"5 Stars accomodation = Rosa dei Venti"
We selected 5HC based on our decision to see Queen Marie's Palace + Gardens and to escape for one week from the bustling city we earn our living in as well as based on the unanimously positive reviews and appealing images from the property's presentation.
First contact with the owners, relaxed and welcoming, strengthened our impression that we might be on the right track. Test call with preliminary questions about some details such as local availability of data pre-paid SIM for mobile internet was reassuring, yes, we were on the right track.
A couple of months later I was driving an AVIS rented car from Bucharest to Balchik, loaded with my wife, my 25 years old daughter and luggage for several weeks (just the minimum :-D) under a blue sky and a shiny sun promising enough to be merry and anticipative.
After 6 hours of driving on the route indicated by google maps, half of it in Bulgaria, filled with strange speed limit indicators in the middle of sunflower fields, we arrived at our destination.
The owners met us at the property which is beautifully located on a small hill, thus having a wonderful view towards the sea as well as being far enough from the center in order to have the quiteness we were so much longing for.
The property is definitely a home designed and prepared by the owners to enjoy the location, scenery and natural assets of Balchik, with its charming mixture of green, rural, sea and history that is not easily found in today's world oriented towards spectacular, quantity, noise and exaggerations.
It provides the comfort, cleanliness, vital space and care for everyone's needs so much welcome after a journey filled with hope and expectations. The five bedrooms, the panoramic sea view terraces, the three bathrooms, the living room with audio-video facilities and comfy sofas, the dining room shared with an open kitchen fully equiped and a small fireplace corner, the tiled garden big enough to accomodate a big table for 8, a coffee corner for 4, the pool with the jacuzzi big enough for a few strokes, the 10 sunbeds, the corner positioned nut-tree with its beneficial shade, the useful wonderfull barbecue, the available free high speed wifi, the cable tv for late watchers, the modern alarm system, the friendly and supportive owners available 24/7 concur to assuring all the comfort needed for a holiday to remember with pleasure.
We enjoyed the morning swims in the pool, the afternoon trips at the nearby beaches, the local restaurants with friendly people and fresh fish, the Dalboka clam farm trip (25 kms away), the charming Queen Marie of Romania Palace with its gardens transformed into the University Botanical Gardens, the late night barbecues on the border of our pool, the magnificent night skies filled with stars while the wind was swooshing through the leaves of the nut-tree, the quiet nights far away from any stress, the joyful sunrises filled with birdsongs and the cycle recommenced.
After one week we had the feeling that we had been there for one month, difficult to challenge that.
So that we can summarize as follows:
Do you need to rest in a quiet, sunny, fresh, airy, green, friendly, by the sea location with the comfort of civilization and the feeling of being far away from the aggressive part of it?
Then Rosa dei Venti is for you.
And for us too as we intend to come back as soon as we have a few free days available.
Thank you again, Marta and Veli.
