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Dec 19, 2004
Had a great time staying even though there was no snow. James recomended other options like horseback riding that made our trip worthwhile. In comparison to other hotels such as Hotel Pirin, Avalon offers hospitality and a smile would recomend this hotel to anyone passing through Bansko for their holiday,
Dale and Petya Hooper
Denver, CO. USA
New Year 2004/5
James and Vanya,
A splendid eye opener of a stay. Great hotel, outstanding hospitality, painful snowboarding, minging vadka, great food, big dog, small dog I could go on but must sadly leave,
neuf a la banc
simon
10/01/2005
EXELENTES DIAS EN BANSKO!!
THANK YOU!!
GOOD LUCK!!
ALEJANDRA, (FROM ARGENTINA, BUENOS AIRES)
28/01/05
Thanks to james once again, next time we will be more demanding.... so be aware for the greeks
nick rek
01/2005
Great Hospitality, thanks especially to james and vania, till next time
Athina
01/05
Thanks a million for everything, couldn't think of staying anywhere else,
peace
stu & sylvia
Feb, 2005
James and Vanya (I'm sorry but I don't know how you spell your name!)
We just wanted to write and say what a fantastic time we had at your hotel and to thank you for all the useful and helpful information you gave us.
I'll be recommending you to everyone, in fact I put a recommendation on the My Bulgaria forum about you the other day to someone who was going to Bansko soon!
Hope you are well and fully booked!
We'll be in touch soon.
Take care
Feb, 2005
Hello James,
Finally, we made it to Stara Zagora, the road was ok, much snow but fine ! we stopped to Plovdiv,
We just had a great time there, we feel like home in your hotel and we thank you very much for all
especially Vania, she does a great job !!
We keep in touch and all my best to everyone we know :) especially to TG (Tchalga Girls)...
C U
Greg
2/2/05
booked in for 3 days stayed for 10- still didn't want to leave. Thanks for a great stay, comfortable clean rooms. friendly people. Can't ask for more. We will be back, thanks again
paul and trish
3/2/05
James, Thanks! one of the best, no, lets say the best, hotel I ever stayed in bulgaria!
keep it going
Herbert, Maya & Lina
5/2/05
stayed for 2 nights trying to buy a ski appartment - james gave great practical advice that was really useful. Great hotel-very friendly and helpful maded the trip much better, will definately recomend to friends
05/02/05
hotel very good standard, everyone is friendly and helpful Good beer cracking price
cheers!
9/02/05
It was lovely here- we don't want to leave because this hotel is the greatest!
Shani and Noa
09/02/05
Dear James,
we enjoyed your hotel and your help for our vacation- Thank you very much we feel we were lucky in the selection of the hotel, nothing was lacking good luck and keep on as you are,
Sarah and Ari
Jerusalem Ireal
10/02/05
James Vania you have agreat Hotel very personal and friendly, nothing like the big hotel we normally stay in . keep up the good standards, will recomend to friends back home. Thanks for advice on buying property etc,
Barry and Darren kent U.K.
12/02/05
Excellent time had! Avalon is more that just a hotel! Rarely does it all come together so well,
thanks and big love
Tara and Mark
london x
18/02/05
Great Hospitality, Great Food, Great staff!! Had a truely enjoyable time and would love to repeat the experiance again
Alisa
Kingham U.K.
18/02/05
James Vania Elaina and Ivan,
Thanks for all being such accomadating hosts, We've all had a great time in Bansko thakns to you all, even when we couldn't ski. The food was great, the beds were comfy and the bars was always open it all sums up to a great stay, anyway thanks for such an amazing time hopefully be seeing you again next year and the weather will be better,
thaks for an absolutely fantastic stay, best holiday ever
sarah
p.s. loved the quotes James (and the driving!!!)
26/02/05
james vania and all the staff thanks for the great stay the hotel was very good and we could not have wished for any better we will see you next year for sure
James Oliver and Carly
suffolk
I really liked the dogs i'll see you and everyone next year
Oliver
great stay, excellent hotel and staff, we will recommend to others and we will come here again! cheers
Anne & Michael
Ireland & Skopje
28/02/05
bansko is fantastic, a real gem. The hotel was brilliant, friendly staff, good rooms, great location!
I think we are going to see you again
suzi & neil
england
1/3/05
like to return real soon your hotel is excellent maybe try some skiing next time!!
paddy
U.K.
11th march 2005
Blagodaria! Merci!
We have had a lovely time here in Basko made all the more special by the warm welcome from all the team at the Avalon. We will send all our friends here I look forward to returning soon!
