We had great time. Everybody was really nice and the food tour was awesome. But I didn’t like the bus trip nor the party after 23. Also the tours were a bit too fast.
Beautiful city with wonderful people, but I will never go on an ESN Bulgaria trip again. The leaders were mostly nice except for a few -- one was yelling frantically at us "GET DOWN" but didn't tell us what we getting down for (doing the wave....), the one who seemed to be in charge never let us know what was going on. The walking tours were laughably bad, with ChatGPT descriptions o locations sent to a group chat. After the first, me and my friends just went off on our own and paid for another tour. The "free food tour" wasn't free at all -- we had to pay for the ferry and the food. The group was fully of obnoxious cliquey kids. The only things I have to compliment are the accommodation (Galta Greenland) and the bus driver.
Honestly I was so anxious to go on my first group trip, especially as a solo traveler, but that feeling disappeared the second I arrived. I met the most amazing people (some of which I’ve already traveled with again and now consider lifelong friends) and we had the BEST trip leader I could’ve ever asked for... I’m officially converted to doing group trips now! Having a trip leader took so much stress off my shoulders and let me truly enjoy every moment... especially in a place like Morocco, which I’ll admit felt a little intimidating to do alone as a female traveler. Just trust me on this one and book with Yes-Trips, you’ll be converted to group trips too heh!