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4.5 of 5
Golden Sands 9007, Bulgaria
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Helios Spa
Ranked #51 of 103 hotels in Golden Sands
3.0 of 5 stars 73 Reviews
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Maldon, United Kingdom
2 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“Loved it”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 June 2011
4
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Dear Hotel Manager and tourists,

I’ll keep this short and to the point: our first ever experience in the hotel Helios and the Golden Sands resort was truly pleasant and beyond any of our expectations. The hotel stuff was most helpful, professional, courteous and the bar/reception ladies young and beautiful. The night-manager, well, he is definitely well in control, simultaneously looking after two adjacent hotels and making sure his customers are always happy. Do not try any silly moves, he is procedure compliance adept.

I confidently recommend this hotel first of all for its diverse facilities suitable for not only young families but also amorous couples or single travellers, but also for its hospitality and the outstanding all-inclusive cuisine, way beyond the claimed 4 star boundaries. This hotel, without a shade of a doubt, deserves a 5 star classification, so people, I strongly recommend you to go over there and see this for yourself – a truly brilliant value-for-money place.

I especially commend the kitchen staff for cooking such a wide variety of exotic Balkan food for all those hungry gourmands like myself my son Stefan and my friends Sorin & Stefan. The Animation team, which I mistakenly believed, just for a second, that they’ll end up dancing all night long on top of the tables in the disco (similar to those animation half-naked girls dancing all night long in the night-clubs) – pardon my ignorance- were top notch.

Almost forgot to tell you about the Bulgarian folk-pop music: you westerners might not understand it, but this is, my friends, first-class quality entertainment, sorry, no ‘X-factor’ or ‘Britain Has Got Talent’ stuff.

Personally, I am going to definitely return here and why shouldn’t I? After all this is such a friendly hotel, it offers everything you could possibly need. Never tried the Spa, but I hear is incredible.

I sincerely thank you my Bulgarian friends, I shall now post this on to ‘trip advisor’ and similar hotel-review web sites.

Stefan Roman

PS. Dear Management team, please pass on this feedback to all your staff. Much appreciated.

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  • Stayed May 2011, travelled with friends
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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bucharest, Romania
1 review
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“never again”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 May 2011
2
people found this review helpful

the hotel is ok ( it is clean, the rooms are ok ), but the people who work there made it the worst hotel i've seen in my life. They are very rude ( begining with the manager and finishing with the housemaid ) and not trained for their job. Also, the restaurants of the hotel are very small comparing to the hotel capacity, and at lunch and dinner you have to stay in line to get some food wich, by the way, is very bad ( i have to eat somewhere else because of the quality of the food they were serving at the hotel restaurants ). Anyway, to end this review, think twice before booking this hotel.

  • Stayed May 2011, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 February 2011
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I have to say I'm a bit surprised by the very negative comments of others, I visited the Helios with my 3 kids last August and we all really liked it. Rooms were very good and spotlessly clean, pools were great, staff all very friendly - especially the entertainment guys who my kids all loved. The food was a little plain and didn't vary much in our stay (hence the loss of a star in the rating) but there was plenty of salad, pasta, chicken, pizza and ice cream - which was fine by my kids at least. All in all I found it good value and would recommend to anyone on a budget.

  • Stayed August 2010, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Sunderland, United Kingdom
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“They might get there... in a few years.”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 August 2010
2
people found this review helpful

The helios hotel isnt too bad rooms ok etc. but the food is by far the most disgusting, foul, repuslive, gag reflex testing, dirty filthy, rotten regurgitated, smelly rot! everything smells of steamed rotten fish. the pool was ok except i heard a few reports of people getting ear infections but i suppose this could be coincidence and nothing to do with the pool. the animation staff were ok but annoying when they wake you up from sleeping by the pool to ask you to do gymnastics, the arrival of a few benefits cultured jeremy kyle type families spoiled the relaxation a bit but i suppose you can get that anywhere. the town has some ok food places (which after the second day we used frequently due to the sheer wreching brought on by the food in the all inclusive restaraunt) however be prepared for the sheer non stop harrassment of people trying to get you into their places. all in all would not go back here due to having higher standards

Stayed August 2010, travelled with family
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Bethune, France
1 review
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Nice Hotel”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 August 2010
1
person found this review helpful

I spent a nice week in this hotel, clean rooms and the hotel is always impeccable. The breakfasts are hearty and animation all day warranty with "the pretty Mimi" and her colleagues. The staff is very friendly.

  • Stayed August 2010, travelled with friends
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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  • Helios Hotel Golden Sands
  • Helios Resort Golden Sands
Address: Golden Sands 9007, Bulgaria
Price range (per night):* INR2,740 - 5,872

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