Hotels Near PIGEON ZOO/ Гълъбите Света Елена in Varna

A BAD BAD EXPERIENCE - NEVER GO BACK HERE Let's start in chronological order: you arrive at the hotel, but you need to be careful because there are many options that the GPS provides you (here I was lucky that a friend who was already staying at the hotel shared their location from the parking lot near the reception), paid parking where you need to take a parking ticket that needs to be validated at checkout to avoid charges (I don't know what to do if you want to drive around nearby places, maybe you can validate it every time you go to the reception, but I'm skeptical that it would work); the first interaction with the reception staff follows (they are a bit awkward in communicating in English, but we somehow understand each other), there is no bellboy or person to help you with your luggage as you typically see in 5-star hotels, not that I needed one (I did see someone later in the corridors, but they didn't do anything, and also another guest carrying their luggage on their own rollbox - ridiculous). After a normal wait, I finally receive the room and to my surprise, even though I paid for a sea view, I get a room on the ground floor with a view of the bar terrace and the access stairs (I mention that there are Astor Garden Villas between the hotel and the sea that block the view); I return to the reception where the staff is aggressive in their language, and they tell me that you can see the sea... I manage to convince them to come with me to the room and they show me that you can actually see a small portion of the sea if you make an effort... with frustration, I manage to persuade them to give us another room... which turns out to be on the first floor where I can see a bit more of the sea (although Astor Garden Villas are still quite visible)... I give up and accept the room that was given to me (I regret it now because later, being above the restaurant, the noise was terrible - tourists dragging metal chairs early in the morning or employees throwing dishes and cutlery as if they wanted to break them - they did this throughout the day in the restaurant or outside); Spacious room, new furniture, clean (when I received the room), after that I was constantly chasing the housekeepers to clean or change towels and replenish shampoo, toilet paper, drinking water, etc.; I asked for cleaning on the second-to-last day of stay and was told they would finish tomorrow and couldn't do it - another drawback), large bathroom with a shower cabin and a bathtub (the bathtub doesn't have a shower head) and when you shower, water splashes everywhere in the bathroom, making it very slippery; I also wish the carpet wasn't so rough when you step on it barefoot; ATTENTION!! There's a minibar in the room, but everything inside is chargeable, so maybe make a small inventory when you enter to avoid paying for things you didn't consume, the air conditioning in the room, as well as in the hotel, seems to be working with the brakes on, it doesn't cool enough, and i

Хотелът е моден,чест и удобен в центъра.. Има малък басейн и сауна на последния етаж .Персоналът е много любезен и усложлив. Закуската е много богата и разнообразна и много мила хостеса.Посещавам го многократно и винаги оставам удовлетворена. The hotel is fashionable, clean and comfortable in the center.. There is a small pool and a sauna on the top floor. The staff is very kind and helpful. The breakfast is very rich and varied and the hostess is very nice. I visit it many times and I am always satisfied.

Great location, close to everything, excellent service. Breakfast is very good. The staff is nice and helpful. Since the place is in the center, the entire city celebration and decibels are easily heard, but they last until 23:30 at the most. Only one annoying thing was that the night life lovers shout loudly at night. The hotel is currently undergoing renovations, but the quality does not suffer much from this.

Hotel is directly on the Main Street, with lots of little side streets to wander around nearby. Only 15 mins walk from the seafront too. Staff very friendly and helpful. Hotel was immaculately clean and room was spacious and well equipped. We didn’t have breakfast included in our deal, but got it cheaply there, for less than £10 for two of us. The sports bar in the hotel had really friendly staff and super cheap food and drinks. We also used the small ****** downstairs - it was machine only, but the hotel offers a free 10 leva bonus when spending 10, so a cheap evening out! Would recommend local restaurant, the Sundog and the Orient for lovely food. Only real tip to share is not to bother booking transfers from the airport to the hotel - we did and really overpaid! A taxi is only 10-15 leva (less than £10) and we paid double this as the hotel details stated it was an hour from the airport - in reality it was only about 15-20 mins. We travelled in the Easter holidays and many of the seafront attractions were not open, but still a pleasant place to visit and would be much luckier in the summer months!

Hotel located 5/10 min walk from the cathedral and about 10 min from the beach. Spacious and clean room. Parking possible in addition. Quality of half-pension meals is correct, but little choice.

Slightly older hotel with recently refurbished rooms and reception. Rooms are nice and service ok. It is not a four star hotel. Maybe room is three, but lacking amienties to be four. Breakfast is simple and no more than two star. Bed a little too hard for my liking. AC is central govern with just modest control in the room. Room temperature set to high. Curtains not fully lightproof. A bit out of city center. Quiet in the hotel for sleep quality

The hotel is very cheap and the showers are beautifully strong and quickly warm, which was not everywhere in Bulgaria. Also the minibar in the room has various snacks when you arrive late and nothing more open is super. Unfortunately, the good review ends with this. The room and the whole hotel is extremely old. The worst was the strong smell after distant smoke in the room. I am also a smoker myself, but this smell in the bedroom doesn't go at all. The floor was also very sticky, almost like in a club. The area is rather left, I arrived around 21:30 and there is no shop or restaurant anywhere. I booked 2 nights but after 1 night I'm in a just a little more expensive hotel near the city center, which is excellent. If one doesn't disturb smoke and for one night it's okay, but I'm better paying CHF 20. - more and have a more friendly, pleasant accommodation for it.