Hotel Lovech - Хотел Ловеч — Hotel in Lovech

We stayed here overnight after deciding that the B&B accommodations we had originally reserved in Lovech were completely unsuitable.||||I have to agree with the other reviewers that the hotel is in dire need of refurbishing. The lobby is very large, but dimly lit. The people we dealt with at reception were very pleasant and helpful.||||We were travelling with a couple of friends, so took two rooms. The only one available with a refrigerator, which we needed, had what I would call a 3/4 bed -- bigger than a twin-sized, but smaller than a double. Luckily, coffeemaven and I like each other. This room had an air-conditioner/heater. The second room had two beds, but no fridge and no heater. There is central heating in all the rooms, but it doesn't get turned on until Nov. 1, no matter what the outside temperature is. When we were there, heat was definitely needed. Both rooms were quite small, with very small television sets, a radio, small closet, small desk, stool and armchair.||||Tiny bed pillows were provided and the bed was hard at the edges and sagging in the middle.||||Our poorly lit bathroom was also very small. The tub had a piece gouged out of the outside. The shower curtain ran half the width of the tub and ended a good six inches above its top. There was a space between the tub and the adjacent wall, so when you showered water collected there, as well as on the bathroom floor. There was no tub mat and the towels were small and hard. The sink had several what appeared to be burn marks on the inside and outside.||||Prices are low, but you get what you pay for, I guess. I don't know how this hotel ever got a...

The exterior of the hotel raises one’s expectations.|The Soviet style lobby immediately lowers them.|On entering the room one’s hopes are raised again. ||Room 420 was spacious, generally ok but with serious deficiencies in the telephone and TV electrical wiring. In addition the bathroom washbasin was covered with cigarette burns - see three of the photos.||Bathroom shower did not have its own enclosed base, with the result that water flooded the floor. In fairness to the Hotel Lovech this appears to be a characteristic of Bulgarian hotels outside of Sofia. | |Breakfast was served in the adjacent, still Soviet style restaurant and was the least attractive breakfast during a visit to Bulgaria covering 5 hotels.||A redeeming feature is the price of Lev 39 = Eur 20 for a large room including air conditioning an breakfast. Without breakfast and air conditioning the rate drops to Eur 15.Taking this into account I have revised my originally intended 2 star rating and have instead awarded 3 stars to the...

I booked a double room for 2 nights at 60 BGN per night but when we arrived in this dimly lit hotel, we were informed breakfast was not included in the price, and we could not have an evening meal because they had a prom on. For both meals we had to cross the river to get food - ridiculous The bar was unavailable and we would have to use the mini bar in the room. Reluctantly we went to our allocated room, well what can I say : The rooms had 2 single beds which looked suitable in width for a child. We telephoned reception and when we arrived to talk to them, the manager of Presidivm Palace Hotel was at the desk and asked if we would like to to go to his hotel, even telephoned ahead for us and sent a porter with us to give directions to find it. So that was the best bit about The Lovech, because our stay in Presidivm...