Here is my review of Baikal

Written: 7 september 2011
Travel time: 19 — 30 august 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
We returned a little over a week ago. I think it's time to write a review. I remember how every day I read reviews about this hotel and waited for new ones. Maybe someone will help in the choice.
So, we flew from Minsk at 7 am, that is, we spent a full day in Sunny Begegu. There were no problems with departure, arrival, luggage. The meeting party - AlmaTour - worked quickly and efficiently. We were at the hotel around 10.30-11.00, because the check-in, as well as after 14.00, we gave the documents at the reception, put the suitcases in a special room and went to explore. I note that the bracelets were put on immediately and it was already possible to use the bar and restaurant. We went to see where the sea is, what beaches, what promenade, in general, where and what. We returned to the hotel for check-in. We were settled in a 4-storey building overlooking the pool. The room seemed small to me, the noise from the pool - all this pushed me to go down to the reception and ask to change the room, motivated by the fact that the small room and noisy sleep. They checked for a long time whether there were available rooms and offered me a room in the same building, only with windows facing the road, which is no less noisy, and maybe more. I asked if there were any available rooms with a view of the mini-golf - there was none. My husband and I thought about it and decided to leave the first number, but later realized that we did it wrong. The fact is that the entrance to our room was from the terrace, which overlooks the street. The door to the room is not soundproof at all, the street was very noisy at times until the morning. Thus, it was noisy both from the side of the door and from the window. Well, nothing, we didn’t sleep well for a couple of nights, and then we got used to it. Even found a plus room overlooking the pool. For example, I always watched my husband and son swim in the pool, saw if there were free sunbeds near it. Pancakes were baked for breakfast in the morning. Looking out into the balconies, I saw whether they had started baking them or not.
Now about the number. As already mentioned, the room is small. I lacked personal space. The room is neat. Although at the beginning, I thought that they had not cleaned it for a month, even wiped the dust from all surfaces. The shower is normal, the water flows into the hole in the floor, but it was ok, it was spacious. The plumbing is new, which is nice, only there are few shelves, there was no place to put shampoo in the shower, they put it on the floor. There is a hair dryer. even good, in the room - a TV set with Russian channels (pcs. 5-6), air conditioning, in the closet - 10 hangers. The floor was tiled, we walked in slippers. There was not enough clothes dryer on the balcony, there was a rope and more towels were hung on the balcony railing. Cleaned up every day. As a cleaner, I rated the cleaning at 4-. But I didn’t worry about it, because I came to rest. Towels were changed 2 times in 12 days, bedding too. The maid left a tip in the amount of 2 leva - did not take. Maybe they gave little that they did not take?

The pool is small with a children's section, nice, warm and clean. Sunbeds near the pool were taken at 7 am. But we arrived at the sea and swam in the pool only after dinner, and then not every day. Those who did not have enough sun loungers were located on the territory on the grass, this was not forbidden. There is a playground next to the pool. Our son, the mulberry, sometimes dropped in to ride the swing on his own. The territory of the hotel is small, well-groomed, neat.
In general, the hotel looks very good, everything is good inside in the lobby too. Three bars - in the restaurant, in the lobby and near the pool. We had all inclusive, which we did not regret a single cut. Eating at a cafe with alcoholic drinks is not cheap. Breakfasts were from 7.30 to 10, lunches from 12 to 14, dinners from 18 to 21. Everything looked decent in the restaurant, both tables and tablecloths. Boys and girls - restaurant workers constantly cleared the dishes from the tables, everything quickly. The food is good, varied, but still tired in 12 days. There were pancakes for breakfast, but there was always a queue for them, so we took them every other day, it was a waste to stand. For dinner, they always fried some kind of meat or sausages on the grill. From fruits - watermelon, plums, apples, peaches, oranges. Every day there were watermelons and plums, other fruits somehow less often. Between lunch and dinner there was ice cream and cakes. The ice cream is very sweet, but the cakes are delicious. From non-alcoholic drinks - diluted Jupi, tea, coffee, Pepsi, Mirinda, 7up, tonic, plain and sparkling water; there are a lot of alcoholic drinks, I always took dry red wine - very worthy, I didn’t want anything else. I also tried beer, it is draft, also very good. normal. There is internet in the lobby, you could use it for 5 leva per hour. Many Germans, Romanians, Poles, Bulgarians themselves. The Germans, mostly young people, drank and walked around the clock, it seems they didn’t even go to the sea, stuck around the pool all day and drank, and then yelled at night.
Sea. It is marvelous. I love the sea, so I feel good wherever the sea is. Beach with golden fine sand. There is a paid area where sunbeds and umbrellas are 7 leva each. We found a section between the paid zones and lay there, almost at the water's edge.
From entertainment, I can only say about children's attractions (and not children's ones either), they are very expensive, the child rode, as you refuse him. We rented scooters, bikes and electric scooters, different every day. We traveled all over the Security Council, all of Nessebar, these were some kind of excursions. I really liked Nessebar, the old town is just class! We didn’t go to discos, we weren’t interested, di and a small child. Everywhere there are a lot of good cafes, music, and you could dance there. There are many tents on the streets with pretty good things, souvenirs (ceramic plates, pots, large dishes, rose oil soap and much more... ). A lot of silver, which I safely bought. Although in Nessebar (old town) there is much more choice.

With us at one time my husband's sister rested in another. They lived in another hotel, not far from us - Continental Prima, this is 3+. Their room was large, the pool was large, the area was large with a forest area, quiet. That was where the merits ended. What struck me is that in Bulgaria there is no clear division, this is our territory, this is yours. They calmly came to us, we - to them.
We flew out of Burgas at 20.15, so we had a full last day, the room was vacated until 12.00. put the suitcases in the same room and went to the beach to wet our feet and throw coins into the sea.
That's all I wanted to write. Maybe I missed something, ask, I will answer. I forgot to write, in the last three days of our holiday there was a storm. It was said to be the only storm of the summer. So we were lucky to jump on the waves as much as possible. Swimming was forbidden, lifeguards strictly followed this, whistling those who went into the water even up to their waists.
I'll post a photo, those that are left, because The flash drive glitched and everything was gone.
If asked if I would go there again, the answer would be no. Not because I didn’t like it, I even liked it very much, but because I am a traveler and I want to see new places.
Have a nice holiday everyone!
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