Elenite - Visitor Comments

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05 Jul, 2006	Michaela (81.179.53.41)	Royal Park hotel	Richard Thank you so much for getting back to me. It is a relief after reading bad reviews to actually hear from someone who has stayed and enjoyed it.
04 Jul, 2006	Richard (81.174.151.165)	Royal Park, Elenite	Michaela Sorry I haven't replied sooner. Got back from Royal Park on 27th June after a 2 week break there. Overall we had a great time there. Hotel is lovely and clean, maids were very friendly and couldn't do enough for the children :) The maids are always cleaning and work very long hours. We had 2 interconnecting rooms which were superb, both with balconies and overlooking the sea. Excellent for watching the dolphins in the bay which was superb! Food was very good first week but was not so good the second but we all survived. Good pizza at the Talyana during the day and also the kebabs at the pool garden were great! Hot dogs available at various places including the pool bar outside the hotel. The coffe shop in the village is great with ice creams (Banana & Chocolate my fave!) and some superb turkish delight on offer. My kids also had a passion or the chocolate biscuits. Anyway as I said we didn't starve and in fact I came home 11lb heavier and my wife gained half a stone :) Alcoholic drinks were ok as were the coffee and cold drinks. No complaints there. The entertainment was sufficient but usually over by 10.30pm. Ok though if you have a family. Entertainment is mostly held in the animation hall. The first choice reps entertainment is ok, but the bulgarian animation team shows are much better. We sometime went into the nightclub after the shows (Kids allowed too) for a boogie. It stays open until 2.00am but remember you pay for your drinks after 12 midnight. Didn't hear any noise for the building work, and the waterpark is now open. Wasn't fussed on sunny beach, but went to Nessebar on the boat (10.30am at the pier outside hotel) which was a good day out. It leaves Nessebar at 2.30pm arriving back at Elenite at 3.35pm. So, how would I sum up my holiday? Well, the food could be slightly improved, but i think the key here is to remember how much this holiday cost. weighing this up it is excellent value for money! Would I go again??? I've already booked for 11th June next year! Enjoy!
04 Jul, 2006	tracy (195.93.21.35)	2007, change over to EU	hi could any one tell me when bulgaria join the EU in jan 2007 by next summer will the currency still be the lev or the dreaded euro! we have booked up for this year but are thinking of elinites for our next holiday and since cyprus joined the EU it has gone to exspensive
04 Jul, 2006	rodney roskruge (84.13.47.191)	royal park	this hotel is great.........but you better be aware i have just come back today with a party of 17 we had two weeks at this hotel,the first 3 days the food was just ok.then it happened we started to drop like flys with sickness and shits no other way to put it. the worst hit was a 10 year old and 3 year old we had to tack them to the doctor and he put it down to food poisoning. the food on offer is for the germans many off them and not for us britts.a very nice place to eat is the four towers at sunny beach it gets 10/10...........this holiday was a let down
03 Jul, 2006	LFC (86.141.34.203)	ThankX	Hi Graham, Yes very useful thankyou very much for spending the time to write and let us know. Kind Rgds, LFC>
03 Jul, 2006	LFC (86.141.34.203)	ThankX	Hi Graham, Yes very useful thankyou very much for spending the time to write and let us know. Kind Rgds, LFC>
03 Jul, 2006	Graham (86.129.234.201)	Royal Bay	LFC: Yes, you can use the facilities at Royal Park. The only place you have to pay anything is the Irish Bar. We found the buffet food at Royal Bay to be very good. We also tried the Bulgarian restaurant Sozopol. Recommended on Sun/Mon when they have entertainment. With all the restaurants you have to queue from 9.30am (early June). The info on the resort is misleading as it says you can book between 10am and 11am but they are booked up by 10.05am if not earlier. Hope this helps. Really enjoyed it but make sure you get out of the resort for one or two or three days etc and use the public transport as it is very cheap and reasonably comfortable for the long trips to Bourgas and also I believe to Varna (There is a bus station at Sunny Beach). We avoided the organised trips as they were expensive in Bulgarian terms (IE British type prices). Note the local buses between Elenite and Sunny Beach can be crowded especially the return bus at 17.30. Hope this helps Graham
02 Jul, 2006	LFC (86.135.129.91)	Hotel Royal Bay	Hi, we are going to Hotel Royal Bay, can we still use the facilites at Hotel Royal Park? - as I understand it the Elenite resort is all inclusive thru-out, am I right?
