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Review of Melia Grand Hermitage

A high standard hotel, 5 stars is an exaggeration ...

A high standard hotel, 5 stars is an exaggeration - but it corresponds to a good 4 stars.

Rooms spacious and clean, cleaned every day - but cleaning with so many stars should include more than clean towels or vacuuming the room, it would be useful to change e.g. bedding every 3 days. It is strange that at this price of the room, the mineral water is not refilled in the rooms - there is only one welcome one. Daily water is a standard in practically every hotel - you can see not in the five-star ...

The food is tasty, a lot, a very wide selection of dishes and delicacies of all kinds - we could not complain about that.
There is a nice swimming pool in front of the hotel - a sunny swimming pool with lots of sunbeds (but like everywhere else, people "reserving" a sunbed with a towel and actually sleeping in their rooms are a scourge), slides for children, small pools and the Level swimming pool (more on that). The hotel has a swimming pool with water heated to 31 degrees, a sauna and many other attractions.

The sea is about 150-200 meters away, walking along a picturesque path - we liked it very much. To get to the sea, we cross the promenade on which the whole life of Golden Sands takes place - there are dozens of restaurants, swimming pools, shops and other attractions. Importantly - in kurota prices comparable to our usual shops - sample prices below.

The hotel service deserves the highest rating, and special praise for the animators. It was impossible to get bored - they do a great job.
In the hotel you can buy the Level option - this is a VIP choice rather for people who are looking for peace and privacy in such a large hotel (separate swimming pool, separate restaurant) - generally it is not necessary.

It is not profitable to buy the proposed excursions - exactly the same ones are available for half the price on the promenade.

In general, my wife and I had a great time, we recommend this choice to families with children and people who are simply looking for a holiday.

Sample prices and data (stay in mid-September):
- a large beer in a pub, about PLN 5 (2.5 lev)
- lunch for two people about PLN 40 - 50
- fridge magnets (and how) from 2 to 4 zlotys
- good regional Bulgarian wine 30 PLN
- Polish Krupnik vodka 1 liter about PLN 30 (to compare prices)
- cigarettes about PLN 10-12
- bus ticket Golden Sands - Varna (approx. 18 km) 6 zlotys
- taxi at the same distance PLN 40

- sea temperature 23 - 24 degrees (at the lifeguard's booth)
- temperature in the swimming pool in front of the hotel 25 - 26 degrees
- temperature in the hotel pool 31 degrees