Regnum Bansko Ski Hotel & SPA

No point ranting, instead here’s a simple list of some of the misery of staying at the Regnum: Curtains don’t cover window Unbearably hot throughout hotel; Excuse: “it’s a bit warm for usual winter” Ski depot locked past lift opening time; even after complaining no one came for another 15mins Noise and VERY thin walls, unable to sleep despite staying in one of the more expensive suites Towels put back from another bathroom so don’t know who’s is who’s. Dirty ones picked up from floor and put back, mud and all. Sheet change request card picked off bed and put back with sheets not changed Dinner marked without gluten on menu showed up with piles of bread, waiter said just don’t eat the bread! Manager promised no charge but on receipt anyway, when challenged it we were battled by the waiter! Kettle didn’t work Misdirected to spa three times, incl one who walked me to the basement (ski depot) realised she had made a mistake so just ran off Breakfast starts at 7, lots of stuff not set out until 7.30 or at all. Different every day. Kitchen with no pans! No bin in rooms No phone in bedrooms No resupply on tea/coffee Safe - no instructions. Bell boy came to show how to use but showed us wrong Sofa bed dangerously broken - rusted chunk of metal fell off on assembly Housekeeping threw random things of ours away but not the rubbish, left washing up to dry still smeared with food Key cards stopped working over and over

Hotel people are very professional and helpful, speak good English. Spa is good clean and comfortable. Food is ok. You can always park a car in front of the hotel. The only downside is that sofa bed is not comfortable. Overall I would rate it very good.

The guest relations manager (Angel) was GREAT! Very attentive and he went out of his way to help us find a doctor.

Ολα καλά εκτος απο την τελευταία μέρα που χάλασε το ασανσέρ και δεν φτιαχθηκε εγκαιρως με αποτελεσμα να ανεβαινουμε στο 5 πατωμα και να κατεβάσουμε τις βαλίτσες στα χέρια.

We booked this hotel which advertised itself as a 4* hotel, recently upgraded to 5. Upon arriving early, we were hassled about wanting to check our luggage in the luggage room. Then, when I asked about a safety deposit box for our valuables I was told there was not one (even though I later discovered there was one). After a day of skiing, we decided to use our "fully-stocked" kitchenette and bought food to cook for dinner. Upon returning to our room, we discovered that there were no pots and pans. After waiting an hour and a half, one was finally delivered. Additionally, there was no corkscrew in the room and we had to go back down to the bar to have our wine opened. Then we tried to log onto the internet that we had to pay for, only to find out there were problems with the network. On top of all of this, they had advertised that there were ski lockers on the lower ground floor but when we tried to use it at check-out to hold our stuff while skiing we were told the key for all of the lockers had gone missing. We then were forced to put our luggage back in the somewhat secure luggage room where we had to wait 30 minutes upon return for the bellboy with the key to the room (the other bellboy for some reason did not have a key) to retrieve our items. It was a comedy of errors from the start and I don't even think the hotel deserves a 4 star rating let alone the new 5 star rating it is advertising.

The studio room is a good size with a modern feel. It is clean and comes with its own hot water tank that lasts about 25mins before it needs to reheat. The pool is very nice when not busy but there is a charge for the outside jacuzzi which is a shame. It takes about 10mins to walk to the gondola station or the same time to walk to the top of town. The surrounding area is a building site but that didn't affect our stay in March 2013. On reflection is seems like its one of the newest places to stay and although some staff have a poor grasp of english, their attention to detail is excellent.

Overall excellent. My only complaint was that although our 2-bed apartment had a kitchenette, no cooking items (e.g. pot, kettle) were provided. Apparently because we had not requested them at the time we booked.

We liked our stay at this hotel, the sauna facilities were very nice (although during low season not everything was open). The staff was friendly and the rooms are clean.