Novum By the Sea

Great experience! Unique location by the Black Sea coast! Great beach, excellent food, amazing entertainment for kids and adults! Can wait to comeback!!!

Interesting apartament-hotel concept, comprising a nice restaurant, indoor pool and jacuzzi, dry and wet saunas, spa services (extra fees), outside playground, etc. A large Indonesian squad takes care of the room service, restaurant and spa. From this point of view Novum by the Sea is on the high-end side of the Romanians hotels. Although the buildings are only 5-years old, rooms look a bit outdated and probably would benefit a lot if some maintenance will be performed. Being our first time in Olimp, we were a bit puzzles by the look of the resort, many under-construction sites, beach was recently enlarged and the post-communist flavor is somehow still present. And this seems valid down to Saturn. Novum tries to tackle a different approach, by building a 'resort in a resort', some sort of all-inclusive, that was probably meant to be sold as apartaments and then investors changed their mind... For a complete review we will have to give it another try during the summer, when probably cost will be considerably higher and much more crowded!

The resort is great, could handle the space they have (the kids park for example) even better(hence 4 stars not 5). The food is great and there's quite a diverse menu, both a la carte and buffet. The waiters at the restaurant seemed a bit overwhelmed or at least most of the time the order was taken too late or they were missing ordered food or drinks but they were kind and caring. The beach right now is in a bad condition because the local authority is enlarging it so if you go there only for the beach and sea it might not be the best for you now, maybe next year. The pools are great, they offer towels at the outside pool, at the beach and in the spa area(inside pool) so you don't have to carry those with you from the room. The rooms are spacious with big balcony but the view is nothing wow. At all times the rooms were squeaky clean 🫧. Usually the underground parking is full but there should be enough spots on the outside one. The spa is great as well. All in all a great place that could be even better for the money 🤑 💰, hopefully the local authority does a great job with extending the beach ⛱️.