30 Jun, 2006	simon (152.163.100.67)		Hi no kettles in rooms take your own. travellers cheaques can be cashed at hotel but we took national wide card and went to the bank in suuny beach and took money out no cost. ciggies and brooze cheaper at the airport on the way out alot cheaper 200 ciggies 16.00lev. Food not that bad try all the places to eat and you will find some not bad, some days its very nice some its not very bad but hard to find something you like. jet skis on the beach dont know how much but pedalos £1.50 approx for 1/2 hour. young kids will love the beach its great older ones it may be boring for thembut the water park is now open hope this helps
29 Jun, 2006	trevor (88.105.203.218)		we are going to royal park hotel on the 10th of july, my wife and i will be meeting a few friends there, we have a few kids between us ranging from 4 / 15 years, some of the reveiws are sending me in to cold sweats. we are welsh and can make our own fun but still i am concerned about the building work and the food that is so often mentioned about this hotel any feed back will be well appreciated
29 Jun, 2006	danny c (62.252.128.15)	royal park	hi to all me my wife and kid are going on 10th july with 2 other families can anyone give us some tips were we can go for a good night out none of these rave clubs or that just a good club for us oldies lol we are in our 40s. someone please give us some good reports about this place as most of them are all bad ones,also what about water sports is there any at the hotel, also the rooms how many rooms are there in your room as we have a 1 twin room
29 Jun, 2006	Michaela (81.179.53.41)	Royal Park hotel	Richard I was wondering how you found your holiday? I know you must be just about back. There is a large crowd of us going in August and I know you were concerned about several things and would be interested to hear how you got on. Can you change travellers cheques in the hotel? Thanks
29 Jun, 2006	Michaela (81.179.53.41)	Royal Park hotel	Richard I was wondering how you found your holiday? I know you must be just about back. There is a large crowd of us going in August and I know you were concerned about several things and would be interested to hear how you got on. Can you change travellers cheques in the hotel? Thanks
29 Jun, 2006	donna (80.4.185.241)		my husband would love to have a go on the jet ski's are they any near the royal park hotel and are they expensive
29 Jun, 2006	donna llewellyn (80.4.185.241)	vodka	hi we are going to horel royal park on 10th july is it cheaper for me to buy my vodka at the airport or in elinite/sunny beach.
29 Jun, 2006	J (193.128.219.97)	Babies Bottle	Hi Michelle, I take it from your question you are taking a small child? - I am looking to go with my wife & daughter in early July but my wife is concerned it will be too hot for her and the flight too long. Our friends have already booked and I'm sure she would be OK as long as we use our common sense but Im having trouble convincing her its a good idea, our daughter has just turned 1.
28 Jun, 2006	michelle (195.93.21.35)		does anybody know if there is a kettle in the rooms as need to make babies bottle
27 Jun, 2006	simon (205.188.116.7)	royal park	Hi we have just got back from the royal park , 9 of us went 4 adults 5 children age 4 to 11 , I can only tell you want we had . got they after midnight people still cleaning , rooms huge air con in 1 room not good the other too good , beach sent all week on it great, food ok just you can live on it but you would not buy it some days better than others , snacks during the day ok , drinks cold and plenty of them , water park opened the day we left right out side the front doors. Overall we had a great holiday we did not eat in all the places you can , if you have older kids could be boring for them at nights but for young familes its good nice and clean and safe.
27 Jun, 2006	first choice traveller (195.137.14.208)	holidays in royal park hotel	i am going to royal park hotel in august! is there anything there for kids and where is the water park... is it in the resort?
