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From debi From bulgaria, sent on 17 June 2004 hi any one who has stayed at the flora apartments zora village could they let men know what it is like i have just read a e mail saying zora village is like abomb site lots of building work we are going in august thanks |
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From graham sinclair From scotland, sent on 17 June 2004 going to sunny day hotel on 3rd july any info on this hotel,was at the karona/flamingo last yearand if sunny day is as good we will have nothing to worry about, thanks |
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From Javier From Spain, sent on 15 June 2004 Hi! Am a spanish guy (27) whoґs gonna be working the whole summer (July-September) at the Sunny Beach office of my company and I dont really know anybody there yet.... so I just was wondering if anybody is going to be in the same situation than me then we could maybe hang out or whatever. Thanks! |
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From Tracy McMillan From Lanarkshire, sent on 12 June 2004 Going to Sunny Beach - Hotel Slavyanski this Friday. Has anyone heard of it, what is it like? Also any tips on where to go shopping? |
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From Keith Willis From England, sent on 11 June 2004 What can I say? Don’t go! We have just returned from a two week holiday in Sunny Beach and it was, as far as I was concerned, the very worst holiday I have ever had. We travelled with Balkan Holidays from Bristol. The flight was good and on time but "dry" so take your own if you like a drink to calm your flight nerves. We went self-catering being the best way to meet the locals......but not on this occasion. The accommodation was fairly good accepted it was over half a mile from the beach and not the stated 200 metres; it was also up a steep hill (not mentioned in the brochure). The whole of the northern end of Sunny Beach is a building site with every spare scrap of land being built on. There is also a lot of building else ware so be prepared for it. We had electricity power cuts and water cuts several times we were over there which made our catering arrangements haphazard to say the least. The organised trips were a rip off. Promises of beautiful scenery and getting to interact with the local people in the villages were one long attempt to take every last Lev out of your pockets. Everyone we met was out to fleece the tourist so be aware of your personal safety and guard your money well. There are pickpockets and there are some who will snatch a bag without a second thought. I am sure that the history of Bulgaria is fascinating and I did manage to get the chronology of who came and conquered when and where sorted our eventually but that is no thanks to the tour guides whose command of the English language is poor to say the least. If you are German, Russian or Turkish then you will be fine. I got the distinct impression that the people of Sunny Beach suffer the English and provide a "second rate service". Which I proved by speaking German and getting 5 star treatment until I reverted to English and everything changed. Following many discussions with people in some of the 4 and 5 star hotels in Sunny Beach I can only say that I am glad at least to have provided my own food or going to restraunts. In general terms the food is diabolical. The Balkan Holiday brochure promised that there would be tennis courts, horse riding, and a land train to take us in to the centre of Sunny Beach. Not so! It was a long walk or expensive taxi ride to the centre. We could take a bus but standing in the middle of an active building site with dust and the detritus that accompanies this trade was no pleasure one attempts more than once. Prices in bars are at the discretion of the management and can change daily or as I found out hourly depending on the number of punters present. But generally drinks and food were reasonably priced, don’t buy imported beers and spirits they are very expensive. Shop around for restraunts, there are plenty to pick from and I can recommend the "Jupiter" one street back from the front going north from the central plaza. The house speciality "The Jupiter Sizzler" is to die for. If you are going to buy souvenirs go to old Nessebar much cheaper and the people are friendlier. And if you are self catering get a taxi or bus to new Nessebar, the food there is very cheap and the supermarkets well stocked. Coming home was again a good flight but if you want duty free goods you cannot use you’re left over Leva in the airport they only take Euros. Catering for our European cousins again. My overall impressions were in a nutshell a total waste of two weeks holiday unless your into sun worship, which will cost you the earth if you go on the beach and use the sun beds and umbrellas or slightly less if you use the facilities at your hotels (NOTHING IS FREE IN SUNNY BEACH) or you like drinking cheap beer or like eating yourself stupid and overloading with cholesterol. I do however recommend the water taxis to and from Old Nessebar at 8 Leva about Ј2.25 one way it’s very relaxing and you get to meet some very interesting people A note for the wary. There are Dancing Bears on the front during the evenings. These are brought in buy the gypsies of which there are many mostly begging. The police don’t do any thing about this barbaric activity and beware prostitutes mainly around the central plaza area again during the evening and late into the night. Finally DO NOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR THE MONEY CHANGING BOOTHS. Several folks I spoke with did not heed this warring and lost out big time. Use ATM's of which there are many dotted about, banks or your hotels. |
