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This is a friendly clean hotel that is right beside the pedestrianized area of July 20th Square.||First, parking; it is tricky and very busy around the hotel. There are two or three spaces right beside the check in area of the hotel but do not rely on them being free. You likely will have to park on the street.||Check in is relatively painless, you will be given a key, the remote for the television and also the remote for the air conditioner in the room.||The rooms are small and pretty basic. The beds are pretty hard and there are sleep sacks under the top sheets that you climb inside for sleep so that there is no need for individual bed sheets. Pillows are in the closet.||The bathrooms are basic, my room did not have a tray for the shower so the water dumps on the bathroom floor and goes down a drain, be careful it gets ‘slippy’. Other rooms have a tray for the shower so I was told.||There is soap, shampoo and clean towels in the room. The shampoo sachets are pretty tough so I recommend you open them before you have wet hands, it becomes a struggle otherwise.||The rooms are laid out with the odd numbered rooms on the front of the building overlooking the shopping area and the even numbers on the back of the building and overlooking a side road…try for an odd number to get a better view.||The internet signal is stronger nearer the stairs so whichever floor you are on try for a low number room. The downside is if you are in the rooms that end in 01, 02 you have great signal strength but the stairs are outside the door and you can hear everyone coming and going.||If you have a higher number room ending in 13, 14 or 16 you have no outside noise because you are near the end of the building but the internet signal is weak….a middle number seems the best compromise or work downstairs in the lobby for the best signal.||Breakfast is next door in the restaurant. It starts at 7am weekdays and 8am weekends, perhaps a few minutes later. Advise you learn the words for butter or jelly/jam for your toast..otherwise they are not provided.||Coffee is small and strong, I loved it but some in our group prefer a more American type of coffee and were disappointed.||If you are expecting a Holiday Inn or similar this is not it. If you are looking for a functional, better priced hotel while you explore the area then this is it.||Make the effort to speak Bulgarian if you can, the people seem to really appreciate it and their smile is well worth the effort.||As you explore, look for the Waterfall Restaurant for evening meal and get to the Bakery Boss on the square for a hot tasty snack while walking.