Review Luna Hotel - Golden Sands

By: (September 2004)
Hotel name: Luna ****
Hotel location: Golden sands resort
Comment: All in all had a great time in Golden Sands. We went for two weeks and had rain on 3 occasions but they were all overnight and didn't really affect out holiday. The hotel was lovely. Very clean, air con and mini bar in a very spacious twin room. Although the bathroom was tiny.
The dining room is all glass at the front so you get some nice views while eating. Its also non smoking throughout. The food was hot (which appears to be a bit of a rareity in Bulgarian hotels) and there was a reasonable choice. Always 4 different meat dishes every night, salad, veg and chips etc but it was a bit repetative and definately geared up to the Germans. The Luna does serve English food in the British Bar Terrace though. I would imagine it might be a little difficult at mealtimes if you had fussy children. The resort was a lot more commercialised than I expected. There are girls trying to give you flyers in the streets but a polite no thank you always worked and it wasn't anywhere near as bad as other places we've been to. There are stalls all along the front and round by Bonkers selling cheap trainers and designer clothes, jewellry and gifts. I got some real bargains. You do have to pay .50 lev to use public loos and there aren't usually loos in the bars, so choose where you drink wisely or it could be a long walk to the nearest toilet! The only rip off we found was the sunbeds and parasols on the beach. For 2 sunbeds, 2 mattresses and a parasol its 21 lev, thats about £7.00 per day. And although the Bulgarians are very friendly they mess about and take their time when giving you your change and sometimes they don't even offer it which was frustrating since we had every intention of tipping anyway. Everything we read about Bulgaria being cheap was true. Everything seems to cost peanuts. We did 3 excursions. The jeep safari and yacht trip which was brill, the Balkan Fiesta which was also brill and the day trip to Romania which was awful - although we did enjoy the bus ride there and back. A word of warning if you do go to Romania - use the loos on the Romanian side of the border. I've never seen anything so disgusting in my life as the loos on the Bulgarian side - and yes you still have to pay your .50 lev for the privilege! We aren't the type of people to visit the same place twice, but if we were I think we'd definately consider Bulgaria. Enjoy!
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By: Angela Mc Garvie - Mansfield  (August 2003)
Hotel name: Luna ****
Hotel location: Golden sands resort
Comment: AHotel Luna is very nice, clean, modern, comfortable and the food is fine (if not a bit predictable at times). The air conditioning was most welcome! Some of our party were at the Astoria Beach which was not quite so modern and they were not always impressed with the choices of food available for their small children, but it was clean and comfortable. The resort has a long prom with many shops and bars on each side. We liked 'The Old Meeting House' for good food, drinks and entertainment. This was not far from the Hotel Sirena. The beach is clean and sun beds not too expensive, there's plenty of water sports too. We had a great holiday and will definitely go back in a couple of years when I think that the resort will be more developed.