Marina Grand Beach      

Hello, I recently visited with family and friends Golden Sands Marina Grand Hotel and want to make a remark. No parking without paying!! Security personnel to ask for money on parking places (too small for this hotel, about 20 places) they tell you otherwise go to where you came! Their behavior is unacceptable ....

Hello my friends, I came back to this hotel, booking now an apartment , no 5527 (in the glass cilinder placed in front of the hotel, beach view), and doing it for 11 nights. If in 2007 I had SOUTH view (to the pool/beach/Bonita Hotel) this time I arranged NORTH view; meaning to the beach /Center of Golden Sands. What should I say ... I found there what I expected to find ... Apartment 5527 is H U G E ! Exactly like shown in the pictures. 40 sqm living room, 16+ bedroom , 10 bathroom, big balcony (2 doors, both from bedroom and from livingroom), supplementary small bathroom. Cleanliness is the same, food service is the same. VERY GOOD . What they improved since 2007 : if you read my comments from 2007, there was a light that was turning on in each balcony, in evening time; the improvement is that, now, the light turns OFF at 23.00 hrs... That's good, and THANK YOU for this, MARINA GRAND BEACH HOTEL. What I saw different from 2007 : some stores inside the hotel were closed (TATOO); not like I wanted to do a tatoo, or my wife, or my kid :)) Also, the water falls in the swimming pool were off... And that was bad ... My son enjoyed them in 2007 ... One over the other : -booking an apartment (glass cilinder) will offer you more privacy in the balcony (if you know what I mean :))) -also, having an apartment in the glass cilinder will offer you more quiet environment (no 2 rooms near you, but only one, so only one common wall) -having a NORTH view will offer you S P L E N D I D view over the Golden Sands resort (night shots are spectacular ... like LAS VEGAS, trust me !) The same good services inside the hotel and in the restaurants near the hotel (slightly bigger prices than in 2007, but that's normal), less people on the esplanades in Golden Sands (... financial crisis !), but that was good ... What can still be improved : another closet in the bedroom of an apartment would be appreciated (apartments are booked for families ... so lotta clothes ... lotta luggage ... And tehre is PLENTY of space in the bedroom; e.g. in the back of the TV set) Also, some shelves or bathroom furniture, would be appreciated. Guys, GO THERE.

We had a fantastic time at Marina beach, there was 9 of us 5 Adults and 4 Children. The rooms were fantastic, we loved the huge choice of food and we were made to feel very welcome from all staff, in particular Dessi, Mary, Niki and Eli who we miss terribly! - The lifeguards were fab and looked out for sunbeds for you and made sure that everything was in order. The hotel is situated in an excellent position and we would definetly go back and stay.

Do you have sexy women?(like thai) Can we enjoy of them?

Good things: balcony view, hotel position in the resort and facilities&services provided. Negative things: very thin walls, uncomfortable beds and some of the furniture is old or broken. Food was good, not great.

