Hotel Selena Reviews

Hotel Selena is an excellent little hotel. It's in the new part of Sozopol, five minutes walk from the old part. The hotel is immaculately clean, with friendly staff who, although English is not their first or even second language (German is- as with most of Bulgaria), do their best to help and do so with a smile. The hotel overlooks the beach at the back, so is an excellent location if you want the beach/Sea. The gym is free to residents, and the sauna and massage is apprently excellent but you have to pay. Internet access is 1 lev an hour (about 50p). Selena does not exchange money but there is a BulBank opposite that will (see below for more on money). We stayed B&B, and the breakfast was large and well made. Drinks, cured meats, preserves, cereal, bread, toast, fruit, salads, yogurts - plus a selection of hot sausages and pastries. The food in the restaurant is good too, although we only ate there once as we like to eat out. The rooms are big enough, and cleaned each day, although at random times. the bathroom is large with a good, hot shower. The bar is fine, serving loads of drinks, and the staff are friendly and soon know what you like! The sun-deck is small but perfectly nice, and the pool is more for cooling off in rather than swimming lengths. All in all - we would happily stay at the Selena again. And looking around, I think it's one of the best in the area, easily.

I would highly recommend the Hotel Selena to anyone going to Bulgaria. It is in a fantastic location with stunning views. Ask for a room with a seaview when you book, definitely worth it. The hotel is so clean and tidy. It is certainly 4* standard in my opinion. Air conditioning was a great bonus. Rooms spacious and modern. Maid service excellent. No complaints about the room at all. Reception and bar staff were fantastic as was the Balkan rep. who organised a taxi both ways to Bourgas so my husband and son could go to see Wales v Bulgaria play football. Great experience. Breakfast was the same every morning, buffet style but plenty of hot and cold choice. Pool was a bit on the small side but never too busy. If you are going to Sozopol PLEASE stay at the Selena. You will not be disappointed.

We stayed at the Hotel Selena last summer and are returning again in 2 weeks time. We found the hotel to be in a great location, with clean modern rooms (always book a sea view) and helpful staff. The food was good too and we noticed that a lot of local people celebrated birthdays etc at the hotel, so best to book if you want a late evening meal. The pool is very small but well maintained and never too busy. The hotel provides a good waitress service to the pool area so a cold drink is always to hand. The lunches are good too and not expensive. There is a great view of the beach from the pool terrace.

Just returned from the Hotel Selena in Sozopol. I can not praise this hotel enough. The hotel is rated 3 star but, in my opinion, should definitely be a 4 star. The hotel opened last year and is situated in the new town, directly on Central Beach, overlooking the old part of town. The location could not be better.

On arrival we were greeted by friendly and efficient receptionists and a porter. The porter took us up to our room, which was a family room on the 4th (top) floor. The room was spacious with hairdryer, telephone, mini bar (which doubled up as a fridge) TV (some English channels: Sky News, Euronews, Cartoon Network and some film channels). The room was immaculate and had a massive balcony with sea view.

The swimming pool is very small but never busy and is always cold. There are plenty of sun beds around it. The waiters serve food and drinks there. They were all pleasant and friendly. The lobby bar showed British live football if you asked them to. There is a small kids club for little kids but nothing organised for older ones. The hotel has a well equipped gym with sauna, solarium and masseuse. Room service is good and very reasonably priced.

The rooms are cleaned every day to a high standard and towels changed if you leave them in the shower tray. Bed linen was changed several times over the fortnight we were there.

The hotel restaurant is exceptional. I can not fault it at all. Breakfast was buffet style and self service. You could have a cooked breakfast, consisting of various types of egg and sausages. There was the full continental range too. At lunch time and in the evening it is waiter service with an a la carte menu, which is fantastic. I you want one of the tables nearest to the sea, I suggest you book your table early in the day. The restaurant is very popular with Bulgarians who are not staying at the hotel. We saw lots of large parties of locals celebrating birthdays there. That is always a good sign.

The old town of Sozopol is very picturesque. It has narrow cobbled streets with old wooden buildings. There are lots of little churches and museums scattered around. The best restaurant there is called the Windmill. It is in the old town overlooking the harbour and has great food and a traditional show on every night. Central beach is in the old town. It is very nice but very crowded. There is another restaurant adjacent to central beach which is also called the Windmill. It is a Chinese restaurant and the food there is also great.

The new town is being expanded and there is quite a lot of building work going on there. There are pubs, clubs and a small fun fair. Harmani beach is in the new town. It is bigger than central beach but on the one day we went there we saw a lot of raw sewage in the sea. One of the life guards told us that this is common after a storm.

