that is, there is no feeling that you are like a lonely house with a pool, and there is a road around, people scurrying back and forth, in short, a passage yard. At the exit from the hotel there is a functioning Orthodox church of St. Constantine and Elena. Right next to it there are shopping streets, a pharmacy, a cafe - everyone came to us from other hotels for a walk. Walking to the sea is convenient and close. The hotel is quiet, calm, just right for families with children. The pool is good, children and parents are calm and comfortable. As for the cuisine, everything may not suit everyone here, but you can find suitable dishes for your menu - there is plenty of meat, delicious ice cream and cakes, pastries. Green salads and cheese - just enough. The most interesting thing is that cutlery and especially cups are poorly washed - you can drink tea not only with sweets, but also with someone else's lipstick! Cleaned in the hotel is not quite clean, but the bathroom is always clean. The staff is polite. Overall impression is very good. . But, dear vacationers, take care of your wallets on the streets and credit cards! Alas and ah, you will be robbed on the street if you gape, and they will remove everything from your card at an ATM! The police won't help! Pay with cash and be careful!
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We booked a standard room with the condition of placement not under the roof, because. understood that it is like death to us. Upon arrival, we are given the keys... and these are the same rooms under the roof. As if on purpose... Moreover, the air conditioner did not work in the room !! ! The roof during the day heats up very strongly and in the room + 30.
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We booked a standard room with the condition of placement not under the roof, because. understood that it is like death to us. Upon arrival, we are given the keys... and these are the same rooms under the roof. As if on purpose... Moreover, the air conditioner did not work in the room !! ! The roof during the day heats up very strongly and in the room + 30... there is no oxygen at all !! ! We ask you to change the number, we get a refusal... we ask you to send a master to fix the air conditioner - there is no master, it will be in the morning (in Egypt at 3 o'clock in the morning the air conditioner master came)... we ask for a fan - also a refusal... The husband cursed, but that's all to no purpose... We spent the night on the so-called balcony of the room.
I will not speak for a long time... we changed the number after 4 days.
Staff at the reception: there is a very nice lady, ready to help solve the problem. And there are unskilled, uneducated young people who do not understand or do not want to understand either English or Russian. There is only one answer to all questions: I DON'T KNOW, NO, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE... and this is in a 4-star hotel !!!
Place of food: we greatly regretted that we took breakfast and dinner.
THERE ARE NO NAMEPLATES ON THE DISHES... this is the first time I see this. For breakfast, they serve NOT FRESH ROASTED SAUSAGE, RANTIAN CHEESE, and everything else looks like it’s not very... At dinner, there were two times... then we went only for ice cream, it is very tasty !!!
Cleaning and everything connected with it: the rooms were cleaned very well on both the 4th and 3rd floors. On the economic side, everything is also on the level, on the morning of the 16th they fixed the air conditioner, found a fan and brought it to the room. Special thanks to these wonderful women!!!
The territory of the hotel is green, well-groomed.
Everything about the hotel. There is a lot of negativity. . . and why 4 stars???
The whole resort complex is not big, but pleasant for relaxation and no matter what, you can get positive emotions!! ! We ate at the SLAVYANI snack bar. Very tasty, fast and not expensive. They will always advise both wine and second courses, they will explain everything and tell the composition. Thank you very much !!!
Rented a car. We went to Aladzha, Nessebar and Varna. We messed up a little.
Every evening hodoli "under the pipe", it's on the beach near the Saturn restaurant. The pipe is taken out of the underground lake, the water has a temperature of +48 degrees and smells a little of hydrogen sulfide. But it is not diluted with bleach, as in pools. Natural product... balneological procedures .
Look like that's it...
I will not speak for a long time... we changed the number after 4 days.
Staff at the reception: there is a very nice lady, ready to help solve the problem. And there are unskilled, uneducated young people who do not understand or do not want to understand either English or Russian. There is only one answer to all questions: I DON'T KNOW, NO, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE... and this is in a 4-star hotel !!!
Place of food: we greatly regretted that we took breakfast and dinner.
THERE ARE NO NAMEPLATES ON THE DISHES... this is the first time I see this. For breakfast, they serve NOT FRESH ROASTED SAUSAGE, RANTIAN CHEESE, and everything else looks like it’s not very... At dinner, there were two times... then we went only for ice cream, it is very tasty !!!
Cleaning and everything connected with it: the rooms were cleaned very well on both the 4th and 3rd floors. On the economic side, everything is also on the level, on the morning of the 16th they fixed the air conditioner, found a fan and brought it to the room. Special thanks to these wonderful women!!!
The territory of the hotel is green, well-groomed.
Everything about the hotel. There is a lot of negativity. . . and why 4 stars???
The whole resort complex is not big, but pleasant for relaxation and no matter what, you can get positive emotions!! ! We ate at the SLAVYANI snack bar. Very tasty, fast and not expensive. They will always advise both wine and second courses, they will explain everything and tell the composition. Thank you very much !!!
Rented a car. We went to Aladzha, Nessebar and Varna. We messed up a little.
Every evening hodoli "under the pipe", it's on the beach near the Saturn restaurant. The pipe is taken out of the underground lake, the water has a temperature of +48 degrees and smells a little of hydrogen sulfide. But it is not diluted with bleach, as in pools. Natural product... balneological procedures .
Look like that's it...
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We have just returned from a trip to Bulgaria and decided to write about our impressions of our vacation. I thought about where to start, I decided that it is best to start over. After much thought and review of the political situation in the world and on the nearest sea coasts, our choice fell on Bulgaria.
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We have just returned from a trip to Bulgaria and decided to write about our impressions of our vacation. I thought about where to start, I decided that it is best to start over.
After much thought and review of the political situation in the world and on the nearest sea coasts, our choice fell on Bulgaria. Moreover, we considered that we did not want to be completely tied to the hotel, as in the more popular resorts of Egypt and Turkey, and the situation outside the walls of the hotels there sometimes began to go beyond calm, which worried us a little, and we they wanted not only portions of bleach, but also fresh sea air, free walks along the coast and independent movement to nearby resorts. No, of course, it was possible to go to Spain or Greece and somewhere else and further, but we decided that Bulgaria, close to Belarusians born in the USSR in spirit and mentality (which is an erroneous judgment), would be just right.