27 Jun, 2006	michelle (195.93.21.35)		does anybody know if the water park is finished yet or when it is due to be
27 Jun, 2006	Lisa (195.93.21.35)	Royal Park questions	You can exchange money at the hotel, not sure about travellers cheques. The nearest cashpoint is in sunny beach which is 20lev in a cab and there is an infrequent bus service there. The fags are cheap, i bought 400 bensons at the airport which averaged out to £10 for 200. Buying fags singlely (20) at the resort is around 2.40levs (£1) but I didn't find anything other than bulgarian brands but they were ok. For the world cup you can watch matches in the Irish Bar, they have 2 plasma tv's so you won't miss a thing. Hope this helps everyone:-)
27 Jun, 2006	michelle (195.93.21.35)	world cup	hi,nicola was wondering where would you say it is best to watch the football on sat as going on friday, thanks michelle
27 Jun, 2006	Nicola (84.13.244.183)		I have just got back from the royal park hotel, and i can say it was a really lovely place. The actual resort is quite out of the way but it has everything you, if your taking small children they seem to be kept entertained most of the time. the main pool is nice but its a little cold and there are loads of kids splashing about, i recommend the pool next to where u get the ice creams, its warm and a lot quiter. The weather whe nwe left was 30 but it felt hotter which was great for getting a tan. the first choice reps are great they are more than happy to help youand there is always some one about. the food was OK, it was the same kind of thing every night, but usually there is just enough choice to find something you like, if not the snacks durning the day are lovely especially the pizza! we visited the BBQ restaurant on one occassion, i dont recommend it at all, the food was covered in fly's and instead of covering the food up the staff just brushed them off... it was very off putting. the staff dont speak very good english and some of them were quite rude, BEWARE do not leave anything of any value round the pool one of the cleaning staff stole my watch we saw her do it but before we could do any thing about she has vanished. also do not leave any change about in yours rooms and that also tends to dissapear! There are 2 memebers of staff downstairs in the morris bar who were great, as soon as ur drink was empty they brought u another one ver without you asking. finally one last thing about the airport on the way home.. it is very small and basic, we were delayed by 2 and a half hours but were not informed of it, i only found out by contacting afriend at home who checked the gatwick airport and told me about it,the staff didn't seem to know what was going on and there are no departure screens. other than that the yholiday was really relaxing, i recommend nessebar and if u want something more lively visiting sunny beach. I hope you all have a great time!
26 Jun, 2006	Michaela (81.179.53.41)	Royal Park Hotel	Can anybody tell me if you can cash Travellers cheques in the hotel, also is there a cash point?
26 Jun, 2006	TopKeeper (193.128.219.97)	FirstChoice	Hi, Could someone tell me if there are any other operators who use this Hotel, I can only seem to find it on First Choices website, do they have the hotel excusivly? Ta, J.
24 Jun, 2006	Graham (86.129.244.28)	Water Park	Michaela: Between June 12 and 19 workmen were still working on the water park near to the Royal Park. Most of the things appeared to be in place. It looked as if they were in the latter stages but I am not an expert.
23 Jun, 2006	dawn (82.34.122.61)	fags	how cheap are the fags in bulgaria ??? DOES ANYONE KNOW ???
23 Jun, 2006	emma (80.4.224.4)	buses	thanks bus driver .i hear that eyebrows are all the rage there this summer lol x
23 Jun, 2006	Michaela (81.179.53.41)	Royal Park Hotel	There is a large group of us going to this hotel in August, can anybody tell me about the Water Park? Is it finished?
22 Jun, 2006	michelle (195.93.21.35)		where are you traveling from? we are going from manchester
22 Jun, 2006	Graham (86.129.234.255)		Sean: Sorry for delay in replying. The weather last week (12-19) was dodgy to start with regular thunderstorms and cool then became hot and dry over the weekend - excellent sunbathing conditons. Those staying at Royal Bay beware. When they built the hotel they failed to make the road up to it wide enough for large coaches. In the middle of the night when we arrived we had to switch to a shuttle bus. On our return the shuttle bus failed to turn up and security would not allow the big coach to come to hotel so we had to walk up hill to meet the coach for about half a mile. Fortunately they took the cases in a golf buggy.
22 Jun, 2006	bus driver (80.4.224.4)	buses	hello emma busses every half an hr for pretty english girls.... lol
22 Jun, 2006	tony (80.4.224.4)	fags	i know you can buy 400 for £24 on plane thats what it says on our tickets. we are also flying on the 30th.
22 Jun, 2006	michelle (195.93.21.35)	cigarettes	Does anyone know how cheap the cigarettes are? We are going on the 30th of june cant wait.