Keep an eye out for us on ski sunday
Oh Yeah nice hot tub badly need after a day on the slopes
thanks so much
love Alex and Edward
Dublin
xxx
ciao
James and Vania,
you have made the hotel avalon a Unique home from home & a great success
good luck with all your plans
greg and clare
1st NZer here & another Aussie!!!
Elfrida & AJ
06/12/05
What a fantastic stay-thank you so much for all your kindness and generosity. We’ll definitely be back so don’t go away!
Elizabeth
06/12/05
Simply home from home-absolutely wonderful-so lovely to understand and be understood-for all the advice, guidance and direction. So relaxed-such a break.
Thank you
Philippa
11/12/05
To all the Avalon, a brief but none the less an enjoyable stay. A very happy Christmas and New Year to you all.
Kingman Group
19/12/05
This is our second stay at the Avalon in recent months, no better place to stay in Bansko. James & Vanya are exceptional hosts and are more than happy to offer advice and assistance with all needs. We will be seeing plenty more of them-sorry James
Bless you both and a big Thanks to
the support
PS. Proper Job!
Nick & Cathy
26/12/05
Dear James, Vanya and staff,
Thank you so much for your kindness and attention to detail. It was nice to see familiar face each morning at the desk offering personal service. Our first White Christmas was one to remember. Thank you and all the best for 2006.
Matthew, Anne-Marie, Liam Bliss
Nudgee Beach Queensland Australia
02/01/06
To all the Avalon,
Thank you so much for making us so welcome. We have had a fantastic time-great weather, fantastic snow and lovely people. We look forward to seeing you all again in a couple of months!
Rich, Sarah, Ben, Poul and Alison
03/01/06
Avalon is the best and thank you so much for your kindness and hospitality.
From the room 24
03/01/06
Thanks for making us feel so welcome. New Year was an experience never to be forgotten! Had a wicked time snowboarding and hope to be back soon. Take care
Julie, Bianks, Lisa, Deano
04/01/06
To all, thanks for the fantastic stay. The hotel is spot on and the staff are bobby dazzlers. I will definitely be staying again
All the best for 2006 to all
Alex (room 13)
04/01/06
Second time here. I love it!
Keep it real.
Wayne
04/01/06
Thanks for a great week. Good service, great food and friendly staff. Hope to be back soon.
Lisa (room 13)
04/01/06
Thanks to James and the rest of the Avalon crew for looking after us again. Easily the best hotel and chef in Bansko.
All the best, Mick
Peace out
04/01/06
A big thanks for your hospitality it had made a wonderful difference to our holiday. We will definitely be back. Cannot miss another a night.
All the best wishes
Nigele, Rachel
Thanks for your lovely service. I wish you all the best for 2006. Whatever dreams you made will come true this year. See you on February .
Kostas
14/01/06
James, Vanya and all other members of Avalon team-thank you for the friendly atmosphere and great music at the bar. Hope to come back as often as possible.
Marvin
To James and Vanya and all the staff. A great hotel, great service, a relaxed atmosphere. Thanks to you all.
Marcus, Shaun, Christian, Paul
10/02/06
thank you for the wonderful stay. I hope you can convince the snow gods to bless us again next time!
Dan & Kandile
Chicago, USA or Athens, Greece
11/02/06
Excellent hotel and staff is very friendly. Good quality rooms! Good location for the great snow and mountains. Great place.
Kev, Leicester
England
Loved it! Hope to be back. Thank you for all the lovely hospitality and good food!
Dave, Caroline, Sam
England
2006
Awesome hotel, best slopes ever boarded on, hotel food out of this world. Love it!
Joe Stones, Leicester
14/02/06
Many thanks to James & Vanya and the rest of the hotel staff here at the Avalon for making my brother and I most welcome. Excellent rooms and great service, good food
Steve & Leiah, Nottingahamshire
23/02/06
Lovely hotel, very comfy beds Great stay, can’t wait to come back.
Wendy & Andy
25/02/06
What an awesome holiday. Great weather, great snow, very welcoming, comfortable, hospitality and we will be recommending Avalon to all our friends. See you next year.
Huw & Jemma Jones
03/03/06
Oh, no! We forgot to write in this last September-oh, how rude!! Well thanks so much for being so helpful, for giving up a day to help us buy skis, for organizing skiing when Bansko was closed and for being Mr & Mrs Ambassador in Bansko. Has anyone been here from UK who has not met you?
Our usual question on the slope was: ’Oh, when did you meet James and Vanya?’
If there is anything we can do to help you become Mayor and Mayoress, please ask! Well done for all you do. Take care.
Glen & Rebekah
Cornwall, England
2006
Thanks to all the staff @ hotel Avalon.
We are hard core crew.
Hope we woke all people who stayed @ Avalon. We had a great time!