Like many, having climbed a huge number of sites and read a bunch of reviews, we opted for a small resort of St. Konstantin and Elena because of its close location to the airport of arrival "Varna", a quiet family vacation without club hotels, night discos and parties. Just right for families with small children. The only thing left was to choose a hotel. There were many criteria here: food, accommodation (required two rooms in a room), category (not less than ****), naturally, proximity to the sea, entertainment for children (according to their age), etc.
So, having read all the possible reviews about hotels, and having made some conclusions for ourselves (choose a few hotels from our favorites), at the end of March we applied to a travel agency. For ourselves, we have identified the following hotels: a group of hotels Grand Hotel Varna Complex, Azalea, Sirius Beach, AquaAzur, Estreya. There our choice was approved, but they advised us not to take an “all inclusive” package for the first time, but to limit ourselves to breakfasts or half board, which later on I was not happy and grateful for the advice (do not immediately think about the bad - it’s completely in other, but more on that later). Friends last year rested at the Dolphin Hotel and were highly recommended to us in terms of children's recreation.
Alas, the end of March was not slow to remind of itself by the lack of places in most of the hotels indicated according to our criteria. Estreya Palace, AquaAzur and a group of hotels Grand Hotel Varna Complex (Dolphin, Swan, Rubin) remained from the offer. Unfortunately, the “group of hotels” only had offers with “all inclusive” conditions and at a price slightly higher than we planned. The travel agency gently and delicately hinted not to consider the proposals of the AquaAzur hotel, especially since the rooms there remained only one-room triples with extra. seat or quadruple. So, our family of 4 people, including two children aged 8 and 4, became the happy owners of a voucher from 20 to 29.07. 2014 for a vacation in Bulgaria, the resort of St. Konstantin and Elena, Hotel Estreya Palace (****), two-room apartment.
By the way, we previously visited the website of the above hotel, where in 4 languages (Bulgarian, German, Russian and English) it was described in detail about all the services at the hotel (paid and free), hotel rooms with photos and their equipment (http://www.hotelestreya.com/ru/rooms.html). By the way, the complex consists of two hotels: Estreya Palace and Estreya Residence. It was a little disappointing that in the Estreya Palace apartments, unlike the Residence, there is no mini-kitchen: there is no kettle and refrigerator, but there is a minibar, the refrigerator of which is asked to be used exclusively for its intended purpose. After some thought, we decided that this was not a problem. Having traveled on business trips around Belarus and Russia, I was convinced that not all hotels have a kettle in the rooms or, at worst, a water cooler in the corridors. And in this case, one of the best inventions of mankind, the boiler, becomes indispensable. This device always accompanies me on all my trips. Well, a grocery refrigerator and a safe can be taken for an additional fee and are relatively inexpensive (the safe cost us 30 lev for 10 days, and the refrigerator on the site is offered for 5 lev per day). By the way, there is a lot of useful information on the hotel website and I recommend that everyone who goes on vacation should definitely familiarize themselves with it in order to avoid nervous breakdowns and misunderstandings during the rest.
(http://www.hotelestreya.com/ru/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B8%D0%BD %D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F.html ).
We took off from Minsk and landed at the airport of Varna at about 17.00. We, as befits, were met by the host with a smile on their face and, kissing us with joy, quickly put us on the bus, which followed the route Varna - St. Konstantin - ZP - Albena. By the way, the host company was called Good Day. On the way, we were told a lot of interesting and informative things about Bulgaria and were the first to be dropped off right at the hotel, escorted to the reception, handed over to the receptionist with all the personal belongings, promising to hold an information meeting in the evening of the second day, which turned out to be very useful. Digress from the description of the hotel. At the information meeting, we received all the information of interest about excursions, the location of the best exchangers, the best beaches, the order of eviction and delivery to the airport. By the way, a few days before departure, I came across a family in a hotel with whom they flew on the same flight, but the host companies were different. So, the host company did not hold a consultation evening with them and I was simply tortured by them with questions about the flight, and this was all to the detriment of my time spent on the Internet (before the start of the children's disco, to which I promised to take my daughters).
They settled us within 5 minutes, we gave our passports to the reception and immediately received the key to the room. Immediately asked at the reception a question about the refrigerator. In response, they goggled their eyes and asked the hell you have one more if the room has a minibar refrigerator. I did not go into the details of the information posted on the hotel website, but took note of the answer. But for the rent of the safe had to pay for 10 days. They have whole tariff plans for the safe there: 7.9, 12.14 days (I'm not sure about 12), regardless of your time in the hotel.
The porter girl, who, by the way, speaks Russian, like all the other porters, called the guy who “loaded” our suitcases on himself, and they turned out to be quite heavy (they brought all sorts of junk, including my wife’s three evening dresses and my best tuxedo, so that I could to match her appearance), dragged them to our room. I had to thank him a little with the smallest bill that I had at that time, $ 5, a bit much, of course, but there was no less, and it was inconvenient not to give. Feel free to tip, tips in Bulgaria do wonders (this is the fallacy of the opinion about the similarity of mentality and Slavic unity): they make people give you smiles, wish you a pleasant pastime (at least not wish bad), and also removes the language barrier because CAPITAL rules the world. In principle, 2-3 leva is enough for a maid, 10-15% for a waiter in a restaurant, do not take change from the bartender, so try to always have small bills to round up to a round value (0.5-1 lev). The smallest banknote in Bulgaria is 2 leva, and the largest coin is 1 lev. 100 cents equals 1 lev. On the first day on the beach, a curious incident happened to me. Paying at the beach bar, I mistakenly gave the bartender 10 euros instead of 10 levs (I also scored 10 levs). The boy's eyes were already fading, but looking at me, he suspected something was wrong (well, there can be no miracles in our life, especially from such a client), so with hope in his eyes he asked me about 10 euros. And then it dawned on me that I messed up, but I feel sorry for the guy, and even more than 10 euros. I had to take it away, give 10 lev, plus a comforting 2 lev in excess (conscience would not allow less, after all, it already encouraged a person). Well, in general, after that, we became friends with him. I always left 0.5-1 lev there, and sometimes 1.5-2 (if the order was wider). But, they remembered me and already knew that first of all, when I came to the beach, I always take two espressos, then at regular intervals beer and Cosmopolitan, and before leaving for lunch I always ordered two sex on the beach (in the sense of a cocktail).
We got apartments 7a on the ground floor with a separate entrance from the inside of the hotel and our own small terrace, on which there were a table and chairs (pictured). There were about nine such numbers. As we noticed, there were also dryers on the other terraces. After dinner, we informed the receptionist about her absence, he was very surprised and promised that this issue would be resolved in the morning.
