Pop Bogomil

“Excellent small budget hotel.”

The Pop Bogomil family hotel is a no frills budget hotel, I met 3 lady receptionists and all were lovely. I was travelling alone and need a stick to walk, they were all very kind to me. A small double room very comfortable. Lovely bed and so clean. Would stay again.

“Decent budget place -you get what you pay for :)”

Stayed here with 5 other male friends , on an organised stag weekend . We are all 37 to 65 year old professional men and seasoned travellers. Our package also included a guide , plus transfers to and from the airport and to a couple of pre planned events in the owners 8 seater mini bus.Now you need… more

Stayed here with 5 other male friends , on an organised stag weekend . We are all 37 to 65 year old professional men and seasoned travellers. Our package also included a guide , plus transfers to and from the airport and to a couple of pre planned events in the owners 8 seater mini bus.Now you need to bear in mind you are 15 mins away from the city centre in a country where beer is a pound a pint and the average monthly wage is about £400. Soooo , be honest and consider that when you are paying around £25 a night for a room , incl. breakfast ( boiled egg , meat , bread , coffee etc ) then it works out it's more expensive for me to live in my house than it is to stay here. You simply cannot grumble about that. The staff were friendly and helpful and spoke good English. The owner was a really nice chap - sorting us out some wine glasses etc and giving us some recommendations . We weren't expecting to spend much time actually staying here , given the nature of the visit , but did sit in the courtyard and have a few beers ( cans from reception for a quid ) and coffee etc is available in the day from the desk . The rooms were ideal for our needs and nice and clean. Yes the decor is a tad tired and odd here and there ( we had doors all over the walls and ceiling ! :) The slightly odd wet-room / toilet set up was a bit shabby around the edges , but what we needed. In the top back triple room ( room 11 ) there is an odd roof arrangement on a kind of extended bit overlooking the courtyard and rear apartments , which is basically some poly-carbonate garage roof sheets with pigeons living in the roof above. Some noise from the birds , but we weren't bothered. The suburbs of Sofia are a little run down but there were local shops and a nice bar around the corner. To be honest , I wouldn't probably use this place for a romantic break or young kids unless you are on a proper shoestring budget BUT as far as we were all concerned for the price , this place is perfectly alright. If I wanted to arrange a similar lads weekend away , i would DEFINITELY re-book here. Oh and don't pay more than a Lev per km in the cabs :)

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