Ralitsa Apartments Reviews

Please don't get confused between the hotels, there are two Ralitsa, if travelling with first choice you will be in the 3* and if travelling with Balkan the 4*, which is where we stayed

The hotel itself was spotless, our family room consisted of a very large room with twin beds and double bed settee with bathroom and extra loo. free air conditioning.

the food in the hotel was excellent and couldn't be faulted, every day there was a large selection including various meats, fish, a roast, potatoes (as well as chips) soups, veg, salad and cold meats. Loads of fresh bread and friut as well as lovely desserts. kids have a small separate buffet but generally ours ate from adult one.

entertainment at night is a bit quiet. there is a show but in a room with no drinks allowed so we didn't particularly bother with it. large balcony and seating areas

2 pools one quiter near the 4* restaurant and the other busier where the daytime entertainment went on by the 3* rest. sunbeds not a problem.

daytime ent consisted of darts, ten pin, bowls, table tennis etc, they did one lot for adults and the other for children.

the resort it self is not massive but plenty of little shops to wander around, we had no problems at all with 'ladies of the night' as other reviewers mentioned.

we went horseriding for a hour from opposite the hotel which worked out about £33 for the family. Banana boats on the beach were about about £2.50 each.

we went on the fiesta night which was ok, wouldn't bother again and the jeep safari which was fantastic, but be prepared to get muddy and soaked.

all in all a great holiday and we would return

Just returned and thank god I am back!

This hotel should be named the Hotel ThePitsa not The Ralitsa! OMG!!

I wanted to enjoy this holiday but it wasn't to be!

Spending the night in hospital with my son being violently sick and on two IV drips did not enhance this nightmare experience! Food poisoning because the hotels food was not cooked properly!

Chicken pink and just browned on either side is not my idea of good food.

Entertainment was like A Clockwork Orange - my eyes had to be stapled open to keep me awake and watching.

The Abba show was quite good but after the 156th song - even that made me feel like killing myself.

Don't get me wrong - there were high points - errrr......

Going home.

No - I have to say that the pools were fantastic. Club Dance was good fun - but that was it - no music by the pool all day - just the same songs played for 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon.

Rock DJ by Robbie is good but not on permanant replay for two weeks!

All inclusive side of things?

No fresh water...... in bottles. Coke that tasted like weak syrupy soda. Cross contaminated pizza utentils stuffed in spag bol tray - then chips - then back again. Ice cream help yourself the same!

The complex was nice and clean - but it was a long walk to the hotel restaurant for brekkie, lunch and dinner.

And this is a nightmare when the weather is not too good as we found out for two days of our holiday.

Pushing your mum up a slope when it's thundering and lightning and torrential rain is lashing down on you is quite a good activity on the Animation Teams Entertainment Program but I'd rather just relax and enjoy my dinner in comfort.

Another high point was going to watch Man U in the town on Sky Sports in a nice pub - just wish the pub and the Sky Sports had been in the complex!

Varna and the Dolphinarium were a great excursion. Kids loved that and yeah we did too!

There was beauty to be viewed by the pool - ... and her name was Rachel - but she left before us - so cest la vie!

All in all - would I return to Bulgaria?

Yes - but not the Hotel Ralitsa - which turned out to be an all inclusive nightmare!!

Well, where do I start. This was one of the worse Hotels I have ever, ever been too, and I have stayed in many in my life time and alot of 3* also. But I do think the problem was with the hotel management really. It's a GERMAN HOTEL, all food geared for the GERMANS they were always served 1st at the bar, to the point of total rudeness, but I say again I think it was more of a problem with the staff treating Germans 1st class and ENGLISH 2nd, when I mentioned it to a animation team memeber, he SAID it was the HOTELS POLICY, say no more.

DIET COKE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ALL INCLUSIVE so please note this if any of you are unfortunate enough to go, and there is only fizzy for the kids, coke,fanta, sprite and water no juices what so ever! and we would try and get a little milk for a cup of coffee in our room at night, or for 1st thing in the morning and do know what out of the 14 nights we were there 14 nights they had run out of milk can u believe that.Water even stopped at 11pm too. No fridge in your room so you could stock up from the market for the kids to drink, nothing worse than drinking warm water,milk,Juice. Oh by the way you could have a fridge if you paid for it.

The food was Edible but I must stress most of the time Inedable, mainly because being under cooked, on a couple of occasions I had to get rid of the veg in my mouth is was so disgusting, how can you go wrong with a Cauliflower! My Husband refused to eat there after the second night, so we ate out the rest of the holiday.

The pool I just felt was just not clean at all, in the 2 weeks we were there we never saw anyone cleaning it, only going round with the net, the baby/toddler pool all the children in our party had bad cuts to there feet form the jagged tiles in pool. the pool toilets were worse than disgusting, if you had to go you would have to go back to your room or to the reception area. Plus the brouchure DID NOT MENTION that the restaurant was not even in the hotel, but across the road and up a little just to get a cup of tea in the morning was a pain, well I do have to say I do have walking difficulties so it was a big problem for me, but for most it wasn't, but First Choice should of mentioned this in there brochure. WE asked recepion one night the night of the storm, could they phone for a taxi, as it was raining that bad, she handed my husband a tel number, and said you will have to phone from your room as we cannot do it from here! How RIDICULAS, then she said IT MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT NUMBER, what more can I say.

I must say also, if you are a diabetic. Like me, they will give you a small bottle of coke daily, yes small bottle to last you all day in that heat, but I never found this out untill the day before we were coming home, although I had phoned head office in Bugaria about the Diet Coke Situation early in the Holiday, but was not mentioned to me once.

we save all year round for our holidays and the holiday company's should take this on board. By the way there is also a 4* part of the hotel, restaurant, swimming pool and accomadation, we were not aware of this untill we arrived, but 4* was only for the Germans. It is showing in the German Brouchure but not First Choice's. So you can imagine the feelings there.

Not recommended for a hol to the Ralitsa, we are just back from 2 weeks and it was awful, the kids entertainment was in german, the food was awful, they were serving kids alchol, and the evening entertainment was held in a big room with rows of plastic chairs with no tables. The snack bar is the same four items everyday, its not like any other all inclusive hotel. The only good thing about this hol was the weather. Beware there was a Rat outside the main reception, which was spotted at night.

After reading the other reviews and already having holiday booked we were more than worried about this place.

First off we had a fantastic week at this hotel and resort.
The hotel and grounds are spotless and kept this way by the great staff.
The rooms were cleaned daily and fresh towels left.
The food is fabulous with so much choice, nobody went hungry.
The hotel is 2* so we were'nt expecting the ritz, which i'm sure most of the people who have commented on it were.
We thought it was better than some 3* we've stayed in before.
The resort of Albena is lovely. Great beach, great shopping, great food and great entertainment. And best of all, cheap.
This was our first time to Bulgaria and we didn't find anything wrong with the hotel or resort. We will definately be going back in the near future.
Happy holidays to you all******