Vacation not great but good

Written: 21 august 2019
Travel time: 13 — 21 august 2019
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 5.0
Amenities: 3.0
Bulgaria is a country of good and good-natured people. The language can be understood. A bit trashy. Levs go, that is, 1 lev - 15 hryvnias, or 100 dollars - 175 levs. Hryvnias are not exchanged there, so take euros or dollars with you. If you want to go to Golden Sands, but there are no plane tickets to Varna, you will have to drive from Burgas for about 3 hours.
Tour operator ALF (host of ALMA Holidays). Nothing good, but nothing bad to say either. Driver Zlatko is good. He drove me qualitatively and quickly, provided free wi-fi in the car, and when he drove back he agreed with the hotel and reminded us to take dry rations. But the agent himself did not deign to visit us, he had to call and ask for her to come and then they heard the question: "What should I come? ". There are no free tours, and paid ones are 3 times more expensive than street ones. By the way, excursions offered on the street from 30-50 lev.
Check-in at 14:00. Check-out at 12:00. The staff is friendly, always ready to help. Wi-fi is not free, 1 day - 3 lions, 5 days - 10 lions. The pool is small and uncomfortable, in front of the hotel, near the road, mostly children swim in it. 15 sun loungers and places: smoking tables 4 tables and 3 chairs for each - not enough for many. Alcohol: beer, gin, vodka, whiskey, white and red wine - issued only at the bar from 12:00 to 22:00. Although the bar itself starts working from 10:00, where you will be offered: coffee, tea, drinks and juices. Elevators 2 pcs. are working properly.

Standard room: good, except for one broken socket, but clean and pretty, renovated, expected much worse. There is a hair dryer, air conditioning and TV. On TV: 3-4 channels in Bulgarian, 2 channels with music and 1 channel "Russia 24" (news). Bed linen and towels are clean. They offer a small bar of soap and disposable shampoos, so bring your own. But toilet paper is placed daily and rubbish is also changed daily. There is no extractor fan, so bring a freshener with you. No safe or fridge.
Meals: breakfast from 8:00 to 10:00, lunch from 12:00 to 14:00, snack from 16:00 to 17:00 and dinner from 18:00 to 20:00. Before and after the appointed time, visiting the dining room is prohibited. I will list the assortment that was for the entire period of rest, but in one sitting they represent only 1-2 types of side dishes, meat, salad. Breakfast: boiled eggs, scrambled eggs with feta cheese, sausages, sausages, feta cheese, oatmeal porridge, milk and cereal. Lunch and dinner: chicken or fried or in sour cream, bacon, fish nagens, chicken nagens, vermicelli, potatoes, boiled cauliflower and boiled broccoli, raw shredded cabbage with carrots, pepper, cucumber, tomato, red cabbage with sour cream, soup, rice, meatballs in tomato, watermelon and sometimes once a day they put out a very tasty air cake with jam. Snack: ice cream and gingerbread.
The hotel does not have a shuttle to the sea. There are no games: there are no balls, and the playground has been occupied in general for parking cars. There are no animators. For money you can play billiards.
Sea: from the hotel slowly walk 10 minutes through markets, shops and cafes. The road is easy, except for one staircase (if you go back from the sea), which is high, but it can be bypassed from two sides, but then the road to the hotel will increase. The beach is sandy and clean. Chaise lounges are paid: 1 piece - 10 lev, a mattress - 8 lev. The sea is clean.
Entertainment and shopping: "Surveillance" wheel, electric cars, artificial bull, shooting gallery, live donkey - all this from 5 lev per person. There are fish in aquariums that clean their feet by biting: 20 minutes for 10 lev for one.

Cigarettes from 5 lev. Beer and drinks from 1 lev per 0.5l. , from 2.5 lev per 1.5l. and from 3 lev for 2.5l. Seeds from 1 lev. Chips from 2.5 lev. Towels, T-shirts, shorts, swimwear, caps and hats, flip flops and sandals from 10 lev. Fish with beer from 2.2 lev. Freshener, shampoos, toothpastes and brushes, balms, deodorants and perfumes from 15 lev. Shawarma from 5-6 lev, and a piece of pizza from 4-5 lev. Toys from 5-10 lev. Ice cream and magnets from 1-2 lev. Watches and belts from 20 lev. Souvenirs from 4-5 lev. In a cafe, one dish from 10-20 lev, and drinks from 2-3 lev.
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