Первый и последний раз! First and last time!

It takes a very long time to get by bus from Ivano-Frankivsk, it’s even scary to think how much to travel from other cities. The surrounding landscape is depressing, on one side there are houses, but opposite the construction site it’s not clear, I came to the resort to relax or admire the construction sites of new establishments opposite. The rivers are very sad, the mountain rivers flowing through Bukovel are covered with garbage, beer cans, bottles, construction waste, very sad. Very little snow, drove on 28.12. 12. , there was no snow at all on the way to Bukovel! In Yaremche, which is not far from Bukovel, there was not a single snowflake at all! And this is half an hour from Bukovel. In Bukovel itself, the situation was more optimistic, the tracks were coated with artificial snow, but it was not possible to ride comfortably, since most of the tracks are ice, you get on it and immediately lose control over the snowboard and skis.
The staff is low-skilled at the reception, they do not always answer the greeting, they ignore it, apparently they are very busy gathering in contact, only if you ask something, then they reluctantly answer that they are being forced to do something not related to their direct duties. The porter, if you can call them that, uncultured lounging on the sofas in the reception, if they are told to take the guest to the guest's room, they do not even offer to help carry the luggage, although this applies to their duties, as I found out later. This is despite the fact that you need not only to carry a backpack a couple of meters to the elevator, but you need to drag it uphill for five minutes up the stairs, getting to the right house, where you come all in soap, and the porter at least waddles.
The economy room is clean, very warm, I even had to turn down the heating and it was cozy, there is hot water in the shower around the clock, there is a TV, a small refrigerator, a kettle, a tray with two cups on saucers, with two glasses and a useful bonus, a corkscrew : ) There is a wardrobe in which there are three trempels, not enough, but thanks for that, as well as a large number of shelves. By the bed on both sides of the bedside table and a separate lamp. A small minus to get between the table (which has a built-in refrigerator) and the bed, you need to squeeze into a narrow passage 15-20 cm sideways. The noise insulation of the windows is poor, passing cars can be heard very well, this problem could be partially solved by calling specialists from the window installer company to adjust the fittings, which they should and should have done from the very beginning. The doors also do not save from noise, you can hear how the neighbors come and go, since there are only three rooms on the corridor, but you can’t hear what’s going on behind the wall.

Upon arrival, it turned out that both lamps in the corridor were not lit, I told the porter about this, the young man said that he would pass on the request, I think that I should immediately leave him behind, after a couple of days, I met their administrator on the way to the house, the girl asked if everything suits, reported that there was no light, said to decide, and no longer endured, every evening in the descendants to get to the room, a week later, called the reception and in the evening they finally fixed the light. Shower, I liked everything here, very warm, clean, small bottles of shampoo and soap are added every day, heated floors, drying for things, besides, before leaving I had three extra rolls of paper)), why I don’t understand so much, apparently it’s supposed to be constantly added) Room cleaning was carried out during my absence, which is not very intrusive, plus they made the bed, this is a very pleasant little thing, because after sleeping it was a mess.
Meals, I liked everything here), meals in one of the restaurants of your choice, that is, if you want, you can choose any, but then there will be breakfasts until the end of departure, and by default, meals take place in the closest to the housing, I had it "Filvarok", breakfast from 8-00 to 11-00, at the entrance very friendly and polite waiters, smart people, such service cheers up, act like invisible people, do their job without disturbing anyone (which cannot be said about the evening shift, there are already there were waiters insolent, not so delicate and professional), the room is clean, the breakfast is very varied and hearty, I will list one of these: scrambled eggs and bacon (closed in a special heated dish), fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, meat and cheese cuts , and buns, mashed potatoes and sausages, pancakes with cottage cheese, pancakes, cheesecakes, they come with sour cream or jam to choose from, as well as apples, oranges, milk porridge, chocolate balls and corn flakes, as well as milk for them, donuts, bagels, zavy puff pastry rolls
. All this is washed down with uzvar, juice, water, yogurt, kefir, tea, coffee. All fresh, tasty and natural)
It takes a long time to get to the main lifts, 15-20 minutes on foot from the house, and back is even more difficult, the same 15-20 minutes, but already uphill, tired, exhausted and up the stairs, you had to take a break if you go in ski or snowboard boots.

Food prices in restaurants are cosmic, I was especially pleased with "Bugel", 30 hryvnia for 0.3 Fanta? (which is funny, on the contrary there is a grocery store where you can buy the same fanta at an adequate price: ) ) O_o 48 hryvnias for 100 g of chop? , 100g chop costs 10 times! more expensive than 100g of meat! Pizzeria "Felicita", 100 hryvnia for a thin piece of dough with five, exactly! petals! ham, the thickness of a hair and a layer of cheese, plus the terminal does not work, so if you expected to get a discount on a discount card, then it will not work.
Restaurant "Kazachok", second floor, "Ice bar", very cozy, stylish, beautiful, beautiful, friendly girls - waitresses, prices, like everywhere else, are cosmic, but comfortable, tasty, there was only one minus that VIP Goden according to the description on the website of the Bukovel store, it gives a 15% discount on "Kazachok", but upon presentation of the card to the waitress, and then to the administrator, they had round eyes and said that such cards do not work for them, I hope the management has already decided this unpleasant nuance.
Unfortunately, this is not a European level resort, but an ordinary low-level resort, like Crimea, only in winter.
For the same money, you can go to Finland, the Alps, the same Courchevel, to a three-star hotel, to Slovakia, where the level of comfort and service will correspond to the level of payment, and will not be the same as in the homegrown resort of Bukovel, where there is no snow and a lot of unpleasant moments.
And it’s also worth remembering the incident with the celebration of the New Year in Bukovel, at first for some reason information was delayed about who would sit where at the New Year’s banquet, right up to December 31, and then it turned out that those who bought the New Year’s program with artists for 1800 hryvnias, get to an ordinary modest banquet in one of the Bukovel restaurants, and to get to the New Year's program with the artists of Mogilevskaya, Krivoshapno and the Indi group, you need to pay only 3200 hryvnias! , since such a program already costs 5.000 hryvnias, well, I haven’t seen such a scam for a long time. The program for 1800 hryvnia was held in the same institution "Buka", but in the hall opposite the one in which the program "with artists" was held and it was impossible to get in, there were guards at the entrance, as well as special paper bracelets that separated mere mortals from those at the VIP banquet.

The program, like the table for 1800 hryvnia, is miserable, the table is modest, 250 grams of champagne + 250 grams of wine per person))) Rude and arrogant waiters, a performance by unknown artists, and then a disco, with the same daylight)) and music 80s)) the DJ put on the tracks and rested, only the old people had fun. DO NOT TAKE the New Year's program in Bukovel, first check the cost, and also, this is a program with artists or just a cheap feast! Although there is one BUT, if you do not take at least the New Year's program for 1800 hryvnia, then there will be no breakfast.
As for discount cards, they work very tricky, if you want to get a discount on rental and lifts for them, then you need to buy vouchers in the online store in advance (and for the New Year, and in general at least 2 months in advance), otherwise, a discount of 60 % (VIP Golden) declared on the site already turns into 40% in November)), it’s also interesting about VIP Brilliant, at first they give a 100% discount on rental, and then in November already 60%)), and in December they don’t operates, it is not at all clear why such discount cards, which operate only selectively, at certain unfavorable terms, and, as it turned out in practice, not in all establishments))