Tony, Aaron, Chris, Austin
2006
An amazing welcome and a bastion for those of us who indulged deeply. Appreciated all you and for us - more than the usual service - laying on the day trip to alternative slope was so appreciated. We will be back, that’s a promise.
Julie
James, Vanya and all
It’s just been fantastic. Snowboarding, drinking and eating!!! You’ve made our trip to Bansko a bomb. Loving your approach to having a hotel - makes it feel like being at a mates house.
Take it easy, Jenx
2006
James, Vanya and all at Avalon
Thanks for the great stay in Bansko - your help and hospitality really made the trip for us all -from first time skiers to experts we enjoyed our week on and off the slopes. We will be back -hopefully soon.
Best wishes for the rest of the year, Tom Kidd
2006
James and Vanya - lovely hotel, very satisfying breakfast, nice rooms - and you and everyone else at the hotel were fantastic the whole week. Hope to be back and will spread the word widely.
Joe Whitaker
James, Vanya and all the staff at Avalon
Thanks to all for the great stay here in Bansko. The atmosphere was extremely friendly and everyone was excellent. As a first timer here, I really enjoyed myself and will be coming back in the future, not to mention spreading the word about Avalon! Keep up the grand job, not to mention keeping Tophie & Krishna well fed! All the best.
Gary Sherman
09/03/06
Everything has been said!
A really wonderful set up here at the Avalon. We were made to feel comfortable on our arrival with a couple of Kamenitsas from James. This was constant throughout our stay from all the Avalon team ………they really could not do enough to help.
People like James and Vanya will in there way help to develop Bansko in the future.
Keep up the good work. The greecs will be back.
Jake & Katia
11/03/06
Many thanks to all the staff of hotel Avalon who worked very hard to make our trip a success. Staff were always on hand to answer questions and advise on where to go and the best place to visit.
David
What a great place Bansko is. The Avalon is fabulous. Thanks for the great time.
Chip Shop Man
Greeting James, Vanya, Avalon and Bulgaria. Thank you very much.
Simon
James, Vanya and all the hotel Avalon
Thank you very much for making our stay so great. You were always on hand to answer any questions and help in any way. We are looking forward to seeing you all again soon.
Nikola Green, Cambrage
14/03/06
James, Vanya + all at Avalon
Thank you very much for a brilliant time at Avalon. Everyone has been wonderful and we’ll definitely be back and recommend you to friends.
Rachel, Trevor, David, Martin
Thanks! Merci!
19/03/06
Callum and I have had a great week here in Bansko, skiing is so much fun!! Thanks to all here at the Avalon for making us so welcome. The curry and the lasagna was really good and I definitely recommend a full body massage with Maria.
Thanks
Nicola Clane & Callum
11/04/06
Had a wnderful time. End of season ski but still excellent. Hotel is great and very friendly. Will definitely come again next year.
Emily Bird
2006
Thanks guys, the most welcoming & friendly reception I have had in a hotel.
Kind regards Lec
02.04.06
Lovely hotel + hospitality
Alistain Magill
11.04.06
Had a wonderful time. End of ski season but still excellent. Hotel is great and very friendly. Will definitely come again next year!
Emily Bird
4.06.06
Second time around, even better. Super worm welcome. The Avalon really is a home from home. Thanks a million James & Vania, not forgetting your brilliant staff.
See you in 8 weeks. (34)
Wendi & Andy
06.06.06
A great place, great welcome , would stay again but have just got keys to our apartment !!Will come and have drink here.
Thanks
Jamie & Danielle (33)
13.06.06
Beautiful!
You have the best sigh-posted hotel in Bulgaria
Jemmy (UK)
14.06.06
Great time and a worm welcome. We will be coming back . Thanks for all your help during our visit.
Philip (UK)
28.07.06
James , Vania + staff
Thanks for a great time once again-third visit and not the last. See you in the winter when the snow arrives
Karen & Greham
11.07.06
Thank you, for the great stay, we’ll be sure to visit during the winter season & check out the slopes!
Best
Christina + Richard
(London -UK)
31.07.06
A wonderful week holiday here in Bansko, mainly because of the wonderful people here at Avalon. Really home from home but in a beautiful setting.
Andrey and Norman Cotton
PS ( the food’s fantastic, Norman)
Again a wonderful stay here at the Avalon and in beautiful Bansko. The hotel staff are wonderful. Thanks again.
Andy Cotton, Wendy Reed and of course Sam
27.07 – 10.08.06
Thanks for a wonderful holiday. The trips have been great – especially the horse-riding – everyone should have a go. Hope to see you at Christmas.
Francine, Martyn, Abigail, Thomas Whittaker ( Wales )
04.08 – 13.08.06
We are so glad we chose the Avalon for our first visit to Bansko (thanks to your excellent website). You and your excellent staff have made it more nice. Thanks for all the help and advice you gave us.
