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Samokov

3.0 star property
Family-friendly 3-star hotel with indoor pool

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Indoor pool
Sports facility
View from property
Dining
Lobby

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Hot Tub
  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Spa
  • Breakfast included
  • Pool

Explore the area

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Borovets, Samokov, Sofia Province, 2010
  • Borovets Ski Resort
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Tsarska Bistritsa
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Gondola Lift
    ‪32 min drive‬
  • Sofia (SOF)
    ‪78 min drive‬

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About the neighborhood

Borovets

In Samokov .Within a 5-minute walk of this Samokov hotel, you'll find Yanakiev Ski and Snowboard School and Borovets Ski Resort. Also, Sitnyakovo Express is within half a mile (1 km) and Tsarska Bistritsa is within 2 miles (3 km).

What's nearby

  • Yanakiev Ski and Snowboard School - 1 min walk - 0.0 miles
  • Borovets Ski Resort - 2 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • Sitnyakovo Express - 8 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • Tsarska Bistritsa - 17 min walk - 0.9 miles
  • Seven Rila Lakes - 48 min drive - 19.2 miles

Getting around

  • Kostenets Station - 32 min drive
  • Sofia Airport (SOF) - 78 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Hotel RILA Lobby Bar - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪The Terrace Lounge - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Restaurant & Pub Alpin - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Bistro Central - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Victoria - ‬4 min walk

About this property

Samokov

Family-friendly 3-star hotel with indoor pool
Samokov offers its guests a full-service spa, an indoor pool, and a hot tub. There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at one of the bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Free breakfast is available daily.

A business center and meeting rooms are available. A nightclub, a fitness center, and a sauna are also featured at the family-friendly Samokov.

This 3-star Samokov hotel is smoke free.

  • 1 building
  • 250 guestrooms or units
  • 9 levels
  • Meeting rooms
  • Buffet breakfast (free)
  • Nightclub
  • Ski equipment storage
  • Business facilities
  • Coffee in lobby
  • Dry cleaning
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Game room or arcade
  • Pool or billiards table
  • Convenience store
  • Beauty salon
  • ATM
  • Elevator
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • Bar by the pool
  • Dining venue
Samokov offers 250 accommodations with hair dryers. Rooms open to balconies. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas and include desks. Beds feature pillowtop mattresses. Cable television is provided. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Guests can pamper themselves with a trip to the onsite spa, which has 5 treatment rooms. Services include hot stone massages, facials, body scrubs, and body treatments. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a hot tub, and Turkish bath/hammam. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, hydrotherapy, and reflexology.

Languages

Bulgarian, English, Russian

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room
  • Bowling alley
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Indoor pool
  • Living room
  • Playground

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A poolside bar
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Bicycle rentals
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Bowling alley
  • Full-service spa
  • Gym
  • Horseback riding/rentals
  • Hot tub
  • Indoor pool
  • Nightclub
  • Playground
  • Sauna
  • Ski storage
  • Steam room

Accessibility

  • Elevator

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Cable channels

Bedroom

  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer

Food and drink

  • Limited room service
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Desk
  • Living room
  • Phone
  • Separate sitting area

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts major credit cards
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts major credit cards, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Eurocard.

We should mention

  • Pool access available from 10 AM to 7 PM.

Property is also known as

Hotel Samokov
Samokov
Samokov Hotel Borovets
Samokov Hotel
Samokov Samokov
Samokov Hotel Samokov

Frequently asked questions

How close is Samokov to the airport?

Samokov is 41.8 mi (78-min drive) away from the Sofia Airport (SOF) airport, the closest popular airport to the property.

Does Samokov have an airport shuttle?

Airport shuttle services are not available at Samokov.

Does Samokov offer free breakfast?

Samokov offers free buffet breakfast every day from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

Is there a casino at Samokov?

No, there is no casino at this hotel.

What time is check-in at Samokov?

Check-in begins at 2:00 PM.

Is there free parking at Samokov?

Free parking is not available at this hotel.

Does Samokov have a pool?

Samokov features an indoor pool. Guests can enjoy pool access from 10 AM to 7 PM.

Does Samokov have a restaurant?

Yes, there is a restaurant on site.

Does Samokov have a spa?

This hotel has a spa, which features mani/pedis, hydrotherapy, and aromatherapy.

How close is Samokov to downtown Samokov?