In the first room there was a soft corner (a sofa and two armchairs), a bunk bed for children, a wall hanger, a long table-cabinet, inside of which there was a minibar (refrigerator), various drawers and doors. The ceiling air conditioner was above the children's bed itself. As it was in all the reviews, he pulled so-so. Fortunately, the room was on the ground floor, on all sides of the room (from the front of the building and inside) there were many empty deep arches and a large amount of greenery and trees, from which the room was always in the shade. And even in the midday heat, it was quite comfortable in it without air conditioning, so we practically did not turn it on. But there was one drawback. The constant shade did not allow to quickly dry linen, swimwear and towels after the beach or pool (it took at least a day at a temperature of about 30 ° C). But, we had everything in several copies, so we calmly survived this trouble. The second room had a large double bed, a three-door wardrobe, bedside tables and a dressing table with a TV set on it. From the same room there was a door leading to a combined bathroom with a shower (photo). In general, the hotel was reconstructed in 2004, and in some places it already becomes noticeable if you look closely, but everything was neat.
Lighting in the room is really weak, but depending on what. If for writing a scientific treatise and conducting laboratory experiments related to the study of the electron flow emitted by an incandescent filament, then it is not enough. If, in order to come to the room to sleep, well, rest a little, change clothes - that's enough. Yes, there is plenty of daylight during the day. The lighting in the bathroom was excellent. What else to do there, I can’t imagine that light was needed. I always read on the street on my terrace, even in the evening - there was enough illumination of the hotel courtyard and my own terrace.
The Estreya complex has two restaurants with seating both inside and outside on the terraces, bars attached to them, as well as a pool bar. Meals are built on the "buffet" principle and are quite varied (breakfasts are less, dinners are more varied). I want to say right away that it is silly to demand from a large hotel complex and a buffet some frills or offers to taste dishes of national cuisine. Some statements about the quality of alcoholic beverages are striking. Do you really think that for such a price you will be offered expensive vintage wines, prestigious whiskey and cognac. The “all inclusive” offer will include the cheapest booze and beer, otherwise, either the client will not pay the cost of the tour, or the hotel business will be covered with a copper basin. And for everything good you have to pay and it costs accordingly.
For breakfast, we were offered egg dishes in all possible forms (omelettes, fried, boiled, baked), there were always fried sausages and sausages, raw sausages and ham, cheeses, cheese, vegetables (peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage), olives, olives, pasta or french fries, stewed vegetables, necessarily some kind of porridge, more often oatmeal, was rice (I didn’t pay much attention to them), pancakes and fried eggs with bacon, which were made right in front of you (but you had to stand in the queue and it happened that for a long time - 20 or even 30 minutes), pastries for every taste (bread, rolls, croissants, cakes, muffins, cakes), tea, coffee, juices, various cereals, milk. My children ate pancakes (the eldest got up early herself and went to take a queue), cereal, sandwiches, pasta. There were always highchairs for toddlers. There were many kids, mostly 3-4 years old, but there were also smaller ones.
Dinner was always varied with meat - always different (I won’t enumerate - I’m tired of describing breakfast), fish, mainly in the form of cutlets and fish sticks, was poached a couple of times. Spa getty and potatoes have always been the basis of side dishes, but vegetable side dishes were interesting and varied each time, salads were also rarely repeated, of course, the main one was tomatoes and cucumbers with cheese. For dessert, fruits: watermelons, melons, apples, peaches - alternated. Ice cream every day and also alternated (in color and taste, but always 4 types). It was possible to take wine or beer, but we preferred not to take it there, but to buy it in the appropriate places. But most importantly, not only was it all edible, it was delicious. The guests calmly carried fruits and ice cream out of the restaurant, and my neighbors took them on a plate and calmly went to their room. Looking at all this, we also began to sin with this. Moreover, my youngest, having intercepted between meals, did not always eat as expected. And we had to take ham and cheese, or croissants, from the restaurant with us, because, as luck would have it, after an hour or two, when she was hungry, she could demand something to eat. At the same time, the staff took this calmly and did not arrange a tragedy, and did not throw tantrums.
And here it is necessary to recall why I reacted negatively to the "all inclusive" proposal. The resort has a sufficient number of restaurants and cafes offering a variety of cuisines, unlike hotel buffets, while inexpensive. We chose one of them, simply "Paradise" (the sign and the price tag are shown in the photo). Pretty cozy, located on the road from the Estreya hotel to the Azalea beach with a fairly large assortment of Bulgarian dishes. The portions themselves were very large. I was especially pleased with the attitude of the waitress (she is alone there, while she manages everything), it seems her name was Didi, at least something like that was written on the badge. Always try something new from the menu. To my great chagrin, we were not able to cover the entire menu in such a short time. But the cuisine there is magnificent, varied and conveys the Bulgarian flavor. Prices for salads there range from 3 to 6 lev, soups (small selection) from 2.5 to 3 lev, meat dishes from 5.5 and above, fish - from 12 and above, rakia up to 2 lev for 50 gr. , as well as a large selection of desserts. And if I agreed “all inclusive”, now I would write another mournful review, full of bitterness and tears, and whine about the monotonous dinners in the hotel restaurant and the lack of Bulgarian flavor of the dishes.
The room was cleaned daily. As I said, three leva helped the maid to perform her duties at a higher level. By the way, the next day, returning from the beach, we found a dryer on our terrace, which the porter promised us. I must say that on the evening of the day of arrival, I had to wash the linen and socks a little. Due to the lack of a dryer, we hung it all on the armrests of the chairs on our terrace. But when we returned from the sea, everything was hung on the dryer by the caring hands of our "Cinderella", even my socks. We changed our towels every day. By the way, there were two maids. Children constantly made a mess of their things, leaving a mess on the coffee table, where albums, pencils, books and other children's belongings were constantly lying around. So one maid devoted more time to putting things in order among the mess of scattered things, and when we returned to the room, all things were laid out with amazing pedantry in piles, even the shoes were arranged in a row. The second maid paid more attention to creating simple decorations from towels, but less to order among the scattered things. I was more satisfied with the work of the first maid.
After reading the reviews, we realized that there was nothing to go to Estreya beach. After talking with the neighbors, they advised us to go to the beaches to Azalea. A bit far from the hotel - about 15 minutes slowly. We went to Sahara Beach. We liked it more than Azalea Beach. Azalea Beach seemed narrower to me, probably after erosion. In addition, Sahara Beach turned out to be cheaper, but don't think that's not the reason. Azalea's price tag, I accidentally found out a couple of days before departure. For comparison, sun loungers on Sahara Beach are 5 levs, on Azalea - 10 levs, an umbrella on Sahara Beach - 6 levs, Azalea - 20 levs. For the guests of Azalea, in my opinion, the sun loungers were free. The bottom of the Azalea beach was a bit strewn with small pebbles. On the right, the Sahara beach is very shallow, with my height of 178, I was waist-deep there. There were always a lot of people in this part, including children. There was no mud in this part of the beach. The left part is deeper, there were always algae in the water. Mostly Russians and Bulgarians rested on the beach, and after July 25, there were just a lot of Bulgarians. Smoking is allowed everywhere. It was not very pleasant when next to your children, smoke was blowing from all sides. Moreover, I did not often see smoking men, but Bulgarian women are almost 70% smokers. They are not even embarrassed by the fact that their own small peanuts are spinning around them. Also, many Bulgarians are not embarrassed to sunbathe topless. At first it made me smirk, then disgust. Moreover, their age does not matter for tanning - it can be either a 16-year-old girl or a 40-year-old lady. At the same time, in my opinion, not all of them had something to brag about. The price tag in the beach bar was almost twice as different from the prices in the store, although I think this is normal for a bar. A cocktail could be bought for 4.5 leva, bottled - 5.5 leva, draft beer - 2.5 leva, bottled - 4 leva, mineral-kale - 1.5 leva, coffee - 2.5 leva, the rest was taken Not often, so I don't remember.
The pool at the hotel was mostly occupied by the Germans (the Russians went to the beach at least before lunch, the Germans less often). Pools are located on the territory between the two hotels. Two swimming pools and a children's paddling pool. For disinfection, bleach is used, which is felt. Another pool with mineral water is located in the SPA center of Estreya Residence Hotel (free of charge), but it is also disinfected with bleach. There are few sun loungers near the pools, but there is enough space for everyone. We used to go to the pools after dinner just because the kids wanted to. What they liked there, I don't know, but they played whole concerts if for some reason we couldn't go there. I had to drag myself there with them, sit in a sun lounger and quietly “bang” my smartphone. I myself swam in the pool twice only to teach the elder to swim.
Wi-fi in Estreya Palace is a whole story, or rather its absence. As such, the site indicates that the Wi-fi zone in Estreya Palace is located in the lobby bar. However, the signal level is not very good, for several days my device stupidly could not get an IP from the router. Sometimes the signal could just disappear. It was also necessary to look for a place where it was possible to find an access point. By the end of the holiday, the situation improved somewhat and the signal was quite confident. In the "Residence" the situation with Internet access was somewhat better. Near the pool, I caught the Residence signal, weak, but more or less stable. I think that this is the most significant drawback in the entire range of services of Estreya Palace hotels.
The hotel is of course more designed for couples, more elderly. For children there was a small playground with two swings and a small slide. On the first evening we went for a walk along the sea and got to the Dolphin Hotel. There, before our eyes, a large children's playground appeared, where children had fun in all possible languages. Of course, this was not the case in Estreya Pallas. Animation at Estreya Palace was done by two girls Yulia (Russian-speaking) and Mikhaella (she did not speak Russian). Very good girls, very fond of children, a games room was open from 16.00 to 17.30, or water polo was arranged near the pool. In the evening from 20.30 to 21.00 a mini disco was organized. My girls just fell in love with Yulia and were ready to spend all the time with her. And we tried to use this time to our advantage. Estreya Residence had a small gym with several exercise machines. But we were more interested in the tennis table, where we could play during the day.
At the resort itself there were children's attractions, various trampolines, bungee rides, carousels, cars, etc. For those who did not sit in hotels, classes could be found.
And for those who can not sit still, you can go on various excursions, up to a few days. With children, you can go to the water park in Golden Sands. It's 20 km. Works from 10.00 to 18.00. You can get there by bus number 9 and 409. The stop is located near the St. Helena. You can go to Varna to the dolphinarium. It is located in Seaside Park. You can get there by bus number 8 from a stop located near Estreya Palace. Taxi back cost us 17 leva.
Well, that's about all I wanted to talk about. I don’t know how people will read this, but I’m definitely tired of writing.
But in the end, I would like to say and advise. You can, of course, constantly moan and whine that they didn’t blow me in time in one place, they somehow looked, just not the way I wanted, they refused something, but they should have kissed my feet. I just don’t know where people get such thoughts about their exclusivity. And you can extract only positive moments from everything and enjoy the rest as it is. And most importantly: we make our own rest, and what it will be depends only on us. As for me, my rest suited me with everything. At least, the desire to come to Estreya Palace has not yet disappeared from me.
After much thought and review of the political situation in the world and on the nearest sea coasts, our choice fell on Bulgaria. Moreover, we considered that we did not want to be completely tied to the hotel, as in the more popular resorts of Egypt and Turkey, and the situation outside the walls of the hotels there sometimes began to go beyond calm, which worried us a little, and we they wanted not only portions of bleach, but also fresh sea air, free walks along the coast and independent movement to nearby resorts. No, of course, it was possible to go to Spain or Greece and somewhere else and further, but we decided that Bulgaria, close to Belarusians born in the USSR in spirit and mentality (which is an erroneous judgment), would be just right.
Like many, having climbed a huge number of sites and read a bunch of reviews, we opted for a small resort of St. Konstantin and Elena because of its close location to the airport of arrival "Varna", a quiet family vacation without club hotels, night discos and parties. Just right for families with small children. The only thing left was to choose a hotel. There were many criteria here: food, accommodation (required two rooms in a room), category (not less than ****), naturally, proximity to the sea, entertainment for children (according to their age), etc.
So, having read all the possible reviews about hotels, and having made some conclusions for ourselves (choose a few hotels from our favorites), at the end of March we applied to a travel agency. For ourselves, we have identified the following hotels: a group of hotels Grand Hotel Varna Complex, Azalea, Sirius Beach, AquaAzur, Estreya. There our choice was approved, but they advised us not to take an “all inclusive” package for the first time, but to limit ourselves to breakfasts or half board, which later on I was not happy and grateful for the advice (do not immediately think about the bad - it’s completely in other, but more on that later). Friends last year rested at the Dolphin Hotel and were highly recommended to us in terms of children's recreation.
