What People are saying
Charm 3* hotel
Iskren S on 07/08/2017 09:38
Perfect location, just in front of the beach and walking district of Balchik. Very close to beach bars and restaurants. Good breakfast and cool staff. Everything you need for your vacation with friends.
Great location Good Service
Stan172 on 01/08/2017 21:22
The hotel is located very close to the beach, beach bars and the walking alley. You will be close to the restaraunts, bars and attraction There is small beach to the hotel. Also we were able to find parking near the hotel every time, we tried.
The rooms were cleaned, although the sheets were changed just once in our 6 days stay. The personnel was very friendly and helpful.
Small but beautiful 3* hotel
DUMITRU C on 08/06/2017 22:35
Located on Samara street, just near walking lane along Black See side.
Small but beatiful, clean and nice rooms. Classic bathroom, nothing special but clean. Wonderful staff, thank you!
No restaurant here and no breakfast available. No elevator 😕 but this is good for sport.
You can see the see from front and side rooms (located on South, East and West side).
Quiet place, a hotel to stay for few days to enjoy Balchik attractions! Enjoy!
Not dissapointed but not overwhelmed either
Cristi L on 18/11/2016 12:10
Pros:
- close to the beach, literally 2 minutes
- right in the middle of the terraces and restaurants area
- awesome view of the harbour (there were hotels with slightly better view of the harbour but much more expensive)
- clean rooms, very nice bathroom, large, clean
Cons:
- we were located on the 3rd floor, no elevator, it's a bit of a workout, especially if with children and lots of baggage elderly persons
- the tv was a joke, i think it was a 1990 model, not important for many people but just saying
That being said, regarding the "beaches" of Balchick, they are hilarious. The one close to Valeo hotel could accommodate maybe 100 persons and the other one about 500m from the hotel, near the botanical garden could accommodate about 140 but this second one does not have direct contact with the water, you have to get down on some rock steps to get to the water. Not appealing at all, considering beaches on the Romanian seaside in comparison. Food ok, nothing spectacular, but expensive for Bulgaria.
Doesn't offer what it says on the tin!
BaffinsTyrrell on 15/08/2016 11:50
We booked via a very well known booking site after reading the hotel description..... next to botanical garden, located right on the coastal Street and a few steps from the main town. The hotel listing on here also mentions a swimming pool which was top of our list given 2 teenagers were part of our party.
Town and botanical gardens are each 1.5k from the hotel up hill and in different directions and no sight of a swimming pool!
Upon seeing a billboard of the hotel in the street showing a fabulous roof top terrace with jacuzzi and sun loungers we were notified by the hotel reception that it wasn't working..... we booked and paid in full in April so would have expected an email notifying us if some facilities were out of use during our stay.
The hotel is not on the coastal Street either, it's about 200 yards from the promenade and behind some other apartments. We did have rooms on the 2nd floor so could just about see the sea!
That said, the rooms were ok, clean but a bit tired now with the edging straps of most of the furniture falling off but the fridge was a welcome suprise.
Breakfast is offered but not included so cost 10 lev for adults and 5 lev for children and was good value for money.
Yes the Wi-Fi was free but very patchy, unreliable, best signal was in the reception or corridors outside the room, not in the hotel rooms themselves.
Parking was also a bit of an issue as the free on street parking was very limited and also used by people visiting the beach.
Finally, when notifying reception of accidentally breaking a cheap glass vase with dusty pot-pourri wedged between the TV and wall, which neither added to the aesthetics of the hotel room nor was in our other hotel room, and being told to pay 10 lev was an insult. This was waived however when the receptionist rang the hotel owners to tell them I would be highlighting the discrepancies of their online listing with hotel booking sites.
Balchik is the most expensive resort I have been too in Bulgaria, and I've been to several over the last 3 years. The beach was tiny, littered with cigarette butts and the charge for beds and umbrellas was ridiculous - 7 lev each whereas charges at another local beach in Kavarna which was much, much bigger and cleaner were only 2 lev each.