There is no desire to rest there again. I do not recommend this hotel to people who have already vacationed in other countries (Croatia, Montenegro, France, Spain).
About the hotel:
Pros:
- Big numbers! ! !
- Refrigerator in the room.
- Big balcony.
- View from the window (of course, we were on the 3rd floor, room 315)
- Cleaned every day.
- Change of linen every 3 days, and for an extra charge of 2-3 leva to the cleaning lady, you can change the bed every other day. (maybe I'm so lucky)
- Definitely good air conditioning.
- The dining room is clean, but the nuance of the tablecloths on the table is not very clean, as they are simply shaken off and turned over after dinner, But still the dining room is clean.
- Hotel area is clean
- The pool is clean (but there is a bit of chlorine).
- There is a shower near the pool (but it is not new for a long time, but still everything works and the water is warm, clean)
- Breakfasts, Dinners, although the buffet is not very varied, but you can eat.
- The bathroom has a bath (not a shower) and a bidet.
Cons that in my opinion were in the hotel:
- No WiFi in the rooms, only near the Reception.
- Lunch, if you pay extra 5 leva (2.5 euros) per person.
then the waitresses are already picking up your portion, and not you yourself.
- For 4-5 days the food bothers.
- Near the pool all day music plays (it's good) but always the same 10-15 songs.
- In the room, a little crooked curtains in the bathroom.
But these minuses are petty, as some 4 * hotels have worse characteristics than this 3 * + Thermal Spa.
At the expense of the Beach, which is 200-250m away, it is clean, the sea is also clean, there are many free places for sunbathing. The first paid sun loungers and umbrellas - 18 lev (9 euros), go 50m further - the price is already 9 levs (4.5 euros) for 2 sun loungers and an umbrella.
Prices for wine, alcohol are very cheap (but in stores) in cafes, as well as in Ukraine in inexpensive cafes. To the center of Golden Sands - 20 minutes on foot, there is a lot of entertainment, as if you get from the village to the capital))))) In the center the prices are more expensive, donut - 1.5 euros, boiled corn - 1.5 euros))) Pizza is average - 3-4 euros . Ice cream 1.5-2 euros. The store has 2 liters of wine (in a bottle) - 3-3.5 euros. (not the cheapest).
Souvenirs are expensive, clothes are cheap - as they are brought from Turkey.
In general, I am satisfied with the trip. Among 3 * hotels, I consider Thermal Spa a worthy hotel.
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The hotel itself is normal, although very modest. The rooms are large, everything works, clean and sooooo modest. The air conditioner worked well for us, for the neighbors it was bad and very loud (they couldn’t sleep the whole vacation, because the air conditioner hummed as if the plane was taking off, but they couldn’t do anything with it).
There were 2 accommodation options: with a sea view and with a view of the stadium. If you have a sea view, then everything is fine, if you have a view of the stadium - music until 12 at night (either from a Ukrainian children's camp or from a boarding house for Russians). The repertoire in the first case is Russian pop. music, in the second - the 70s, 80s for vacationing grandparents and chanson performed by drunken presenters.
The hotel is located in Chaika area (Journalist hotel). It can be said on the outskirts of Golden Sands, surrounded by construction sites (abandoned and not), garbage, broken roads, stray dogs, old hotels, campsites, a large apartment complex and Christmas trees.
To the beach go down about 5-7 min, up (to the mountain) -10 min. The beach "meets" with a sewer, a garbage dump and the inscription "no swimming". After 50 meters, a paid area with sun loungers and umbrellas already begins - decently, cleanly. Rescuers, medical center and several small cafes. Paid zones alternate with fairly large free zones. There is another sewer in the middle of the beach.
Now about the kitchen.
Breakfast. (Semi)buffet. They always gave us unchanged: sausages, ham, hard cheese, white cheese - of very dubious quality, hot eggs, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, honey, jam, corn flakes, spread, bread, tea and something similar to a coffee drink (but definitely not coffee), bread - take it yourself. Croissants were served at the end of breakfast. And it was something. Croissants were given 2 per hand (Russians and Ukrainians, and Bulgarians 3 each). Moreover, everyone had to come and get their croissants, even the children did not give otherwise. Every day, someone cursed with the kitchen workers, threw croissants in hysterics, tried to get changes in the menu....the situation is somewhat tense...
Dinner. Not a buffet, but portions. Soup, side dish, meat, bread, 2 peaches.
Dinner. Buffet. Always grilled sausages, meat (or chicken or pork), garnish (or potatoes, or rice, or cauliflower, or carrots, or peas), tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, bread, one kind of fruit, cakes (always the same), tap water, yupi, bread, soup (the one left over from dinner). There is no choice, but you can take as much as you want. Always under the close supervision of kitchen workers.
Russians, Ukrainians and Bulgarians rest in the hotel. Bulgarians come for treatment (mud, massage, etc. ).
The hotel staff is quite friendly.
Cleaning. Every day they swept and washed the floors with one rag in all rooms. We were lucky - they started cleaning with us.....
Diseases and poisonings. All the children in the hotel when we arrived (about 10 people) and another 15 adults got sick (vomiting, fever). I don't know if it was a virus or an infection....
The pool in the hotel is for adults only, there is no children, with thermal water - no. Only very, very chlorinated. The pool was cleaned once a week (on Mondays).
Where to go and what to see. Here you need to think very, very much! There is definitely no place to go nearby. You can walk to Golden Sands along the road (without a sidewalk) along construction sites, garbage for 20-30 minutes or take a bus. Everything. There are several small cafes nearby, but very modest and for the completely unassuming.
In principle, the hotel was comfortable, the food was tolerable, no one was personally rude or rude to us. On the contrary, Bulgarians are quite friendly and polite. If not for the constant scandals in the dining room, from which there was nowhere to hide - everything is fine. The sea is clean, the beach is big.
Disliked: very, very dirty. Lots of rubbish everywhere on the roads and near the hotel.
In the photo - the hotel, the road from the hotel to the sea, pipes on the beach, garbage...
Pros of the hotel: close location to the sea (closer only to the Journalist), comfortable rooms with sea views, good bathroom.
Cons: food without choice - standard for breakfast (egg, sausage, cucumber, tomato, olives, cheese, sausage, jam, tea and coffee not from the machine), for dinner - chicken with rice, on the second day - potatoes with meat + salad , cake, drink, etc. (that is, there is no choice, you eat only what is offered).
Bed linen is changed once a week.
To Golden Sands 20 minutes on foot, far away.
Chaika Resort - gorgeous clear sea, good sandy beach, quiet vacation, cheap prices in supermarkets. Minus Seagulls - ugly nature, no mountains, not a well-groomed resort, half-empty houses, weeds around.
But in fact, I can say from what I saw: clean and tidy. Wi-fi worked without problems. The staff is typically Bulgarian, with a slight dislike for us.... The pool is nice and quite worthy! There is a huge plus - the hotel has a football field. The kids really have a place to run. . .
In general - better than the Crimea.