Alas, the end of March was not slow to remind of itself by the lack of places in most of the hotels indicated according to our criteria. Estreya Palace, AquaAzur and a group of hotels Grand Hotel Varna Complex (Dolphin, Swan, Rubin) remained from the offer. Unfortunately, the “group of hotels” only had offers with “all inclusive” conditions and at a price slightly higher than we planned. The travel agency gently and delicately hinted not to consider the proposals of the AquaAzur hotel, especially since the rooms there remained only one-room triples with extra. seat or quadruple. So, our family of 4 people, including two children aged 8 and 4, became the happy owners of a voucher from 20 to 29.07. 2014 for a vacation in Bulgaria, the resort of St. Konstantin and Elena, Hotel Estreya Palace (****), two-room apartment.
By the way, we previously visited the website of the above hotel, where in 4 languages (Bulgarian, German, Russian and English) it was described in detail about all the services at the hotel (paid and free), hotel rooms with photos and their equipment (http://www.hotelestreya.com/ru/rooms.html). By the way, the complex consists of two hotels: Estreya Palace and Estreya Residence. It was a little disappointing that in the Estreya Palace apartments, unlike the Residence, there is no mini-kitchen: there is no kettle and refrigerator, but there is a minibar, the refrigerator of which is asked to be used exclusively for its intended purpose. After some thought, we decided that this was not a problem. Having traveled on business trips around Belarus and Russia, I was convinced that not all hotels have a kettle in the rooms or, at worst, a water cooler in the corridors. And in this case, one of the best inventions of mankind, the boiler, becomes indispensable. This device always accompanies me on all my trips. Well, a grocery refrigerator and a safe can be taken for an additional fee and are relatively inexpensive (the safe cost us 30 lev for 10 days, and the refrigerator on the site is offered for 5 lev per day). By the way, there is a lot of useful information on the hotel website and I recommend that everyone who goes on vacation should definitely familiarize themselves with it in order to avoid nervous breakdowns and misunderstandings during the rest.
(http://www.hotelestreya.com/ru/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B8%D0%BD %D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F.html ).
We took off from Minsk and landed at the airport of Varna at about 17.00. We, as befits, were met by the host with a smile on their face and, kissing us with joy, quickly put us on the bus, which followed the route Varna - St. Konstantin - ZP - Albena. By the way, the host company was called Good Day. On the way, we were told a lot of interesting and informative things about Bulgaria and were the first to be dropped off right at the hotel, escorted to the reception, handed over to the receptionist with all the personal belongings, promising to hold an information meeting in the evening of the second day, which turned out to be very useful. Digress from the description of the hotel. At the information meeting, we received all the information of interest about excursions, the location of the best exchangers, the best beaches, the order of eviction and delivery to the airport. By the way, a few days before departure, I came across a family in a hotel with whom they flew on the same flight, but the host companies were different. So, the host company did not hold a consultation evening with them and I was simply tortured by them with questions about the flight, and this was all to the detriment of my time spent on the Internet (before the start of the children's disco, to which I promised to take my daughters).
They settled us within 5 minutes, we gave our passports to the reception and immediately received the key to the room. Immediately asked at the reception a question about the refrigerator. In response, they goggled their eyes and asked the hell you have one more if the room has a minibar refrigerator. I did not go into the details of the information posted on the hotel website, but took note of the answer. But for the rent of the safe had to pay for 10 days. They have whole tariff plans for the safe there: 7.9, 12.14 days (I'm not sure about 12), regardless of your time in the hotel.
The porter girl, who, by the way, speaks Russian, like all the other porters, called the guy who “loaded” our suitcases on himself, and they turned out to be quite heavy (they brought all sorts of junk, including my wife’s three evening dresses and my best tuxedo, so that I could to match her appearance), dragged them to our room. I had to thank him a little with the smallest bill that I had at that time, $ 5, a bit much, of course, but there was no less, and it was inconvenient not to give. Feel free to tip, tips in Bulgaria do wonders (this is the fallacy of the opinion about the similarity of mentality and Slavic unity): they make people give you smiles, wish you a pleasant pastime (at least not wish bad), and also removes the language barrier because CAPITAL rules the world. In principle, 2-3 leva is enough for a maid, 10-15% for a waiter in a restaurant, do not take change from the bartender, so try to always have small bills to round up to a round value (0.5-1 lev). The smallest banknote in Bulgaria is 2 leva, and the largest coin is 1 lev. 100 cents equals 1 lev. On the first day on the beach, a curious incident happened to me. Paying at the beach bar, I mistakenly gave the bartender 10 euros instead of 10 levs (I also scored 10 levs). The boy's eyes were already fading, but looking at me, he suspected something was wrong (well, there can be no miracles in our life, especially from such a client), so with hope in his eyes he asked me about 10 euros. And then it dawned on me that I messed up, but I feel sorry for the guy, and even more than 10 euros. I had to take it away, give 10 lev, plus a comforting 2 lev in excess (conscience would not allow less, after all, it already encouraged a person). Well, in general, after that, we became friends with him. I always left 0.5-1 lev there, and sometimes 1.5-2 (if the order was wider). But, they remembered me and already knew that first of all, when I came to the beach, I always take two espressos, then at regular intervals beer and Cosmopolitan, and before leaving for lunch I always ordered two sex on the beach (in the sense of a cocktail).
We got apartments 7a on the ground floor with a separate entrance from the inside of the hotel and our own small terrace, on which there were a table and chairs (pictured). There were about nine such numbers. As we noticed, there were also dryers on the other terraces. After dinner, we informed the receptionist about her absence, he was very surprised and promised that this issue would be resolved in the morning.
In the first room there was a soft corner (a sofa and two armchairs), a bunk bed for children, a wall hanger, a long table-cabinet, inside of which there was a minibar (refrigerator), various drawers and doors. The ceiling air conditioner was above the children's bed itself. As it was in all the reviews, he pulled so-so. Fortunately, the room was on the ground floor, on all sides of the room (from the front of the building and inside) there were many empty deep arches and a large amount of greenery and trees, from which the room was always in the shade. And even in the midday heat, it was quite comfortable in it without air conditioning, so we practically did not turn it on. But there was one drawback. The constant shade did not allow to quickly dry linen, swimwear and towels after the beach or pool (it took at least a day at a temperature of about 30 ° C). But, we had everything in several copies, so we calmly survived this trouble. The second room had a large double bed, a three-door wardrobe, bedside tables and a dressing table with a TV set on it. From the same room there was a door leading to a combined bathroom with a shower (photo). In general, the hotel was reconstructed in 2004, and in some places it already becomes noticeable if you look closely, but everything was neat.