All in all, we had a lovely holiday. The Hotel Selena is a great hotel which we will definitely return to. I did not see any hotel in a better location in the resort. Sozopol is a laid back resort with a traditional feel. Lots of Bulgarians holiday there.

we arrived at Bourgas airport in a hurricane.we got soaked to the skin just getting from the aircraft to the coach at the bottom of the steps. when we got our cases everything in them was saturated.Met the Balkan rep who gave us a taxi to take us to Sozopol.the taxi driver was terrifide and very frightened of the storm. took him just over an hour to get from Bourgas to Selena hotel. time was now 3am. whole town was in darkness due to power cut. outside Selena hotel was a fire engine pumping out the hotel that was flooded out. we got out the taxi onto the pavement that was covered in 12"; of water the pavement kerb is 10"; so the depth of the water on the street was 22";.

the bell boys from the hotel were great and took our bags and held onto our hands to guide us through the flood into the reception area that was covered with about 4"; of water.the bell boys got our key and a candle and led us up three flights of stairs ( lift out of order due to power cut.) next morning there seemed to be dozens of staff all with buckets and mops clearing up every where. the fire engine finished pumping out at 10am and the power was restored by then.

we then found out that there was another 2 floors below the reception ground floor containing offices,toilets, conference hall, fitness gym, sauna,Main restaurant, and bedrooms. all of these had been flooded out.the rest of Sunday/monday the storm raged, but by late monday afternoon it started to ease and by Tuesday 4th.July the weather was up in the 28/30s and stayed that way right upto the time we left on 15th. July.

The Selena is a in our oppinion a good hotel. all the staff are very helpfull to your needs.we requested to be moved from the front streetview room to a seaview room as it was our 42 wedding year and my 67 birthday, no problem and sent bellboy Bobbi up to help us move to room 203. the view was over the swimming pool, leading down throgh the lawns to sea, and a panoramic view of whole of Sozopol.the restaurant for breakfast is good with plenty of selection of hot and cold foods and fruit, selection of coffee's, teas,fruit juices from 7.30am to 10am. it's open all day with a very good menu.we ate there a couple of times in the evening and the food was very exceptable with waiter service. you can spend the evening in there as they have entertain'ment on some nights with a small group. and a nice bar for drinks.

the Lobby bar is a very comfortable bar that is open from 8am till 1am but will carry on after 1am so long as there are a few in there. late'st we came out of there was 2.30am. great cocktails, my wife was hooked on the Pina-colads seved in a Coconut with all the trimmings.there are two small swimming pools which are kept very clean.The maids are some of the best that we have come across, and keep the rooms very clean and tidy, leaving your pjamas in nice shapes. Well worth a tip at end of hol.Out of the hotel the beaches are good with plenty of lifeguards patroling and watching all the time. thier whistles do get on your nerves a bit but they are only doing thier job.from the hotel you can walk all alone the beach path way, right up to the far point of old Sozopol which is a great walk with plenty of great views land, sea, and the other???

old Sozopol is very quaint with endless places to eat and drink. they are all as good as each other and you wont get bad service or a meal anywhere, we liked the little bar next to the bus stop for that pint and a snack mid-day.In the harbour you can have a sail all around coast of Sozopol for 6 Leva (£2.10p.)takes a good hour and very good. the captain quite a laugh and points out all the land marks, and you can have drinks on board too.By the hotel the three bars/restaurants we used the most was one local one Called Alecs that was a period 1920s furnished place that had a very good menu, you come out of the hotel walk up to the crossroads go straight up the road pasted Telphone Exchange take second left and its there on the right.We found a english cafe/bar called Nicks and Chrissy's they only have a small menu. but it's all homecooked by Chrissy.

Try the Beef and Guinness Cassarole but be hungry as it's a very large meal and the only place you will get beef. everywhere else they say steak but it's either pork or veal. also you get a real good pot of tea here and Chrissy gives you spare teabag and jug of hot water for a topup.

The other bar/cafe is right next to the hotel and it's called TPUMOHUNYM if you come out of hotel turn left walk along passed the kiosk and it's on the corner there. once again only a small menu. it's all in Bulgarian but the young waiter called Plaumen sounds like (ploughman)speaks very good english and can't do enough for you. just say John and Barbara sent you.on our last night there we had the best bt. Wine 12Lv. mixed omelet (very big) fillet of pork and mushrooms in a cream sauce, tomato salad, and a plate of saute potatoes. coffee and 6 pints of beer. whole bill came to 28leva. (£ 10.20p.) we gave him 5leva tip and he could not be more gratefull.this was our 18th. visit to Bulgaria and have stayed at all the resorts Albena,Golden Sands Sunnybeach, Nessibar, Pomorie, Primorsko,Sozopol.the best are, in order Sozopol,Pomorie,Primorsko. the rest are Blackpools.

hope that this has been of good help to any of you. go and enjoy, it wont break the bank. treat them with regard and they will make your stay a great one to remeber.