David + Alison Wigglesworth
Хубаво е да дойдеш за пореден път на място, където ти се радват и където се чувстваш специален. Тръгваме си от Банско и от Авалон с прекрасни впечатления от хотела и най-вече от чудесното отношение на Ваня и Джеймс, и на персонала към нас.
Сем.Александрови (София)
20.08.06
It was great to come here again. I had a very good rest and I felt as a cherished customer. The service is excellent! Thank you again James and Vania!
Best wishes
Elitsa Alexandrova
19.08 – 22.08.06
Thoroughly enjoyed and many thanks for your support.
Raj Bhaduri
02.09.06
За първи път сме в Банско. Посрещането ни в хотел Авалон беше чудесно, а престоят ни пълен с приятни изненади. Вие сте чудесни, бъдете и за напред така учтиви и любезни към гостите на хотела.
Сем. Митеви
10.09.06
Thanks to you all for everything - the help, advice and a wonderful stay.
Betty, Barry and David (UK)
19.09 – 26.09.06
To all at the Avalon
Many thanks for the wonderful stay. Your hospitality was beyond compare. Your help and advice very much appreciated. We hope your advice on our property venture will be just the start of a long and happy association between us and Bansko. We will always call in to say ‘hello’ when we visit.
Pat and Jacky (Bristol)
24.10 – 26.10.06
Many thanks for the lovely welcome and all you’ve done. We’ll may be see you again. Thanks James for being there. See you!
Clare, Tim, Chloe and Amy
xxxx
15.12.06
Thank you all for your hospitality. We have enjoyed our few days here. Thanks to James for all his dips he has told us. We will be back to visit you.
Chris Earp and Dorothy Young (UK)
21.12.06
Благодарим на всички ви за топлите усмивки и отличното посрещане.
Йоана и Велизар
10.02.07
Great hotel, great company. Great time. Fantastic introduction to skiing and as Arny
says ‘I’ll be back’. Many thanks to James, Vania and team
Heily
10.02 – 17.02.07
James and Vania are such wonderful hosts which is the key to a successful hotel. This was our first visit to Bulgaria and thanks to you and your staff we had the most fantastic time. The ski school run by George was a real bonus and we all loved the skiing. A week to remember and we will return hopefully next year ( with Angus ).
Love from us all
Cherlic, Kate, Sam and Lily Hunter
Thank you so much for all your help. Had a great time here in Avalon hotel.
17.02.07
Had a lovely stay! Thank you for the lovely week. Great accommodation, would definitely stay here again. Many thanks to James, Vania and all the staff here.
Charlotte, Brian, Philip, Fred, Camilla, Timothy, William
04.03.07
Thank you so much for all your help, had e great time here in Avalon hotrel. The staff is so friendly, especially thanks to Vania and James for making us feel so welcome. See you definitely next year.
Ina + Simon (Frankfurt)
PS: You guys make the best Carbonara ever!!!
08.03.07
Die Schredder wooriee’s (LINZABUAM)
Danke fuer schone zeit es woara’waunsin,(positive vibrations in the back countru). Prost Biera woar a guad. Thank you all.
Ebsi, Martin, Peter, Thomas, Stefan, Wolfgang
19.03.07
Second time here!! Home from home, environment here at Avalon – great!! James’ curry night on a Thursday, not to be missed!! Excellent! Snow not so great this season, but still had lots of fun on the slopes! Will be back next season.
Great, friendly staff, very helpful.
Nicola + Callum Clark
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Walse XXX
01.04.07
Our 4th time here at Avalon and as usual had fantastic stay! Great people, good atmosphere and fantastic food (especially the curry).
The snow was brilliant this week, excellent conditions!
Richard, Sarah, Ben & Julie
06.04.07
The hotel is superb, made especially fantastic by the brilliant hospitality of James, Vania and their team. Thank you so much for a wonderful stay.
Andy & Maxine Dodd
PS: The music was excellent.
24.05.07
Thanks for everything, the atmosphere is very peaceful. That was great to stay here for two nights ( British welcoming is still one of the best!).
Thanks again for the rafting contacts you gave us, we had a wonderful afternoon!
Merci beaucoup!
L’Association des deographes du Madine
02.06.07
Wonderful place. Excellent hotel. Bansko is a piece of beautiful place.
We hope for you all to great success.
Rivka & Dov Sivan
Negba – Israel
02.06.07
For a *** star hotel small hotel I can say first class is merely everything. The place, the people, the breakfast, the service, the friendliness, the cosiness!!!
Definitely recommended! BEST VALUE FOR MONEY.
Thanks James + Vania + Ellie and all the staff. It was a pleasure meeting you!
Andy, CYPRUS