| Description | Location: The four-star Hotel Royal Bay is situated in Elenite Holiday Village - the only Bulgarian sea resort that is fully south-oriented, thus providing plenty of sunshine to its guests. The gently sloping hills nearby keep the air fresh even in hottest summer days. Overlooking the sea, Hotel Royal Bay is an unforgettable experiencefor those who will appreciate the magnificent view, the peace and privacy of this modern and luxurous "all inclusive" hotel.
Accommodation: Hotel Royal Bay offers to its valuable guests: 15 suites with bed-cum-living roo , 15 spacious family rooms with screen walls, 2 additional beds optional, 135 double rooms, additional bed optional. All rooms have telephone, SAT TV, mini bar, bathroom with bathtub and hairdryer, air conditioning, fire alarm. Most of the rooms are sea-view, the rest are mountain-view. |
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Is there a town/any nightlife near the hotel?
if so, is it in walking distance?
thankyou
the water park is good but the half pint is not so good cause boys who dont work there they say to yhuu jst take a look n the push yhuu down
i came flying out ma ring n hurt my wrist
it is a good place to go
erinn xx
It is a cheap all inclusive holiday what do some people expect from the price they pay?
As for moaning about having to pay for some of your drinks such as cocktails this is just ludacris!! They state that only local produced alchol is included within the price perhaps people should read more into it prior to booking.
Every hotel that is catering for the number of people they do is not going to be fantastic... but then again most places in this country aren't either.
The village is always being cleaned 24/7 and the staff are friendly and helpful should you just smile once in awhile and say thank you! They're only human, should you be grumpy and moaning of course they will not be so helpful towards you.
We arrived after a 26 and a half hour plane delay tired and jaded, but were relieved when we saw the hotel. Being given a lift to the hotel on an electric golf buggy style car was very enjoyable. The enjoyment stopped there. We soon realised that the staff couldn’t have any less enthusiasm for their job if they had to do it blindfolded. They were unhelpful, miserable and had all the charisma of a door stop. There was the odd exception, but those members of staff were few and far between.
Then there was the food. Being one of those old fashioned folk who prefer there meat cooked, I didn’t fit in at the Royal Bay. Not only was it undercooked, but I’ve seen less repetitive clocks, and I’m far from a fussy eater. It was the same old stuff day in and day out. In fact, the whole dining experience was pretty awful. You were told not to bring drinks in from the bar. Instead a waiter would come and offer you one. If I really wanted a drink, I’d still be sitting there now. The table cloths were never changed or even tidied during service, which normally meant it wasn’t just your meal sitting in front of you. The plates were taken away; food was still left on the table cloth. You faced a ten minute quest to get your hands on a clean knife and fork. They were supposed to be put out again after being washed. There was more chance of finding a knife and fork at McDonalds. Instead you had to ferret around the draws they were put in, basically doing the waiters job for them.
If the whole dining experience wasn’t bad enough, it was made worse on some days, when the hotel owners and some of there friends decided to dine at the hotel. They were given knifes and forks wrapped in serviettes, different, better looking food, waiter service AND, the staff even smiled at them. Rub our noses in it why don’t you.
Still at least you could go and get a drink in the bar after, well you could, but often it was at the end of a 20 minute queue. When it did come, ice was considered gold dust and distributed minimally. Soft drinks were served in plastic cups, the selection was small and the solitary barman was more interested in chatting to his mate than serving you. Of course he expected a tip. The drinks themselves were also very basic. There was very little selection.
The pool was a positive. Never hugely busy, and very well cleaned. Shame about the HUGE swarm of wasps that were all too keen to use to as a sun-bed.
And the pool was about the only thing that was kept clean. The cleaners made the beds and replaced the towels and that’s about it. The floor was rarely cleaned and when you lifted up your foot, you could literally see the dirt on it. Proof of that came when one of our friends left a crisp on the floor. It was there for days. Whenever I witnessed the cleaner cleaning she wiped round the bathroom with her cloth, slung it over her shoulder and off she went in to the next room. If the food doesn’t make you ill, that certainly will. We were all extremely ill at various points in the holiday, I won’t go into the unpleasant details, but lets just say after I’d finished with the bathroom, the cloth needed replacing to say the least.
Still, at least you could go into the rest of the Elenite Holiday Village and enjoy yourself there. Well I say enjoy….
• Pizza restaurant – Not really a restaurant, you queue for 20 minutes for a substandard slice of pizza.
• Disco – I’ve seen a better atmosphere at a funeral.
• Aqua Park – Some good slides, some so cheaply made that they hurt. I saw two lads walking round with bleeding backs. Only really offers an hours worth of entertainment.
• Fitness room – It would have kept David Dickinson entertained. Full of antique equipment.
• Mini Golf – I NEVER saw anyone on it due to the extortionate price.
• Safety deposit box – Yes there is a safe, but it costs 100 Leva to use it for two weeks, you only get 10 of that back.
• Regular Entertainment – Sub standard, some you have to pay for
• Ice Cream 10:30am – 10pm – True but it was a 10 minute walk away
• Snacks and drinks on the beach – There wasn’t. The beach bar was closed earlier in the year as it was a pay bar and it was generating no business.
• “Drink at one of Elenite’s many bars” – The only one’s that offered any different to the hotel bar were the Irish Bar, which incidentally was as Irish as Gordon Brown and the Cocktail Bar. The staff were even worse in the Irish Bar, both were pay bars and the Cocktail Bar was very expensive.
So to conclude, to say I wouldn’t recommend this resort let alone this hotel is an understatement. Everyone cheered when the bus drove out the gates, a man sarcastically shouted “same time next year” and the thought of rainy cold England never looked more appealing. I spoke to many people in my two weeks in the resort, not one said they enjoyed it, not one said they’d come back and one said and I quote “I’ve been on 13 all inclusive holidays; this is by far the worst”.
i am going on the 22.8.08 with 2 kids.what are the water activities like there is there paragliding, banana boats etc there. please will someone post a comment back as my kids are nagging me silly
Make sure you only drink bottled water (you can buy that from the shop on site cheap enough). I was drinking from the large refillable water tanks and got a bit of a funny tummy so I'm assuming they fill them up with their tap water.
Food nice, very GENEROUS drink sizes!!! Rooms clean, view beautiful.
Only bad thing is the wasps. You can't get away from them.
Have fun!!!
TYhanks
Cath
hiya my name is lucy and im 14 this is the first tym to Elenite bulgaria. im wnting to no what the water park is like behinde the hotel or where the best places to the a good tym are. eg water park theme parks or a nice place to have a look at or shop:) markets. thnk u x.x