International House of Journalists Resort

7.0

Good(424 Reviews)

Hotel in Varna

3-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

High-end valuePrice for this property is higher than average in the area

Includes essentialsGarden, Pool, Kitchen or Kitchenette and more

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About this hotel

International House of Journalists Resort is set amidst its own botanical garden, 100 metres from its private beach in the peaceful Chaika area and 200 metres away from Cabacum beach.

Amenities

Pool

Air conditioner

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Balcony or Patio

Beachfront or waterfront

Garden

Family friendly

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Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

2 Single or 1 Queen • 247 ft²

Sleeps 3

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3 Single • 247 ft²

Sleeps 3

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1 Sofa • 387 ft²

Sleeps 3

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2 Single • 2 Single • 484 ft²

Sleeps 4

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2 Single • 247 ft²

Sleeps 2

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International House of Journalists Resort

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7.0

Good(424 Reviews)

Hotel in Varna

3-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

High-end valuePrice for this property is higher than average in the area

Includes essentialsGarden, Pool, Kitchen or Kitchenette and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this hotel

International House of Journalists Resort is set amidst its own botanical garden, 100 metres from its private beach in the peaceful Chaika area and 200 metres away from Cabacum beach.

Amenities

Pool

Air conditioner

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Balcony or Patio

Beachfront or waterfront

Garden

Family friendly

Map of Varna

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

2 Single or 1 Queen • 247 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

3 Single • 247 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

1 Sofa • 387 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

2 Single • 2 Single • 484 ft²

Sleeps 4

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

2 Single • 247 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Reviews

7.0

Good(424 Reviews)

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9.0

Sep 2024

Прекрасен комплекс 🤗

Съчетание от голям парк обграждащ хотела. Голям паркинг за гостите. Открит и чист минерален басейн на разположение на гостите. Плажът е на 300 метра от хотела. Невероятно съчетание от растителност, прохлада и море. Персоналът от учтиви млади хора. Благодарим.

10.0

Sep 2024

Добри

Всичко

Проблема със свлачище то на собствения плаж

7.0

Aug 2024

Perfect pentru cei ce cauta odihna si liniste !

Linistea,curatenia,diversitatea meniului si amabilitatea personalului !

Lipsa plajei private evidentiate in facilitati, care este de fapt o ruina !

10.0

Jul 2024

Excellent for families

This hotel is so underrated on booking and on google, and I don’t really understand why. I was terrified of going with my toddler, because of these reviews, and they are totally unfounded. The bathroom - was pristine, and I am really particular about bathrooms in hotels. Photo attached to my review. 10 for cleanliness. Parking space - There are more than enough parking spaces on the premises. The room - it was cleaned every day, towels changed as well, toilet paper and toiletries were more than enough. There is a mini fridge in the room, with no freezer part in it, but it does an okay-ish job of cooling water bottles. The AC worked perfectly the entire time, which I appreciate a lot. There are very few (i.e. little to no) mosquitoes around, I have a blood type which mosquitoes really like, so I don’t really get away without being bitten, anywhere I go. Reception personnel - are super nice and they do their best to communicate in English. I very much appreciated the fact that right at check-in they were honest about their beach, the hotel’s beach, and said theirs is terrible and very small (true) and we are welcome to use the next door hotel’s beach (Cabacum). We ended up driving downtown anyway to the promenade beach which is way smoother to enter the water, and the sand is smoother as well, also less waves than in other parts at the same moment in time, probably because it’s the most protected (by the two piers to the left and right). A lovely and thoughtful touch are the double drapes, the outer drape made of some sort of plastic like material which doesn’t let the heat through, and the inner drape made of some sort of silk-like material which keeps everything cool. The botanical garden is actually very lovely and so welcome because it keeps everything cooler than in town. Don’t count on the playground, it’s a relic from the 80’s, but we had no expectations there so all is well.

Make sure to read the good parts, the bad are negligible!! Food/Half-board - I don’t necessarily recommend, for one because “buffet” means you cannot pick your own piece of food but instead get served whatever the servers want (who don’t speak a word of English or any other language), and secondly because it’s not varied, or very little so, some mornings the omelette was almost raw, with raw yolk flowing freely all around, the menemen they had one morning had completely raw eggs in it, some mornings some of the hot dogs were very obviously left over from yesterday and thrown on top of the bunch (they were grey!). No playground, but I wasn't necessarily disappointed as I had no expectations that it would be usable.

3.0

Jun 2024

Незадомолително

Съотношение цена качество не отговаря. Беше чисто но обстановката е като на походни легла. Абсолютно не ни покри очакванията

2.0

Aug 2023

Nem ajánlom!

Pool: the small swimming pool is nice, if you just want to lay for the siesta. Unfortunately in Bulgaria anyone can smoke, wherever they want. At the bar, you can take a simple drink, if you have cash with you. You cannot put it on the room_ Food, restaurant: whether breakfast or dinner, you will have to go to the desk and ask for your food. You are not allowed to take your portions. The name of the dishes is written, in Bulgarian. Foreigners are forced to use online translators or to ask the waiters (who are very kind and try to explain to you the various Bulgarian dishes). the temperature of the food is rather cold (soup or grilled dishes as well). The Bulgarian salads are very tasty. Drinks: you can take from the tap, what you would like: vine (red, white or rosa), beer (unknown pilsner) or soda. For breakfast, you can choose coffee from the machine (more like black water, not an espresso), or guess what kind of tea bag you have in front of you (no individual packing or labeling available).

General: the hotel is a remanence of old socialist luxury, showing the standards of the 1970s. It remained at that level. You can see at the stairs, where the old red carpet was, or you can feel on the floor, where the original pavement underneath the carpet floor is broken. The best part: cleaning; all staff members are really doing their best to keep the hotel in a clean status. Lobby: the clerks are very friendly, but they have limited resources to solve any issue: e.g. you can use a billiard table if you can buy a coin from the receptionist. If they have no more coins (weekend is coming), you cannot buy it, and cannot play. In the lobby bar you can drink coffee (simple black from the machine, no fancy cappuccino, nor latte, nor any other type; maybe some milk, if you insist). Rooms: very spartan. Furniture is outdated, TV is from the last century. The refrigerator is very noisy. At least you have an air conditioner 😊 and a mosquito net on the terrace door. Bathroom: “all in one” type: if you use the shower, the toilet gets wet from the outside as well. No place to put your things (only a small shelf at the mirror). The smell of the drain/sinkhole is not handled properly. Beach: forget it. The hotel beach is not useable, and very dangerous to go down the broken stairs. The sea there has a rock bed, so you better go 200 meters to the city’s beach, where you have normal sand bed.

7.0

Aug 2023

Good

The food was very good, great pool - clean and big, a lot of green space, very nice staff, free parking.

The beach is very small, but the main disadvantage: the stones in the sea, very difficult to get in and out of the water, a lot of sea weeds on the beach that were never cleaned. There is no investment there. The same for the botanical garden / the hotel yard: no investment.

8.0

Jul 2023

Good for a one night stay

Clean

The beach

10.0

Jul 2023

Exceptional

Everything was absolutely perfect ☺️

7.0

Aug 2022

Maybe just accomodation

Pool, beach, garden, free parking, bar. At all, there was a good price for all the stuffs.

Food has always a poor quality. At one of the dinner's almost all of the food has a bad taste that could endanger our health. Sometimes, breakfast looks recycled from dinner. At checkout I was taxed for drinks I didn't ordered.

4.0

Aug 2022

Disappointing

Nothing!!!

Rooms and furniture are Old. Matreses stained and old. No queen bad, only 2 single beds.Very poor and cheap food. We were forced to eat somewhere eles. Biggest mistake to stay there with an 1 yo baby and that Kind of food and conditions. Also the baby crib had no matress and was broken. Everything around în the hotel was abandoned. Hotel next door under construction. Small beach full on rock in the water so difficult to swim close. My grandmothers TV in room...like first model of color tv. At dinner no tea or coffe, only for breakfast. Swiming pool very small also the rooms small ,nothing at all like in pictures. Spend money more like at 5* hotel! Shame !Big No!

4.0

Aug 2022

It’s unlikely to book this place again

Very old, needs to be refurbished . We had a broken sofa and asked to be replaced but this didn’t happen

10.0

Jul 2022

The best

Ukrainian people are the best!

Stop the war. Stop propaganda war!

3.0

Jul 2022

Poor

The swimming pool an the location close to Kabakum beach

The food. The salads were warm. The main dishes were cold and not tasty at all. The quality ot the food was very bad . Also the first 3 days we did not have hot water in the afternoon after returning from the beach and it was fixed after our complaints.

9.0

Oct 2021

It was beyond expectations, we will return with pleasure.

Good food, in the evening you could serve a glass of wine / beer. Excellent location, a very beautiful beach 7-8 minutes walk.

The TV didn't work, but it wasn't a real problem

1.0

Sep 2021

Bad

Sea was nice.

Bed was destroyed

10.0

Sep 2021

Beautiful location and surroundings

The cleanliness was impressive, the food was tasty and nutritious. The location is exceptional.

The staff in the restaurant wasn’t welcoming, most of them with some few exceptions were showing negative attitude towards the guests, in some cases rudeness. They looked like being forced to do the work. It made us feel quite uncomfortable and unwelcome.

4.0

Sep 2021

Calm hotel with few bus stops to Golden Sands

Shower was okay, however sometimes it happened that hot water wasn't working as it should. After whole day at the beach I think people deserve proper shower.

The rooms looked very old, beds were really old, sometimes there was no electricity, rooms need reconstruction. Food options for breakfast were everyday the same, for dinner at least there was some diversity. The only good thing was location close to public beach and to Golden Sands few stops by bus. Pool outside was nice. It's set into natural botanical garden, however somehow whole area needs reconstruction & more maintenance.

9.0

Aug 2021

Superb

The staff is nice, the food is good and the location is great. The beach is very close to the accommodation and there are lots of shops and restaurants around which make it very convenient.

9.0

Aug 2021

Superb

Quietness

The restaurant

9.0

Aug 2021

15 nights for recovery @Journalist ***

As our second stay at IHJ it was visible good management and progress in resort`s development. Feel at home in the middle of superb garden. All appreciation to Desk, Kitchen, Cleaning staff. 15 nights stay this time and 21 nights first time gave us time to appreciate good work. Thank you!

Recommend to check & fix cable network.

8.0

Jul 2021

Very good

The hotel is located next to the beach If the room its located at a superior floor, you can see the sea from the balcony Beach bar and out door cinema on the beach The people from the reception very friendly

Not all the food and coffee was tasty. The room looks old (walls, tv...)

7.0

Jul 2021

Nice holliday

Receptionist was very nice all the time.

Privat beach was not ok.

8.0

Jul 2020

Very good

Summer cinema, the pool, the garden, the staff

The hotel is old, must be restorated

3.3

Aug 2019

Not coming again

It is close to the beach, quiet place.

The private beach was awful, it was full of rocks and algae, the umbrellas were broken and the beach dirty. The TV was not working and it was very old.

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Varna?

The average price for a rental in Varna is $41 per night. This rental is $15 above the average.

Is parking included with this hotel?

Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at International House of Journalists Resort. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this hotel?

Yes, a swimming pool is available for use at International House of Journalists Resort. Enjoy the water!

Is International House of Journalists Resort pet friendly?

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What amenities are available at International House of Journalists Resort?

We found 10 amenities for this rental. This includes pool, air conditioner, kitchen or kitchenette, internet / wifi, and parking.

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International House of Journalists Resort

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Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Varna

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

International House of Journalists Resort

Hotel in Varna

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Varna

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Reviews

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Varna?

Is parking included with this hotel?

Is there a pool at this hotel?

Is International House of Journalists Resort pet friendly?

What amenities are available at International House of Journalists Resort?

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