Hotel Laguna Mare Reviews

The Laguna Garden is a lovely hotel, good position near the beach and bars, very clean and all the staff were really helpful and friendly.

There was a good variety of food which really enjoyed especially breakfast but by the second week it had become much of the same and therefore we did eat out near the end of the holiday as it was so cheap (would recommend Poco Loco). Pool was great and didn't have any trouble getting sunbeds. The Green Parrot bar provided pool side snacks and drinks - the pizzas were yummy. Beach was lovely with playrounds dotted around for the younger ones. Ice creams were delicious and cost about 40p.

No hotel entertainment at night so it was a case of heading for nearby bars - found Club Tropicana and Poco Locos the best. If you have young children then they'll love the small fairground - we couldn't keep ours away. The atmosphere at night is buzzing and of course the drinks are cheap.

My husband did get propositioned by a lady of the night outside the hotel one night when having a ciggy so be warned!

The little train that goes round Albena is worth getting on so you can see all round the resort.

We went on a couple of trips - Bulgaria night which was fantastic with Bulgarian show and traditional Bulgarian food - as much to eat and drink as you could manage! Also went to Dolphin Show near Varna which the kids really enjoyed but also included in this trip was a visit to Varna which we hated - it was a different world to lovely Albena and opened your eyes to poverty in Bulgaria and the pickpockets and crooks - don't get me wrong, the place is modern with lots of shops but so many people constantly pushing you to buy things/begging/taxi drivers - we made the mistake of passing the taxi ranks and must have been asked about 20 times if we needed a taxi! Varna was not for us and couldn't wait to get back to Albena.

We really did enjoy Albena - it is good family resort with lovely, lovely people, great beaches and weather, cheap beer and food.

Only down side was that we all got stomach bugs at some point but fortunately did not last too long or spoil our overall enjoyment of the holiday.

we arrived late at night the airport is a nightmare so be prepared. the hotel is lovely and the gardens and pool area great. our room was simple bathroom a bit dissappointing as the shower curtain kept falling down. mini bar great and so cheap.

the restaurant staff were lovely and there was a massive selection of food,

the resort is quiet and id say if you are old or have very young kids youll love it but otherwise the available activities may not suit.

First time in Bulgaria and we were very impressed. The hotel was absolutely fantastic and personally we could not fault it in any way. The food was excellent, great choice for breakfast and the evening meal and as much as you could eat, hence I put on three pounds while we were away. The staff were very friendly and helpful, the room cleaning service was excellent. Mini bar in the room which was very handy, also as we didn't arrive until midnight there was food laid out for us in our room which was unexpected but much appreciated.

The pool for the hotel was well looked after and the staff from the Green Parrot made you feel very welcome, a lovely way to spend the afternoon.

The resort itself was clean, safe and the people were very friendly. There was plenty of walks you could do without having to negotiate traffic and plenty of places to drink and eat with excellent service in all of them.

The beach was lovely, golden sands, shallow water so brilliant for the children and plenty of space due to it being so wide and long. Also, from most hotels it is only a five minute walk to the beach.

Nightlife was very good and not at all rowdy. Very mixed nationalities visiting Albena and although the English are in the minority (which we liked) the music is either traditonal Bulgarian or live bands playing English music, especially the Tropicana Cafe and the Poco Loco. Drinks are very cheap and if we have done our sums right its about £1.20 a pint and £4.00 for a bottle of wine.

All in all a fantastic holiday.

Well what can I say, I am still amazed at the fantastic holiday our family had in Albena, I had heard all sorts of stories about bulgaria before my trip, some good but some very bad, but me being me, I have to try things for myself, so I done some homework before I booked the holiday and decided to book.

Well I am so glad I did it is one of the best holidays we have ever had, the hotel food was ok, just much of the same thing night after night. Breakfast was cereal, all breads, beautiful fruit's,and a cooked breakfast if you wanted, and yes it wasn't like an english cooked brekkie but we were in Bulgaria and it was to be exspected, if you want english food when you are abroad you will have to pay the price, and I can assure you it would be alot more then we paid at the laguna Garden alot more I have to say it was driving me mad about all the people falling ill "; because of the food"; one said it then they all jumped on the band waggon, day in day out someone had something to moan about the food, people get upset tummy from anything, you know they use different oils, spices and all sorts from us, and some people are more prone to it than others anyway enough about that!!!!!!

The resort itself was great for us, i really do not think it would suit alot of people though, like teenagers who want to club it although there was a disco bar there, i found the hotel staff fantastic, helpful and polite, gallin and bobbie who serve around the pool were great very hard workers, waited on you hand and foot, and the street sellers if you said NO THAT WAS IT,it was so nice not to bothered by them, you could even window shop without hastle, how nice is that abroad.

For the children they had, go-carts, electric scooters, bikes, and buggies to ride on, and for the very young a fun fare, the only problem there we just could not get our 3 year old away from it, we found it very safe for the children, my 10 year old would go of with the friends he made for an hour on the scooters, at times I thought I was in brighton there was so many of them but they were having fun, there happy and your happy, he wants to go back so we are booking again for next year. And I must say if you have a special photo of someone you must take it with you, there are alot of very good artist's on the streets we had an oil painting done of our children from a photo we had done on our last holiday it came out fantastic and so cheap, i don'k know the size of it but very big with frame around £45.00 for an oil,what can i say. food drink very very cheap, ice cream from stall around 40p 1 Lev very nice too, it was mcdonalds ice cream was 15p, they have a mac's in varna.

Well i have gone on I know and we did meet so many nice people ";Brian"; being one with his family, john and Donna rebecca and conner, very nice people to talk to, and we all canot wait to go back to the laguna garden see you all there

We have just had a brilliant holiday in Albena.

The Laguna Garden was very impressive and always clean.All the staff were friendly and the reception staff were always helpful and spoke very good english.The only downside was the food in the hotel and after the first few days we didn't bother going to see what was on offer.We were aware of this before we went on holiday so it wasn't too much of a disappointment and it was so cheap to eat out it didn't bother us.We tended to eat pizza or toasties by the pool in the day and go out at night.The daily total for lunch and evening meal was £15-£20 for 3 people including drinks!Gallin and Ronnie who serve at the pool were so cheerful and worked very hard.

Most nights were spent in the Tropical cafe which had a good atmosphere and there was a grassy area with a Wendy House for the children to play.My daughter had a childrens cocktail every night which was expertly made by Nelly and she was always made to feel special.

I would definately go back to Albena and the Laguna Garden.Also even though most days we didnt go to the pool until 10.30, we always got a sunbed.