Samokov is 0.3 mi away from Borovets.

Samokov Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 14 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 14 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 14 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 14 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 14 reviews

6.6/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

5.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I have to say it was an excellent stay. Whilst it isn’t the Ritz, so don’t expect that, it was very solid and met the needs of a good base to access the slopes. Warm, big rooms, comfortable beds and adequate food. Remember, you get what you pay for - I’d stay here again.
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Diane

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Let’s start with a positive, it’s a good location. And that was it. The hotel itself is extremely dated, the lifts are dangerous. We only stayed bed and breakfast, thank goodness as the food was absolutely awful. There is no atmosphere about the place whatsoever, it is old, dark, and dingy. The beds are very old and uncomfortable, the pillows were like rocks. We stayed for eight days and for five out of the eight days we had continuous power cuts, lasting anywhere from between two and 10 hours. We were on the sixth floor, and when you come back from snowboarding the last thing you want to do is trudge up six flights of stairs wrapped up in snow gear. On the one morning we did go for breakfast, we had to walk down to a less than basic breakfast as they could not provide anything hot because of no power. Christmas Day, we were stuck in the hotel in the morning for the first five hours because again there was no power. We have had no apology for all this inconvenience whatsoever. On the morning of our departure, we hear that the hotel was sending emails to further arriving guests, stating there had been a series of power cuts but they apparently have a generator, to which was not used once! on our arrival at 3 am, and going straight to bed, we were very rudely awoken by an extremely loud obnoxious family in our room next door, using the most obscene language possible, and I was not impressed by this in front of my 13-year-daughter. This seem to be common throughout the hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Penka

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
6
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Declan

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel looks nothing like the photos, the cladding is falling apart and flaking with sap weeping out. Disused offices and facilities stand out. The carpark is used as charged parking for day-visitors for the slopes, guests park down a loading bay littered with potholes. For the 2 weeks I was here, the main door was broken. After checking in, you're directed to your room via the elevators. They're loud, shaky, inconsistent, some don't open level with the floor and have swastikas engraved inside. (this is specific to my room but other rooms must be similar) You're greeted with worn out and stained carpets, light switches and plug sockets hanging out of the wall, a radiator which doesn't come on enough to dry ski clothes, paint where it shouldn't be, lights not fixed in place, a toilet that isn't fixed to the floor releasing awful smells and providing an unstable perch. A shower that doesn't drain with a flickering light above you. The towel rack is half off the wall and the protuding tiles have simply been packed with filler. A large red stain down the side of the bed, I don't dare take off the sheet to look at the mattress. I don't think sheets are changed when the room is made. The walls are so thin, I could actually hear my new neighbor walk in and gasp. (seriously.) Breakfast is almost always yesterday's leftovers and is sometimes cold. The pool is dated but does the trick, the gym has been described by users as a prison gym. This is not a 4 star hotel.

8/10 Good

David

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Its is a communist era hotel. Having said that it is clean and has everything that you would need. The rooms are clean and spacious, but the food is not so good.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Daniel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

William

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was clean and tidy, even if a bit dated (1980s vibe) , it was comfy enough! The breakfast included was decent, and there was a lot of choice! We loved the fact how the gondola was less than a minute walk away.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Istref, Oklahoma City

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

paul

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with group, Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
You totally get what you pay for, its a budget, dated, and basic hotel. For us it was just a base and somewhere to sleep, which worked. Its unlikely i'll stay there again as would prefer a little more modern and luxury but compared to nearly hotels Rila £2600, Iglika £2500, Savakov £700 you get what you pay for so can't really complain. Breakfast was basic, but did the job, room was warm and clean, bowling and swimming was good, lots of space for the kids to run around in, bar and social areas not that appealing so didn't use them. Have stayed in all the above hotels twice.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
The location of the samokov is perfect for the gondola and the ski school is excellent. The rooms are dated but the beds are clean and sheets are changed regularly. Unfortunately the walls are paper thin so you will be woken up by other guests returning back from a night out. The hotel is warm, comfortable, cheap and cheerful. Check in time is 3pm not 2pm as stated on the website. The food is probably the major let down for this hotel, it's mostly luke warm. I've stayed here a couple of times and for the money it's fine.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Stay away from this place!

Stay away from this place! It is v. dated, unfriendly staff and most horrible food on the planet. The only good thing about this hotel was hot shower!

6/10 Okay

Christian

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort