Viva Mare Beach

This is a sunning hotel in a beautiful setting on a large leafy forest-like complex of apartments mainly owned and lived in by Bulgarians, which made it feel like a lovely community village. There are 3 huge pool areas to choose from, all with plentiful beds so it was never necessary to have to reserve one. Our room was extremely spacious and looked exactly like the pictures, spotlessly clean, good air con, nice balcony, large comfy bed and loads of storage space. The beach is directly over the road from the hotel and the sunbeds are free for residents. It’s about a 20 min walk (slightly uphill) into the town and you can visit both the old town (very pretty, lots of gift shops etc) and the new town which is nothing much to write home about. I would strongly recommend taking a decent amount of euros with you as many places and taxis still only take cash (or Revolut). The only criticism I would have of the hotel itself is the food in the main restaurant if you’re half or full board - the food itself is absolutely lovely but the hot food buffet does NOT keep the food hot and most of it was lukewarm and in some cases stone cold - we did feed this back to restaurant staff twice but nothing changed. This would really put me off visiting again on a half or full board basis and is the main reason for giving the hotel 4 and not 5 stars. The other restaurants we visited on the site were Fish and Grill (also the one on the beach) and Casa Mia and both served delicious high quality food. So on the whole would highly recommend with the food issue being the only disappointment.

Quiet hotel. Friendly staff. Several pools and several restaurants. Incredible nature.

We had a great experience from check-in to check-out. The food was delicious, everything in the hotel was very clean and maintained. The complex around the hotel was very calm and full of nature. We will come back again.

Immaculate well designed hotel with friendly and helpful staff who are very accommodating. Best of both worlds with lush greenery at the back of the hotel and a beautiful sea view out front. Just out of season so quiet and very peaceful for a spring break, Hotel is well situated for a pleasant stroll to the beautiful old town - which again is quiet but no hustle and bustle to get tables in restaurant's and the views are amazing across the sea. Would definitely recommend this hotel and gorgeous Sozopol to anyone who loves a hidden gem destination.

Superb location, immaculately maintained, staff were exceptional especially Ibraham on reception who gave us lots of tips on things to do and places to eat. Also Viktoria in the restaurant was very friendly and helpful

Great hotel in a lovely setting. Rooms are good with a nice walk in shower. Staff great particularly the girls at the beach bar , Vicky at breakfast and Gabriella at the Appolina. The two main pools and the beach have lifeguards the older guy is very attentive. Loved seeing the birds flying around the main pool but a daily cleaning would be good the decking and sun beds are a bit dirty