Marina Grand Beach Hotel, Golden Sands

Ebony and Irony do Golden Sands

Advantages: Proper brand name Coke and large bottle servings - I'm easily pleased, y'see
Disadvantages: The busy areas are even busier at night

use them even if I had, since everyone assumed you wouldn't speak any Bulgarian. Turns out, they assumed right. Golden Sands is served by Varna airport ("the 2nd largest in Bulgaria" is still tiny) about 30 mins away. Varna city is slightly nearer and is a nice half-day out. Other excursions include 'Bulgaria without make-up' where you go into a 'typical Bulgarian house' (or as 'typical' as any house can be, when it lets 20+ tourists march through it every day), trips to Rumania and Turkey, and to the waterpark on the other side of Golden Sands (entrance is about 20 Lv so it's not dirt cheap). Spa treatments are widely available at many hotels and you don't have to be a resident to indulge, but they get booked up so plan ahead. Typical prices for these and other items are below. (1 Lv was 35p when we were there) A 45 min ...

zoe_page 21.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Golden Sands Resort

Atlantica Golden Beach Hotel - Golden all the way

Advantages: All inclusive with great food, no kids, great staff
Disadvantages: None

We wanted to have a break away just the two of us without our kids and knew we wanted an all inclusive break. After much deliberation we decided to try the Atlantica Golden Beach and were not disappointed. This is a Thomson Gold Hotel and we received Gold service from the minute we booked. Everyone was so friendly. When we arrived into Paphos airport we were quickly shown to our bus and because it is a Gold hotel you are dropped off first. The Manager and staff were there to greet us with drinks and a short information session about where restaurants, bars, facilities were. We had upgraded our room to a Double Superior and this meant that we were guaranteed a sea view along with a bottle of wine, fruit, bathrobes, slippers, television, cd player and canopy over our large double bed. There was one large buffet restaurant ...

Dopeygirl 22.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Atlantica Golden Beach Hotel, Paphos

Ebony and Irony do Bulgaria

Advantages: Right on the beach
Disadvantages: Some of the staff need a good talking to

at this hotel. ** Why Bulgaria? Why Golden Sands? Why Iberostar? We chose this destination for a few reasons (the weather, the duty free, the prices) but mainly, it has to be said, because it was one of the few places in the package holiday brochures that neither of us had visited, well travelled little minxes that we are. We chose Golden Sands for no specific reason, though once we did so we reassured ourselves it sounded just a smidge more high class than the main alternative, Sunny Beach. Our main aim for the trip was to combine some sun and sand with spa treatments, so we narrowed our choice to hotels that had in house salons, and then went for a big name chain, Iberostar, on the assumption they might be better than some stand alone local hotel. Not that we don't support local businesses, you understand, but sometimes you just don ...

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Review of Hotel Iberostar Obzor and Igrez Beach, Golden Sands