Lighting in the room is really weak, but depending on what. If for writing a scientific treatise and conducting laboratory experiments related to the study of the electron flow emitted by an incandescent filament, then it is not enough. If, in order to come to the room to sleep, well, rest a little, change clothes - that's enough. Yes, there is plenty of daylight during the day. The lighting in the bathroom was excellent. What else to do there, I can’t imagine that light was needed. I always read on the street on my terrace, even in the evening - there was enough illumination of the hotel courtyard and my own terrace.
The Estreya complex has two restaurants with seating both inside and outside on the terraces, bars attached to them, as well as a pool bar. Meals are built on the "buffet" principle and are quite varied (breakfasts are less, dinners are more varied). I want to say right away that it is silly to demand from a large hotel complex and a buffet some frills or offers to taste dishes of national cuisine. Some statements about the quality of alcoholic beverages are striking. Do you really think that for such a price you will be offered expensive vintage wines, prestigious whiskey and cognac. The “all inclusive” offer will include the cheapest booze and beer, otherwise, either the client will not pay the cost of the tour, or the hotel business will be covered with a copper basin. And for everything good you have to pay and it costs accordingly.
For breakfast, we were offered egg dishes in all possible forms (omelettes, fried, boiled, baked), there were always fried sausages and sausages, raw sausages and ham, cheeses, cheese, vegetables (peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage), olives, olives, pasta or french fries, stewed vegetables, necessarily some kind of porridge, more often oatmeal, was rice (I didn’t pay much attention to them), pancakes and fried eggs with bacon, which were made right in front of you (but you had to stand in the queue and it happened that for a long time - 20 or even 30 minutes), pastries for every taste (bread, rolls, croissants, cakes, muffins, cakes), tea, coffee, juices, various cereals, milk. My children ate pancakes (the eldest got up early herself and went to take a queue), cereal, sandwiches, pasta. There were always highchairs for toddlers. There were many kids, mostly 3-4 years old, but there were also smaller ones.
Dinner was always varied with meat - always different (I won’t enumerate - I’m tired of describing breakfast), fish, mainly in the form of cutlets and fish sticks, was poached a couple of times. Spa getty and potatoes have always been the basis of side dishes, but vegetable side dishes were interesting and varied each time, salads were also rarely repeated, of course, the main one was tomatoes and cucumbers with cheese. For dessert, fruits: watermelons, melons, apples, peaches - alternated. Ice cream every day and also alternated (in color and taste, but always 4 types). It was possible to take wine or beer, but we preferred not to take it there, but to buy it in the appropriate places. But most importantly, not only was it all edible, it was delicious. The guests calmly carried fruits and ice cream out of the restaurant, and my neighbors took them on a plate and calmly went to their room. Looking at all this, we also began to sin with this. Moreover, my youngest, having intercepted between meals, did not always eat as expected. And we had to take ham and cheese, or croissants, from the restaurant with us, because, as luck would have it, after an hour or two, when she was hungry, she could demand something to eat. At the same time, the staff took this calmly and did not arrange a tragedy, and did not throw tantrums.
And here it is necessary to recall why I reacted negatively to the "all inclusive" proposal. The resort has a sufficient number of restaurants and cafes offering a variety of cuisines, unlike hotel buffets, while inexpensive. We chose one of them, simply "Paradise" (the sign and the price tag are shown in the photo). Pretty cozy, located on the road from the Estreya hotel to the Azalea beach with a fairly large assortment of Bulgarian dishes. The portions themselves were very large. I was especially pleased with the attitude of the waitress (she is alone there, while she manages everything), it seems her name was Didi, at least something like that was written on the badge. Always try something new from the menu. To my great chagrin, we were not able to cover the entire menu in such a short time. But the cuisine there is magnificent, varied and conveys the Bulgarian flavor. Prices for salads there range from 3 to 6 lev, soups (small selection) from 2.5 to 3 lev, meat dishes from 5.5 and above, fish - from 12 and above, rakia up to 2 lev for 50 gr. , as well as a large selection of desserts. And if I agreed “all inclusive”, now I would write another mournful review, full of bitterness and tears, and whine about the monotonous dinners in the hotel restaurant and the lack of Bulgarian flavor of the dishes.
The room was cleaned daily. As I said, three leva helped the maid to perform her duties at a higher level. By the way, the next day, returning from the beach, we found a dryer on our terrace, which the porter promised us. I must say that on the evening of the day of arrival, I had to wash the linen and socks a little. Due to the lack of a dryer, we hung it all on the armrests of the chairs on our terrace. But when we returned from the sea, everything was hung on the dryer by the caring hands of our "Cinderella", even my socks. We changed our towels every day. By the way, there were two maids. Children constantly made a mess of their things, leaving a mess on the coffee table, where albums, pencils, books and other children's belongings were constantly lying around. So one maid devoted more time to putting things in order among the mess of scattered things, and when we returned to the room, all things were laid out with amazing pedantry in piles, even the shoes were arranged in a row. The second maid paid more attention to creating simple decorations from towels, but less to order among the scattered things. I was more satisfied with the work of the first maid.
