I want to share their impressions of the rest in Bulgaria (Golden Sands). Because My husband and I do not really trust the smiling girl in tur.agentstvah, always ready to take you to a poorly parsed klopovnik, the information we had to collect himself. Resorts “by 5 hotels (such as Riviera, etc.), we are not attracted, but also a huge Sunny Beach, very reminiscent of our Sochi on the number of people, too, was unhappy. Method of natural selection have remained Golden Sands and Albena, which also eliminated, since farther removed from Varna, which we had to ride very often. It was decided to go to Golden Sands. Began to choose the hotel. The choice fell on located on line 2 (120m from the beach) in the resort complex “Ermou, which was number 2 * and 3 *. Together with us was driving another couple, so the consultation, we decided to choose 3 * rooms, which promised all possible and not very comfortable. Bought the tour and were expected to leave. I have to say that was our holiday everything: good and bad, but overall it remains a positive impression of the holiday and the country.
The mood has deteriorated further in the airplane (Continental Airlines), when at the beginning of the flight, my husband asked the hostess, delivered drinks, not one, as usual, and two glasses of juice. He was told that a limited number of drinks, and if, after crawling only salon that will stay, it will give him a second glass. As you probably guessed, to drink it no longer made. I already keep silence about what such a thing as beer and wine, non-existent. You could just buy vodka or brandy on a tray Duty Free. At the airport at customs waiting for 1,5 hours, since in front of us was another IL-86 and then soared as much again on a bus in anticipation of people with different IL-86 plane had arrived an hour after us.
In hotels scattered all very quickly, but then started other troubles. For the four of us and yet the other two pairs of suits smiling director of the hotel and a pleasant voice said that over the next three days for us there is no space (a good start!) And he is at his own expense (though it’s happy!) At this time relocated us nearby hotel “Yavor” 4 *.
Hotel is certainly elegant, but balconies of all our 4 rooms look out onto a huge terrace, which is ventilated by two small windows. Breathing at night was simply nothing, and no air conditioning. To this we can still add unpacking suitcases and their zapakovyvanie 3 days. When it was time to move to its rightful place, we waited for the next blow. Non-category 2 * and 3 * were no different! This we later learned from couples living in the 2 * room, where they were supposed to be only a bathroom and a balcony, but there were more TV and minibar. But we in 3 * rooms, except all of the above were to be telephone and air conditioning, but they were not! A difference in the price of rooms was 30% of tour price! And we ate at one place and one range, although the extra charge for arranging a half board or full board was different for the 2 * and 3 * hotels. But here we have not lost since took the tour with breakfast.
Now about the food. Here awaits tourists many attractions that make the four of us the last 5 days of vacation eating only “Imodium and broths. First, it’s many restaurants with many cuisines of the world. And all I want to try! What we were doing for lunch and dinner. Especially liked the Chinese restaurant next to the hotel “Rodina”, where we visited very often. We encourage you to duck Peking style, always served with rice with vegetables and noodles in Beijing. Did not like the Indian restaurant, especially the nasty green sauce, sour cream and some herbs, which poured everything from fish to salads. In the considered the best Bulgarian restaurant “worms cancer also suggested not to go: extra charge for the program (in other restaurants that do not have), dumb and hamovaty staff, beer glasses with treschenami and nedolitym beer and glasses of wine with traces of lipstick previous visitor. There are a lot smaller and not such pompous restaurants with Bulgarian cuisine, where quality food and service at a higher level.
Secondly, it is the Bulgarian culinary traditions. Contrary to our Russian opinion, compiled from visits to our grocery store, the Bulgarians mostly eaten as a sauce, not ketchup or lecho, and sour milk, which is very counter to our Russian stomach and they poured everywhere: in a meat dish, a casserole, a soup. Towards the end I really wanted to leave something familiar and what was my horror when I brought Olivier, dressed not with mayonnaise, and sour milk. Therefore, at the order to immediately check with the waiter, is there a dish this crap and tell it not to pour. Very well that the language barrier does not exist, and in every restaurant will tell you, what is the any dish.
Third, the size of portions in restaurants. We’ve learned that in our restaurants at the plate usually put something on the size of a “eggplant caviar overseas. Therefore, during a hike in the restaurant the evening of the first day we ordered everything at once: the salad, the second with a side dish, dessert and drinks. Imagine our surprise when we brought the salad plates in the size of a soup and salad, this dish was on this huge mountain. Naturally, the whole we were not there, having decided to leave the place in the stomach for the rest. The second is the following picture: dish diameter of 30 cm with meat (or fish) and fresh vegetables and a huge bowl with a garnish.
And it’s everyone! When we all saw this, they refused to dessert once. In the following hikes we took a side dish at 4, because fresh vegetables in meat dishes may well replace it and one salad for 2. And now about the prices. The resorts are considerably higher than in Varna. But even so, I do not think an expensive dinner to dump a drink on the 4 for $ 25. The prices for wine are as follows: in a restaurant costs $ 4 a bottle, in the resort store $ 2, and in Varna, this same bottle costs $ 1. I recommend the red “Kadarka, and white -” Donkey’s milk “. Prices for fruit at the resort about 1,5-2 $ / kg, while in Varna, 0,5 $ / kg. And the exchange rate there is much more profitable, so we went out there and very often.
Now about the resort. Very well lie down with the kids. Quietly and not compatriots unspoiled intelligence officials and thick necks with gold chains as thick as a finger. The main contingent – ours and the Germans (or pension, or young people with young children). For the young there are many discos at various levels. A very memorable picture that is repeated each night at the pool, which went out of our windows. This group Finow that after the closure of restaurants at 2 am moved to the pool, rest of the night they’re splashing and drinking on and yelled at about 6 am one of them nubud necessarily very loud vomit, after which they went to sleep. I really wanted to throw them something heavier.
Now tours. In Nessebar we did not have time to go, though, and wanted. On the boat we also do not swim, because Tour 2 times postponed due to bad weather. On the jeep safari is not gone, because did not want to shake in the breakup of the Bulgarian roads.