Ivan P.
I arrived in terrible rain and could barely tell this place was here. I've passed this part of Pop Bogomil Street many times without imagining there was a hotel in the building. You have to know exactly where to go, and I rang the bell behind a big sign that said "Dentist." The receptionist had just woken up when she let me in. She offered a connecting room for 60 lv., though the displayed price list showed the most expensive room at up to 40 lv. Getting to the room meant climbing two floors on wooden stairs that creaked so loudly I felt I was waking the whole area. The place is relatively central, on a small street next to the "Women's Market," but the area was uncleaned and full of rubbish. The building is old, and Sofia has plenty of older places that are maintained to preserve their atmosphere. This one felt miserably old and neglected, like the ugliest thing from a century ago brought to life. The room had one bed, maybe a blanket, a 30-year-old TV that didn't work, and a trash can. There was wallpaper and a painting, perhaps the most horrible piece of art I've ever seen. That was all. No toilet, bathroom, towels, or anything else. There was only a shared toilet on the floor. I didn't see a bathroom, and I felt sick. With autumn approaching and summer over, there was no heating at all. What passed for a blanket looked more like floor decoration than something you could wrap around yourself. I didn't imagine hotel services could be offered in conditions like this. For 60 leva, I have no comment on what you actually get. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who has to stay somewhere like this.