After reading the reviews, we realized that there was nothing to go to Estreya beach. After talking with the neighbors, they advised us to go to the beaches to Azalea. A bit far from the hotel - about 15 minutes slowly. We went to Sahara Beach. We liked it more than Azalea Beach. Azalea Beach seemed narrower to me, probably after erosion. In addition, Sahara Beach turned out to be cheaper, but don't think that's not the reason. Azalea's price tag, I accidentally found out a couple of days before departure. For comparison, sun loungers on Sahara Beach are 5 levs, on Azalea - 10 levs, an umbrella on Sahara Beach - 6 levs, Azalea - 20 levs. For the guests of Azalea, in my opinion, the sun loungers were free. The bottom of the Azalea beach was a bit strewn with small pebbles. On the right, the Sahara beach is very shallow, with my height of 178, I was waist-deep there. There were always a lot of people in this part, including children. There was no mud in this part of the beach. The left part is deeper, there were always algae in the water. Mostly Russians and Bulgarians rested on the beach, and after July 25, there were just a lot of Bulgarians. Smoking is allowed everywhere. It was not very pleasant when next to your children, smoke was blowing from all sides. Moreover, I did not often see smoking men, but Bulgarian women are almost 70% smokers. They are not even embarrassed by the fact that their own small peanuts are spinning around them. Also, many Bulgarians are not embarrassed to sunbathe topless. At first it made me smirk, then disgust. Moreover, their age does not matter for tanning - it can be either a 16-year-old girl or a 40-year-old lady. At the same time, in my opinion, not all of them had something to brag about. The price tag in the beach bar was almost twice as different from the prices in the store, although I think this is normal for a bar. A cocktail could be bought for 4.5 leva, bottled - 5.5 leva, draft beer - 2.5 leva, bottled - 4 leva, mineral-kale - 1.5 leva, coffee - 2.5 leva, the rest was taken Not often, so I don't remember.
The pool at the hotel was mostly occupied by the Germans (the Russians went to the beach at least before lunch, the Germans less often). Pools are located on the territory between the two hotels. Two swimming pools and a children's paddling pool. For disinfection, bleach is used, which is felt. Another pool with mineral water is located in the SPA center of Estreya Residence Hotel (free of charge), but it is also disinfected with bleach. There are few sun loungers near the pools, but there is enough space for everyone. We used to go to the pools after dinner just because the kids wanted to. What they liked there, I don't know, but they played whole concerts if for some reason we couldn't go there. I had to drag myself there with them, sit in a sun lounger and quietly “bang” my smartphone. I myself swam in the pool twice only to teach the elder to swim.
Wi-fi in Estreya Palace is a whole story, or rather its absence. As such, the site indicates that the Wi-fi zone in Estreya Palace is located in the lobby bar. However, the signal level is not very good, for several days my device stupidly could not get an IP from the router. Sometimes the signal could just disappear. It was also necessary to look for a place where it was possible to find an access point. By the end of the holiday, the situation improved somewhat and the signal was quite confident. In the "Residence" the situation with Internet access was somewhat better. Near the pool, I caught the Residence signal, weak, but more or less stable. I think that this is the most significant drawback in the entire range of services of Estreya Palace hotels.
The hotel is of course more designed for couples, more elderly. For children there was a small playground with two swings and a small slide. On the first evening we went for a walk along the sea and got to the Dolphin Hotel. There, before our eyes, a large children's playground appeared, where children had fun in all possible languages. Of course, this was not the case in Estreya Pallas. Animation at Estreya Palace was done by two girls Yulia (Russian-speaking) and Mikhaella (she did not speak Russian). Very good girls, very fond of children, a games room was open from 16.00 to 17.30, or water polo was arranged near the pool. In the evening from 20.30 to 21.00 a mini disco was organized. My girls just fell in love with Yulia and were ready to spend all the time with her. And we tried to use this time to our advantage. Estreya Residence had a small gym with several exercise machines. But we were more interested in the tennis table, where we could play during the day.
At the resort itself there were children's attractions, various trampolines, bungee rides, carousels, cars, etc. For those who did not sit in hotels, classes could be found.
And for those who can not sit still, you can go on various excursions, up to a few days. With children, you can go to the water park in Golden Sands. It's 20 km. Works from 10.00 to 18.00. You can get there by bus number 9 and 409. The stop is located near the St. Helena. You can go to Varna to the dolphinarium. It is located in Seaside Park. You can get there by bus number 8 from a stop located near Estreya Palace. Taxi back cost us 17 leva.
Well, that's about all I wanted to talk about. I don’t know how people will read this, but I’m definitely tired of writing.
But in the end, I would like to say and advise. You can, of course, constantly moan and whine that they didn’t blow me in time in one place, they somehow looked, just not the way I wanted, they refused something, but they should have kissed my feet. I just don’t know where people get such thoughts about their exclusivity. And you can extract only positive moments from everything and enjoy the rest as it is. And most importantly: we make our own rest, and what it will be depends only on us. As for me, my rest suited me with everything. At least, the desire to come to Estreya Palace has not yet disappeared from me.
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The hotel was chosen based on reviews. Settled not in the room, but the catacombs 2a! Very dim light, the wallpaper peels off, the beds creak terribly, the water in the shower does not go down to the ankles for 2 hours... Changed to room 32a, much better, but the entrance handle fell off. Clean sheets and towels are a huge plus.
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The hotel was chosen based on reviews. Settled not in the room, but the catacombs 2a! Very dim light, the wallpaper peels off, the beds creak terribly, the water in the shower does not go down to the ankles for 2 hours... Changed to room 32a, much better, but the entrance handle fell off. Clean sheets and towels are a huge plus. The food is very good, varied, but sometimes there is not enough space, you have to wait. Polite and responsive staff.
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I visited with my wife in the first half of September 2012. Liked. I decided to unsubscribe right now, because. For the summer, my review is not very relevant. We lived in apartments (2 rooms), breakfast and dinner, 8 days. There were not many tourists at this time. The breakfasts did not differ in variety, but there was so much food that was enough until dinner)) For dinner there were both meat and fish dishes.
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I visited with my wife in the first half of September 2012.
Liked. I decided to unsubscribe right now, because. For the summer, my review is not very relevant. We lived in apartments (2 rooms), breakfast and dinner, 8 days. There were not many tourists at this time. The breakfasts did not differ in variety, but there was so much food that was enough until dinner)) For dinner there were both meat and fish dishes. Fruits are always oranges, apples, grapefruits, sometimes peaches. Almost always ice cream for dinner. Juices - artificial (apple and orange). At first, 70% were elderly Germans, then it was clear that a new race began, it became 50 to 50 Russian-speaking Germans. Animation - I saw it once, but we were not interested. On Saturday there was a local wedding, nice. The Germans mostly ate everything, so they went to the next hall for alcohol.
The hotel itself is very cozy: green, quiet, 2 swimming pools, I swam 1 time, I don’t like it. I love the sea, the water was 20-22 degrees, there were very few people on the beach - almost no one took sunbeds - they were lying on bedding. The temperature was 20-25 degrees, but in the end it got worse, it even rained.
