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9. toukokuuta 2025
Writing on night of a 70+ birthday..not really beach weather yet, but could have been a lot less pleasant, as yesterday was ! OK - the travel agent said 'Bulgaria'..I thought 'Well, it's a new country to tick off' & by the time it came to do any checking on Sunny Beach, the deal was done ! Let's get this out of the way - the resort, quiet as it is in early May, will assuredly suit many folk looking for a 'lively' break. Am NO T one of them ! The hotel, and the lovely, clean beach & sea panorama in front and to the sides, is a different matter ! The hotel's really well-appointed; clean, bright, welcoming (though the Bulgarians would probably never claim to be as overtly hospitable as Brits may be used to in more traditional destinations) and in most respects a great success. Disappointments - relatively few - are that in a very short 'open' season there are still no signs of a beach life (the first 4 days here certainly warranted it), there was no a la carte restaurant open for a birthday dinner, & the best bar in the hotel declares itself not part of the AI package, so remains pathetically empty, despite a TV with all the sport you could hope for. Found this 'catch' for the very first time in a Tunisian hotel in March, & it's just as unimpressive this time around. Never felt the need to go out for food...& I'm pretty well-travelled & fussy (+ the 'recommended' choices in town could easily cost as much as a v. decent restaurant in UK); other bars on-site do OK ( + there are pleasant little nibbles available alongside); the whole ambience of the hotel is clean/efficient/providing all you are likely to want. Oh - little extra - on returning to my room just before lunch today there was a small package with 'Happy Birthday' chocolates from the hotel...absolutely NO way I'd given any indication of the occasion. Gotta be worth a try, eh?
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