Hotel Excelsior - All Inclusive
Rooms and prices
Description
Friendly hotel with qualified staff and comfortable rooms. A good choice for a family holiday.
Location: in Golden Sands resort, 24 km from the airport Varna.
Consists of a 6-storey building.
The hotel has 200 rooms.
Beach: public sandy beach, 300 m from the hotel (2 coastline). Umbrellas, sun beds: free.
On the hotel territory: gift shop, free wifi in public areas, Parking charge, outdoor pool; parasols, deckchairs: free of charge, restaurant, lobby bar
Attractions: animation, tennis court, sports court, table tennis, Jacuzzi
For children: children's pool, children's Playground, kids club (4-12 years)
Policies and conditions
- Pets are allowed on request. Charges may be applicable.
- Children of any age are allowed.
Children up to and including 2 years old stay for free when using an available cot.
No extra beds are available.
Any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management. - Private parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is not possible) and costs BGN 15 per day.
- WiFi is available in public areas and is free of charge.
- Payment options: American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, No creditcards accepted, only cash
- Check in time: 14:00. Check out time: 12:00.
Services and facilities
- Air conditioning
- Elevator/lift
- Currency exchange
- Smoke-free property
- Heating
- Garden
- Terrace
- Reception desk
- Non-smoking rooms
- Fridge
- Cable TV
- TV
- Shower/Bathtub
- Bathtub
- Shower
- Toiletries
- Accessibility features
- Ironing
- Laundry
- Safe-deposit box
- Concierge services
- Luggage storage
- Telephone
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Snack bar
- Vending machine
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- German
- English
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Hiking
- Fishing
- Sun Deck
- Ping-Pong
- Parking
- Swimming pool
- Outdoor pool
- Seasonal outdoor swimming pool
- Pool facilities
- Fax and copy machine
- Windsurfing
- Diving
- Darts
- Snorkelling
- Children's playground
- Children swimming pool
- Pets allowed (under 5 kg)
- Temperature control for staff
- Personal protection equipment for staff
- Extra decontamination measures
- Temperature control for guests
- Personal protection equipment for guests
- Additional measures against COVID-19
The nearest beach is located on the distance of 430 m. It takes 6 minutes To the beach!
The distance to the sea is 480 meters
Street view
Video: Hotel Excelsior - All inclusive - Golden Sands - Bulgaria
Map
Reviews
But the room was not clean when we arrived. What we also learned is that for the first three days our room wasn't cleaned. No new toilet paper and it was not moped. Evidently because my feet were dirty again after I showered and walked to the bed.
And eventhough the minibar was powered on, it didn't get cold.
The interior of the restaurant was fitting and welcoming. The food was okay most of the time. But on two different days we found moldy bread. When we told the personal/servers, they asked us what to do about it. They did change out the bread at least. Some of the egg dishes also tasted foul. Which was a shame. The server were really fast with clearing the table, sometimes a little too fast. :)
The barkeepers were great, as well as the receptionists (that sadly got the wrong check-out informations from FTI). A special mention as we really liked Eli.
We rented a safe at the reception which was pretty cheap over-all.
Sadly it was said there would be some kind of entertainment but only 2 of the nights actually were with entertainment options. Again a little disappointing but understandable at the end of season.
Btw it's not 350m, but at least 600m to the beach (most crowded), and better 2km to less crowded places!
You mustn't expect something extraordinary but always keep in mind the price paid and adjust your expectations accordingly.
Food was good, considering we were out of season and didn’t expect much of the variety. For me, a pork eater, lots of options for lunch and dinner. Dinner grill was amazing! The only small bit which was missing is more info on the meat used in the dish names papers. My partner is Muslim and we needed to ask a lot of times what meat is used/whether there is any pork in the dish.
The room we had was spacious, with a great sea view on the 4th floor, big balcony and beautiful shower room. Exactly as on booking pictures. Beds are comfortable. Air conditioner was working well, what else do you really need? There is a free shuttle to the sea, but the walk is quite short as well. Adult and kids pools with many sun beds around and a tree shadows. We’ve been a bit out of season, but people were already sun bathing.
In overall, the stay was more than we expected when booking the trip to Bulgaria :)
Unfortunatley, they don't have a early check in service, so if you arrive earlier you must to waste your time till the time of regular check in. On 2:05 pm we went to reception to finally check in, there the lady was absolutely rude and unpolite, she told us the check-in process can take up to an hour more and almost she screamed at us without even apologizing for the inconvenience. We had to wait almost half of hour with another turists till we finally check in. The room was nice, maybe a bit sadly design, everything in the room is grey, but looks exactlly like in the pictures. The Hotel not offers slippers, so I recommend to bring yourselfs because the floor doesn't have any carpet.
We sat on the ground floor, the sad part of this was the balcony, because there wasn't any tumble dryer and we had to dry our towels and swim suits on the chairs, also there is not any privacy, because there are no privacy panels between the adjoining rooms, and this is not even safe.
The food was acceptable, not so bad as I saw in other reviews, the breakfast is almost the same everyday and on the worst side of all meals. The lunch and dinner are better, you can find something to eat, or something that you like, but doesn't exist a large variety. Deserts are a joke, they should maybe change their suppliers or maybe hire a
confectioner. The drinks were the same as in the other hotels.
The cleaning service was trickey, on 7 days the sheets were not changed, but the towels just once, also, I recommend you to bring you from home at least 1 towel because in the room are just 2 towels per person, a small one and a medium one, and they are not enough, especially in a stay at sea when you wash your hair everyday.
The pool is big enough from my point of view, but is sloppy and unneat, the showers don't work, the sunbeds and the floor are dirty, and leaves fall into the pool and in the toilet smell very bad, but the good part is that there exists a bar on the pool where are snacks and sweets. The animation team come in every evening, but the gimnastic is the same in everyday, nothing change, they should have more programs and change them day by day, the guy from animation doesn't have any succes, he try to convince the men participate on a football game but never saw somebody plays.
I saw in other reviews that hotel is far away from beach but I tought is an exaggeration, but wasn't, we did in 7 days 85 k steps, so, for a very comfy people the distance can be a very important aspect.
The staff is horrible, especially the reception, they don't smile, help, speak english, also, they are not behaving profesional, we asked in the last day an information about a peco for paying the road tax, and the lady from reception gave us a map with the resort, she or her colegue should gave us that map in the first day not in the last, that would help us a lot. For sure, all the reception staff need be seriouslly trained, beacuse the tourists interact most with the reception.
Frequently asked questions about Hotel Excelsior - All Inclusive
How much does it cost to stay at Hotel Excelsior - All Inclusive?
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Is it far from Hotel Excelsior - All Inclusive to the nearest beach?
It takes 6 minutes to reach to the nearest beach.
What are the check-in and check-out times at Hotel Excelsior - All Inclusive?
Check-in at Hotel Excelsior - All Inclusive is possible from 14:00, check-out is until 12:00.