We went by bus to Varna several times, a good market, beer. They bought pink cosmetics for gifts (a small supermarket near the market). Were on the city beach, so nothing, walked in the park (delicious ice cream). We went on an excursion to Nessebar (the guide spoke Russian and German), about 12-15 people. I really liked it, I recommend it to everyone. A good overview of the resort at the very top in the cafe of the Julie Curie hotel.
The room was quite clean, upon arrival I asked the maid for an iron - I ironed everything (my wife was tired - a day on the bus). There were problems on the Romanian border, but this is a long story (the Romanian border guards turned out to be very bad... ). We left $1 in the room every morning, so easy. . .
We went for silence - and we got it (+ I got cheap national alcohol)) - we relaxed in the evenings... .
Liked. I decided to unsubscribe right now, because. For the summer, my review is not very relevant. We lived in apartments (2 rooms), breakfast and dinner, 8 days. There were not many tourists at this time. The breakfasts did not differ in variety, but there was so much food that was enough until dinner)) For dinner there were both meat and fish dishes. Fruits are always oranges, apples, grapefruits, sometimes peaches. Almost always ice cream for dinner. Juices - artificial (apple and orange). At first, 70% were elderly Germans, then it was clear that a new race began, it became 50 to 50 Russian-speaking Germans. Animation - I saw it once, but we were not interested. On Saturday there was a local wedding, nice. The Germans mostly ate everything, so they went to the next hall for alcohol.
The hotel itself is very cozy: green, quiet, 2 swimming pools, I swam 1 time, I don’t like it. I love the sea, the water was 20-22 degrees, there were very few people on the beach - almost no one took sunbeds - they were lying on bedding. The temperature was 20-25 degrees, but in the end it got worse, it even rained.
We went by bus to Varna several times, a good market, beer. They bought pink cosmetics for gifts (a small supermarket near the market). Were on the city beach, so nothing, walked in the park (delicious ice cream). We went on an excursion to Nessebar (the guide spoke Russian and German), about 12-15 people. I really liked it, I recommend it to everyone. A good overview of the resort at the very top in the cafe of the Julie Curie hotel.
The room was quite clean, upon arrival I asked the maid for an iron - I ironed everything (my wife was tired - a day on the bus). There were problems on the Romanian border, but this is a long story (the Romanian border guards turned out to be very bad... ). We left $1 in the room every morning, so easy. . .
We went for silence - and we got it (+ I got cheap national alcohol)) - we relaxed in the evenings... .
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We were also in this hotel in August 2011. We have a slightly different opinion. The hotel is very well located, next to the shopping street but behind the monastery. When you enter its territory - as if you find yourself in another world - peace and quiet. The rooms are large, rarely seen in Bulgaria. The price for this hotel is much lower than in other 4 *.
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We were also in this hotel in August 2011. We have a slightly different opinion. The hotel is very well located, next to the shopping street but behind the monastery. When you enter its territory - as if you find yourself in another world - peace and quiet. The rooms are large, rarely seen in Bulgaria. The price for this hotel is much lower than in other 4 *. Therefore, you need to save on something. We saved on fruits and desserts (when compared with Albena). But fruits could be bought very cheaply in Varna for a week, a bus runs for a penny. We are not fond of desserts, but that's not a problem either. Of the minuses - old air conditioners do not pull well, it is better not to go in July - the first half of August. Not a very large selection of dishes in the restaurant, but there is no crush for food, as in Sunny Beach or in the hotels of the Grand Hotel Varna (Dolphin, Swan). We were full. The waitress girls in the restaurant are lazy and dirty, but they also seem to be saving money. We did not get sick with intestinal flu, although there was an epidemic there in August. We always take probiotics with us and take them for prevention. And we don't get sick. As for the Bulgarians, I’ll say for sure - a very good attitude, we have been traveling for many years. The fact that a lady here compared them with the Nazis is news to me! When they wanted to demolish the monument to Alyosha in Plovdiv, the Bulgarians did not allow this to be done by a referendum. It's just that the Germans are the sponsors of the St. Konstantin resort, so there are some privileges for them. Conclusion: how much you pay, so much you get! There are hotels much more expensive than this - the service is better there. And for the price you pay for a very good Estreya hotel, you can close your eyes to something. There are free beaches, they are really dirty, we didn’t go there, but there are paid ones (they pay for sunbeds and umbrellas, and with their accessories for free) - it’s clean there. We sunbathed by the pool, and went to the sea only to swim. Everything came up to us, I’ll say it again - for this money. And for a very good "all inclusive", clean free beaches - to Albena. to hotels on the coast, but you will have to pay more.
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Otdyali in this hotel in August 2011 have never rested worse. although I have been to many places. Fed disgustingly mostly frozen mixtures. although at this time there was a season for harvesting vegetables and fruits. but . apparently. didn't think about it here. dishes are simply spoiled by disgusting cooking, which, apparently, takes place in some kind of factory kitchen, but here they only warm it up.
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Otdyali in this hotel in August 2011 have never rested worse. although I have been to many places. Fed disgustingly mostly frozen mixtures. although at this time there was a season for harvesting vegetables and fruits. but . apparently. didn't think about it here. dishes are simply spoiled by disgusting cooking, which, apparently, takes place in some kind of factory kitchen, but here they only warm it up. But it looks like when it warms up, everything burns. nice beach is really far from the hotel. The resort itself is very dirty. Bulgarians are rather lazy and unscrupulous people. They don't like to take out the trash. Here on the territory of the hotel Varna. And there really was no garbage on the territory of our hotel. And so it is on all city beaches. There. where there are paid sun loungers, still so and so. and where is the urban area we cleaned ourselves before going to bed. The whole resort makes some kind of garbage dump impression. In addition to the hotel complex Varna. But all this is garbage compared to the clouds of small midges on the beaches. They cover you all over when you sunbathe, and an intestinal infection. We read about it in the reviews, but we were sure. that we will not get sick, but we and our friends who were before us in this hotel = all were ill. And other guests also got sick. It was disgusting = diarrhea, fever, don't think like us YOU WILL BE SICK TOO. If you are told that the Bulgarians love us very much, do not believe it. In this hotel, the manager, in my opinion, Stephanie was so rude to us, when we asked her to change the room, she made us understand with her whole speech that the Germans were yes. and we Russian cattle can not drag around here. It's better without us. And what do you want - the Bulgarians for the last two wars were on the side of the Germans. So why should they love us? Nobody can ruin our holiday. and we had a lot of fun. People don't go there. Take care of yourself and your kids.
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