Crystal Palace Boutique Hotel

Warning: please message to the hotel. They should be aware of booking the taxi for their customers. Should select quality drivers that will not treat the customers with extra mileage for the extra fees. We were driven to a wrong hotel that the driver insisted he was right even though we showed him on the map and the correct address.

I was prepared to write a most amazing review of this aspiring boutique hotel near Sofia center, but was disappointed with a surprise price hike upon check-in, though I had pre-paid through Expedia. The charge was 20 Euro for my wife, though their website confirmed that it is only a 7 Euro for 2nd adult, and even so, Expedia specified a lesser 5 Euro for 2nd adult. This was a non-breakfast reservation, and though we paid for a 2nd adult, we were still only provided a single set of towels & bathrobe. The price that the staff assured me I would pay during check-in, including the 2nd adult extra charge of 7 Euro (as specified on their website), unfortunately, changed back to 20 Euro upon my check out. We were in a rush to catch an early morning 06:00 flight, so paid without going into details again. The same manager and receptionist were still there, and assured us of the ‘politics’ of the situation. We used the hotel room for a total of 7 hours for our Sofia layover, and though it was nice, and the money disputed was not much, the ‘politics’ of the situation were quite disappointing.