Review of Hotel Yastrebets Wellness & Spa 4*

Hotel The hotel is located near Borovets in the middle of woods with its own private forest just for hotel guests. Besides having hotel rooms you have the possibility of renting chalets but we stayed in a standard hotel room for 4 nights and it was like heaven. The hotel itself is not very modern but it has a flair of a Grand hotel. When arriving on the parking lot a doorman comes to pickup your luggage and brings it to your room. The hotel staff at the reception is trying everything to make all of your wishes come true. We went there in mid of June where most of the hotel rooms were empty and not many guest were seen. There was still some xmas decoration which was removed on our day of departure (June 14th). ^^ This hotel is definitely a winter season hotel as there is a ski lift on the hotel property. But we wanted to go hiking and enjoy the spa this it was perfect for us. The rooms are clean, for Bulgaria well equipped with sophisticated and high quality furniture. On day of arrival we had a handwritten personal greeting card of the front desk manager wishing you a warm welcome. Every evening a maid of the roomservice brings you a card with weather forecast for tomorrow. Restaurant The restaurant is used for both breakfast and lunch/dinner but some days breakfast is served on first floor in a separate breakfast saloon. However, the breakfast was of really high quality having everything you can imagine if am intercontinental breakfast. Bacon, sausages, ham, cheese, cereal, eggs (scrambled & boiled), local sweets and local breakfast (Banitza, Makitza), French toast … name it and you will get it. On our last day we did not have breakfast buffet like the days before but could choose from a menu where all the buffet elements were stated. We could order as much as we want so we ordered several dishes each. We had to roll out of the restaurant. During the stay we also had a light lunch and Dinner. As lunch we had the chicken soup — very delicious and the Shopska Salat also very good. As dinner I can not remember the names of the dishes but they were both really good and decorated on the plate with a touch of haute cuisine. The portions are not big and the prices were quite high related to standard Bulgarian restaurants. But it was worth it! Wellness, Spa & Gym Gym area is not very big but has everything you need. The equipment is in a very good shape with view on the pool. The pool is I guess around 15m long with an integrated jacuzzi area. The wellness area has a hot finnish sauna, and three other lower temperatured sauna's. Very clean and in good shape. I was a bit confused of using the sauna with bathing clothes because in Germany it is mandatory to use the sauna without clothes and inly with a big towel. Overall we really enjoyed the stay in Yastrabets and we are happy to come back sometime.