Sofia Sea View

Location: Beachfront access, serene environment, and proximity to local village life.

We visited Nov 2017 but have only been able to think about whether we post a review or not. Sadly, most of the other reviews on all social media have been posted by family/friends of the owners. We booked 4 night's for a short honeymoon, and we arrived very tired, and very late at night in the darkness. After waiting for over 30mins, we were advised that the private pool room was now not available, and they took us to another room.and offered a bottle of champagne and some food as compensation. The bed was rock hard, my husband cut his foot on the decking outside, and we had the worst sleep. We found out quickly that the reason we could not have that room was because the owners family wanted to extend their stay by an extra night, and they were loudly chatting on their phones and watched our every move, which was intimidating. The next day at 11am we were told we could move next door into the private pool area, only to be advised that the pool isn't private to us (as was advertised and advised to us when we booked), and that it was shared with the 2 other rooms. The whole resort was badly and falsely advertised. When we went to bed that night, we realised that the bedroom patio sliding door was broken and would not lock. As a result, we slept in the day bed in the lounge and after closing/locking doors and windows which had been unlocked/opened by the resort staff during the day, and with the light on, as by this time I did not feel safe. And this was the 3nd night we barely got any sleep, after an already exhausting wedding in the UK,and back to Dubai for a quick repack before heading on honeymoon. We just needed sleep! When we raised this the next day with the team, we were told this would be sorted. When we checked and checked again, the door was never fixed and instead they brought in an extra security man. Additionally the resort staff had unlocked and reopened all the doors and windows again, and now I believed this was on purpose . We told them this was not acceptable, and again we were forced to try to sleep in the lounge. After dinner, without us requesting, the resort and/or security brought the village to the property and the whole.village appeared on the beach, with so many people just looking at us and watching us. We had no cash on us as we had booked the hole short trip as all inclusive for everything so that we didn't have to worry about anything. But the village were performing and hoping for a tip, which sadly we were unable to provide. We again felt quite intimidated as the security men were from the village and we're part of the music/dancing. Usually we would love such an event but by now, I was completely on edge. That night, my husband stayed awake to let me sleep a few hours but at 5am we decided to pack up and checkout when the team arrived in the morning. As we explained to the guy on duty, he brought us blue coloured alcoholic drinks as compensation and tried to get us to stay. Serving alcohol at 7am was not acceptab