Best Western Plus Bristol Hotel

I stayed four nights at Best Western Plus Bristol Hotel Sofia. The hotel is close to the metro station Serdika (5 minutes walking) and to the city center (10 minutes walking to Vitosha Boulevard). My room was on the 6th floor and it was on the back, so it was very quiet with no noise from outside. The room was spatious, the bed was OK and everything was in working order, but there was an unpleasant moldy smell that was difficult to eliminate. The air conditioning worked well, but it was noisy. The bathroom was OK, with a spatious shower. Furnitures were OK, but they saw better days. Breakfast was very good, with plenty of choices. Front desk staff were friendly and helpful. less

Besides being an excellent hotel, it's about 20-30 minutes to the St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, and on the way to it, you will find the most important places of the city, it's about 10-15 minutes to the Boulevard Vitosha. less

This is a good hotel in a good location. No frills but good breakfast and decent room. Not far to walk to the main streets (maybe 5 minutes). On arrival they gave us a map and showed us some nearby attractions which was a great help to get our bearings less

We stayed for two nights. The hotel was very ordinary and even old. The rooms had a low standard. The servants did not know English. The breakfast room was very small and simple and primitive. They really did not pay for the money they received. less

First the good things: walking distance (in all directions) from many of Sofia's attractions, whether local or international, and also from Serdika metro. Attractive room, friendly staff, water that ranged from verrrrrrry hot to equally cold (nice!) and a terrific breakfast buffet. All quite comfortable. However ... When I logged into Wi-Fi, and for the first and only time on this long multi-city trip, my anti-virus software was kept busy every few seconds fighting off one computer virus in particular (JSCombiner) and I got so worried it had infected my computer beyond repair. However when I got to the next city, all was OK. I am not a computer expert but is it possible the hotel's own server is infected and is broadcasting that virus? One other thing: my language is English, and in the lobby and at breakfast, English news was playing on the TVs. This also seemed odd because the room TV had no such stations. It took the better part of a day for someone to come up and re-tune the room's TV, and then there were many more choices. Would I stay here again? Yes, because if (I stress *if*) that virus attack was coming from the hotel itself, they would have fixed it by then. less