Just beautiful. Take time for it. Imagine and Enjoy!!!
Too bad that the gardens are so beautiful but the villa is so poorly maintened. Really nothing to see. 3 or 4 rooms almost empty . Outside is pretty but inside is a waste of money.
I cannot believe that this place is so badly maintained, especially when ticket prices are so high. It would have been so beautiful place to visit if there was a minimal maintenance
BEWARE TICKET SCAM! As soon as you get close to the botanical gardens and the Palace. You will be greeted by a man pointing you to the ticket office for the Palace. Don't listen to him! They will sell you tickets for the Palace but when you try to access the Palace you will be denied entry and told that in order to get to the Palace you need to pay for a ticket for the gardens. Even if you don't want to go to the gardens you will be charged as to gain access to the Palace you go through the gardens.
So the Palace people sell you a ticket which they can't guarantee gives you access for what you paid for. It's like buying a bus ticket to find out you need a train ticket to get to the bus station. My advice is just go get a ticket for the gardens, and when you get to the Palace and see it, if you choose to buy tickets at that entrance you can.
A gorgeous location, filled with both Romanian and Bulgarian history. The palace is magnificent and the garden is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen.
End of April first days of May are the best to visit the gardens of Palace.
You basically feel you're in a vacation house by the seaside. Intimate yet royal. Used to belong to Romania.
A magnificent example of what modesty means even if you are from the royal family. Don't forget that this was Romanian teritory and a Romanian Queen
This is a magic place, on the shore of the Black Sea. The castle was build between 1926 and 1937, during the Romanian control of the region. You can see streams and waterfalls everywhere, flowers and trees. The Quiet Nest Palace is not worth seeing several times, seaside scenery and botanical garden worth visiting every time you go in Balchik. We spent a few pleasant hours walking around the gardens.
The botanical garden is amazing. Really worth taking an hour or two to visit if you are in the area. The Castle is in the garden and everything offers a fantastic view of the sea and not only. There was a free wine tasting when we were there. Not sure if it is permanent. The speak Romanian and English also.