Travel & Accomodation

We're happy to inform you that reservations are now open and we shall direct you to the proper procedure for room booking.

Update: The Organization Committee is proud to inform you that thanks to its tireless efforts to provide you with the best possible accommodations, the prices for your stay at Hotel MAK are now even lower.

The attendees have a choice of two hotels. These are the Iberostar Obzor Beach & Izgrev hotel, which is the conference venue, and Hotel MAK, which is ten-minutes walking distance through the beautiful Golden Sands Beach Resort from the conference venue. The type of available accommodations and prices (per night) of rooms in these hotels are as follows:

IBEROSTAR OBZOR BEACH & IZGREV HOTEL:
Single Bed in a Double Room, Full Board – 50 Euro
Double Room, Full Board (2 persons) – 100 Euro
Single Room, Full Board – 70 Euro
Apartment, Full Board – 144 Euro

HOTEL MAK:
Single Room, Bed & Breakfast – 39 Euro
Single Room, Half Board – 46 Euro
Double Room, Bed & Breakfast – 51 Euro
Double Room, Half Board – 65 Euro

Keep in mind that these are preferential prices that apply specifically to guests and participants in the IEEE IS'08 Conference. However, it is possible to extend your stay beyond the conference period at the same prices as courtesy from the hotel management.

Refund politics for the reservations are as follows:
At least 20 days prior to the check-in date – Full Refund
At least 7 days prior to the check-in date – Taxed as one-night stay
Less than a week before check-in date – No Refund

Reservation will be made by us, so you need not contact the hotel staff or a travel agency. Payment of the rooms shall be handled by credit card (VISA, MASTERCARD). We impose no restrictions to the nationality of the credit card owners!
In order to book a room please carefully fill in the form (either in DOC or PDF format) and send it to us by one of the following means:
1. By Fax (recommended for reasons of security of information). Print out the form, complete it and fax it to +359 52 383670.
2. Via Email. Fill out the form and mail it to ieeeis08@gmail.com . Use "HOTEL RESERVATION FORM" as subject of your e-mails to us, so that we can recognize it faster and proceed with the procedure.

In both cases you’ll be notified upon completion of the booking procedures via the email provided by you in the form.

For further information and inquiries on accommodation, please contact Dimitar Iliev, either by e-mail to ieeeis08@gmail.com with "About Accommodation" as subject or phone +359 895 035941 or +359 899 905003.

- Pobiti kamani (Dikilitash). This is an area in the outskirts of Varna, with sand-stone columns 4-5 m in height, and 0.5-2.4m width. The sands and the scarse plants in the area give this territory a desert-like look. This regions has been first studied in the early years of the 19th century. The theory of scientists is that this natural phenomenon has been formed by the natural influence of the sea and the wind.

- Aladja monastery. This is a monastery carved into the stones, 17 km away from Varna. Theories say that the monastery existed since the 10th century AD. The monastery is a chain of monk cells, rooms, two churches and a chapel. The monastery is one of the most visited sights on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Within the monastery there is an exhibition room for different cultural events, related to Christianity and Christian history.

- Varna Archeological Museum. The museum was laid by a group of public men and teachers from the Varna High School for Boys whose love for the historic past made them gather a small collection of archaeological monuments. Although this collection existed for quite a short period /1888 – 1892/ it was regarded as the outset of substantial interest to the past of Varna and the Varna Region. The inauguration of the Museum and its onwards development is closely connected with the names of the two brothers Herman and Karel Shkorpil, Czechs by origin, who after the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Turkish Yoke came to help with the education and culture of the sister Slavonic nation. During the whole period of its existence which is more than 120 years the Varna Archaeological Museum has constantly carried out archaeological investigations and excavations on various sites all over Northeast Bulgaria thus enriching its funds. They now compose the Museum exhibition. The Varna Archaeological Museum keeps more than 100 000 objects – monuments of past epochs from Varna, the Region and Northeast Bulgaria. The most important of them /one tenth of the whole Museum collection/ are represented in the Museum exhibition halls.

- Old Varna Wine Cellar. This is one of the places, included in the route through the city famous places. The “Old Varna” complex consists of a museum with old photos of the city and a wine cellar with sophisticated wines. It presents the wines of 152 authorized producers of wine in Bulgaria. The so-called “Wine Map” is also presented in the cellar and indicates the places of the most famous wine producers in the country.