Reviews of Hotel Podkovata 2 stars
Horse-riding base Etropole, 2180 Etropole, Bulgaria

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Reviewed: 21 August 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewThe location is amazingly beautiful and quiet. The food very tasty (serbian kitchen). The room is big.
Very small bathroom, with no place for shower.
Reviewed: 13 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
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Verified reviewReviewed: 4 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewI was welcomed very friendly and they were very helpfull. I arrived a little bit later in the evening and they stil made excellent diner for me. Rooms are perfect and location is beautiful. I would recommend this place especially for the great authentic balkan/bulgarian food!
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Reviewed: 25 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewGreat place to stay, friendly and open personnel, clean
Reviewed: 15 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
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Verified reviewReviewed: 27 April 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewIt was chill and relaxed
Prices, but hospitality inflation has been on a the rise 3 years
Reviewed: 2 March 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewComfortable room, nice staff, very delicious food. Breakfast included. Parking available.Suitable for horse enjoyers. Horse riding options. Pets are welcome with no extra payment.
Windows in our room were a bit small, so there was no view.
Reviewed: 22 February 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
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Verified reviewReviewed: 15 October 2024 · Stayed in October 2024
Verified reviewThe staff was more than nice (very good English speakers). We arrived after check-in hours and they waited for us (including the people from the kitchen). The food was very good and the room quite big and clean.
Reviewed: 20 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewMaria excellent staff (should get a pay rise) Breakfast with a table full of food, and bread made that morning. Dog made most welcome
Nothing
Reviewed: 8 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewPeaceful location, friendly staff, clean, friendly opening hours, excellent breakfast.
Minimal smell in the bathroom.
Reviewed: 5 September 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewNice hotel part of a Ranch, outside of the city, but you reach it it less than 5 minutes by car. There is a small trail to do around there that takes you through the forest to a monastery with cows and goats outside, and then to some waterfalls, very nice. The hotel has a nice rural vibe with horses outside, and even a poney that hanged around the breakfast terrasse. We had dinner as well, restaurant was good and the service too, our waitress was super friendly. Room's equipment rather basic but sufficient for a one night stop over, and good value for money. Good breakfast served at the table, consists of an egg with vegetables, bread, ham, cheese and jam. Overall very nice place if you like a relax and rural experience. You can park right at the hotel.
Basic equipment in the room. Not a separate shower in the bathroom. Restaurant a bit pricy.
Reviewed: 1 September 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewThe location is great, very close to Etropole Monastery and right next to equestrian base Great views and nature around you Staff is hit and miss, but I would still rate it as a plus Breakfast is good
Bit of a rundown Restaurant is very overpriced (double the rate compared to anything else in Etropole) Wi-Fi was not working, despite several attempts to restart it
Reviewed: 12 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewFood was delicious. Very good breakfast and for us more than we could eat. Very nice the surroundings. They have horses and poney that the kids can ride (cash is needed)
Reviewed: 6 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
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Verified reviewWe are a family with 2 kids coming back from Greece and needed a one night stay to rest. We were completely surprised by this amazing place. We particularly liked : -very nice staff at restaurant -extremely good food, they grow their own vegetables and meat is sourced locally from a farm nearby. We had dinner there upon arrival. Came pretty fast and they also had an amazing homemade lemonade with elderberry! -the owner of the horses nearby was very kind and we could see&feed the horses. We only had 20 Leva left cash, but he was so kind to take our 2 kids on poney rides for it. Make sure to have more Leva in cash if you want this :) -the scenery is magnificent -the breakfast was more than enough, again delicious and served outside at our request near the kids playground, all with a smile -We asked for an extra cot and it was ready to be used in the room when we arrived at about 17 pm -we were able to borrow reading books for bedtime, for free -the rooms were very clean and tidy and big
-The room may need a few adjustments here and there, but for a one night stay and the price paid it was all we needed -some windows at normal size would have been nice (they had very high windows)
Reviewed: 8 July 2024 · Stayed in July 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 3 July 2024 · Stayed in July 2024
Verified reviewExcellent breakfast. Very supportive personel. We came late in the night, but we were met, and we got everything we needed.
Reviewed: 2 July 2024 · Stayed in July 2024
Verified reviewIt is a lovely place with wonderful surroundings and an amazing breakfast.
It is a bit rundown.
Reviewed: 1 July 2024 · Stayed in June 2024
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