I had a 10 nights stay in this hotel, 30.07-09.08.2007. A few good things about this hotel: -very spacious rooms (incl. bathroom, balcony) -very clean hotel, incl. rooms and restaurants -good and various meals -very friendly and pro staff -...including the room-cleaning girls; even there is no need to "bribe" them to clean your room (they do their job VERY GOOD, trust me), if you have kids just give those girls 5 or 10 levas (it's nothing .. 2.5 or 5 EUR); I did that (2 or 3 times) and for the rest of the holiday my son found on the bed some towel-made figures (swans, boats, crocos), even small chocolates ... and that's a good thing. The kids are smiling !! -EXCELLENT location : in the south area of Golden Sands, which is the most quiet area (let's remember : GS is a noisy resort !) right on the beach, spledid sea-view; as a matter of fact, walking through the GOLDEN SANDS, I couldn't find another hotel better located and better looking (it's my sincere opinion) -you can rent the refrigerator (if you don't need room-minibar), it's 60 leva for 10 days; this way you can fill the refrigerator with all what you want, and not all they want(let's say you have small kids; they need juice, milk, fruits etc; the minibar offers beer and whisky ... :)) -even there are 5-6 restaurants near teh hotel, you will not be disturbed by live or noisy music; they know how to respect people. Now, a few BAD things that I wouldn't expect, in a 5 star hotel : -incredible thin walls; you can easily hear the discussions from your neighbourhood, in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (... in cloudy days, it could be also DTS Surround, 'cos everybody stays in the rooms) -I stayed in room 8826; the bathroom fan was not working, and in the morning I sensed some smells in my bathroom; I noticed that to the DESK, they said they will solve, but the smell remained (there are 2 possibilities : it wasn't solved, or the fan was to lazy, for covering a 10 sqm bathroom...) -try to NOT book on 8th floor (rooms 8813-8830), especially on the corridor walking to the SKY BAR; 'cos you will have all night long drunk people walking on the corridor, laughing it loud, smashing the doors etc. -besides, we heard all night long a banner ("SKY BAR"), beaten by the wind, and smashed to some metallic bars that surrounds the bar; I wouldn't expect that. -again, besides all these, in the morning you will find on your balcony some various stuff from the people that drunk and party last night in the SKY BAR : peanuts, chewed chewing gum, cigarettes and cigar-ashes -...and that's because the balcony ceiling of the 8-th floor rooms is NOT covering the entire balcony, but only half of it. -you have NO PRIVACY on the room balconies; the wall between them are glass made (you can see what you neighbour's doing), and, in evening time, suddenly a light in each balcony turns ON and cannot be switched off by the guest; of course, this gives a very beautiful light-effect of the hotel ... but better those bulbs could be placed BETWEEN the balconies, and NOT in the balcony (this way a small privacy could be obtained); but, if you have thoughts of having a romantic evening, beaten by the sea-wind, in the balcony ... well ... forget about it ... Well, after all, I guess I was not lucky. Don't misunderstood me : I ENJOYED my stay in this hotel. But there are some things that you wouldn't expect in a 5 star hotel. Should I come back here ? Oh yes. Those a few bad things couldn't affect my son's smile ... he's only 5 years of age. So, Marina Grand Beach is a very beautiful place to stay, no matters if you have children or not. ... should I recommend this hotel ? It depends of what you need ; I enjoyed it for incredible seaview, quiet out-side environment, cleanliness, beach location (first line). Go there.

please send for me total rate in july for 7days for2 person.are there your hotel ultra all inclusive service?if there arent what things are free (break fast,....) how long distance to sofia with bus &airplane &how much ticket for sofia?

I went to Marina Grand on the 21st Sept 2006 and was most inpressed with the hotel and the surrounding area. Marina is in the middle of the night life and the market. (watch out for the beggers and gypsies!!) The night life is ace and has everything for every age apart from young children. The hotel in its self is fantastic but be prepared for cold food, but when it is hot it is nice. There was no hotel entertainment what so ever and in the brochure it said there was, we went to the clubs and bars anyway, bar i would recommend - Muppets Bar, its a karaoke and dancing bar its full of english having a great time!! The staff at marina grand in The sky bar and Messanine Bar are fantastic and the waiters are lovely in the restaurant, the men who sign you in at tea are quite rude and the reception staff arent the best. Overall the holiday was fantastic and i would go back there purely on the night life and yes it is as cheap as it says, 60p a pint! £1:00 for a big glass of white wine!! Don't be fooled by the complimentry meal they give you if they give you one!!!!

We stayed in the marina grand the first two weeks in July and it was fabulous - we had such a lovely time and the hotel was lovely - (entertainment - we did not have any of this in the hotel - apart from kids club!) but everything else soon made up for it and there is plently do to in golden sands - it would be good for the hotel to have some shows etc in the hotel for those nights you just want to stay in your hotel

We stayed at Marina Grand Beach hotel 19-26 July 06. We had a fabulous holiday. Food was excellent, accommodation was first class with beautiful views from the balcony of our spacious apartment. Hotel staff were exceptionally helpful and polite (can't be easy dealing with so many demanding and challenging holiday guests). Would certainly recommend this hotel and plan to holiday here again in the future.

We had also a reservation in Malina Hotel. But the friend who stayed there could not check in so early, but she was not allowed to stay in our hotel-room for waiting untill she could check in in the other hotel. That was very unfriendly at the beginning of our stay in the hotel and caused a lot of anger in me. Also the WIFI was not free in the hotel but it was no signal.

The reservation service was really excellent - thanks for it again! Sorry but we did not like the hotel because the facilities for little children were very poor and the hotel and area of the hotel was too noisy for us. Once we left a mineral water in the mini bar and because of the "fridge using" we had to pay 45 Leva(it was excess...)
The hotel only has swimming pool and some sunbeds but those were always enganged. So I think it was not a five stars hotel and not for people with little children.

Thanks of very wonderful vacation ;) Apartment in Marina was HUGE! We all love it and I'm sure that we come back next summer. Thanks also to bar-tender in lobby-bar, He was the best. Nina,Timo and children.