22 Jun, 2006	emma (80.4.224.4)	buses	how often do the buses run to sunny beach and until what time in the evenings,thanks
22 Jun, 2006	Graham (86.129.234.255)	Currency	We stayed at Royal Bay June 12 and 19, all inclusive. between us we only spent £120 including gifts for ourselves and friends etc and a safe deposit box. So you should not spend too much. Public transport is very cheap but the service from Sunny Beach to Elenite is a little infrequent so the 17.30 can be very crowded. Food at Royal Bay (which is a four star) is excellent. Tried the breakfast buffet at the Nessebur Restaurant (which I think is for the holiday homes) and that was disappointing. Would reccommend the Sozopol a la carte on Sunday or Monday because they have Bulgarian singing and dancing and they encourage you to join in plus there is a "cow" which likes to kiss the ladies. Food here is traditional Bulgarian. With the a la carte they say book between 10an amd 11am but there is a queue from 9.30am certainly at the Sozopol and the others put the full sign up very quickly. Finally the Bulgarians, despite the language problem, are very friendly and helpful. As we got off the public bus at Bourgas, the conductress said to us individually go to bay one for the return journey and handed us a timetable. You don't get that with Stagecoach. And definitely finally, try the sea as it is less crowded than the pool area. Very sandy bottom after a few intial pebbles (a couple of yards). At Royal Bay we were able to eat anywhere on resort.
22 Jun, 2006	wilson (82.34.122.61)	duty free	my wife and i are traveling in july we have never been to bulgaria before should we wait till we get out there to buy our perfume and cigarettes or is it cheaper at gatwick ??????
21 Jun, 2006	Paul (82.109.66.144)	Colours	On no. I'll be in me Arsenal ones then. Im sure we can slate each other over a few beers. Ive got 7 Norwegians with me :o( (But thet are a good laugh and like a beer, thea,dults anyway)
21 Jun, 2006	tony (80.4.224.4)	world cup	hello paul, you will know us! were the sad ones in southampton colours with 2 other familys. ( and england colours)
21 Jun, 2006	Paul (82.110.109.208)	MOney	Ive been told its best to change money up before I go. So have a nice bundle of Lev to take with. Tony, Will check out bars and let U know when U arrive if I find ya. I'll be the sad english man married to a Norwegian with full england colours on.
20 Jun, 2006	DONNA (195.93.21.35)	world cup	The best bar on site to watch the game is the irish bar but it is a pay bar and also couldn't get english channels while we was there so had to watch the game without commentry, they have trips running with first choice to a bar in sunny beach. we found the best thing to do was to go to sunny beach.
20 Jun, 2006	Sharon (80.192.4.140)	Different room types	Hi, im looking for advice from people who have been to Hotel Royal Park. Im looking to book a separate room for my daughter and a room for myself and my boyfriend. Looking on first choice - dosent explain clearly the difference between the suites and the twin interconnecting rooms. Can anyone please let me know if they have stayed in either of these rooms?? Thanks Sharon
20 Jun, 2006	dawn (82.34.122.61)	money	my husband and i are going on the 3 july for a week should we change our money before we go and is it cheaper to buy our fags at the airport before we travel is anyone traveling the same day ?
20 Jun, 2006	tony (80.4.224.4)	irish bar!	Thanks paul 1st day of our hols is the quarter final and cant miss england. I hear the irish bar have no irish beers no irish music and bulgarian bar staff ...... sounds irish to me ....lol.
19 Jun, 2006	Paul (82.110.109.208)	World Cup	See ya there. I heard the Irish Bars showing the football
19 Jun, 2006	tony (80.4.224.4)	world cup	Hello, going to royal park on the 30/6/06 can you recommend a good bar to watch england get to the final.... cheers
19 Jun, 2006	Paul (82.110.109.208)	Currency	Thanks very much for that Donna. Its just as well as I have changed £600 up already lol.
19 Jun, 2006	donna (195.93.21.35)	lev	hi paul you can definatly take lev into the country and if you decide to take travelers cheques don't change at the hotel as the rates are quite high go to one of the main banks in sunny beach. we also took our debit card (switch) and could draw out of the machines over there for a small fee by your bank. hope this helps.
19 Jun, 2006	Paul (82.110.109.208)	Bulgarian Currency	Im going to Royal Park on Friday and have just read on another website that you cannot take Lev into the country. Can anyone please enlighten me on this? Paul.
19 Jun, 2006	Paul (82.110.109.208)	Bulgarian Currency	Im going to Royal Park on Friday and have just read on another website that you cannot take Lev into the country. Can anyone please enlighten me on this? Paul.

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