Bulgaria Travel Forum

Hi
i need to get a bus from varna to st vlas.
does anyone know a website where i can find timetables please?
or does anyone have any info on times, i think its about 90mins but unsure if it stops in st vlas or only sunny beach.
thanks

How safe is hiking alone in Bulgaria for a male?

Hi guys,
Right I was wondering does anyone know where the lion hotel is situated? If so can you tell me the nearest hotel to it. Ive been to bulgaria in 2005 but the hotel wasnt there then. The nearest info I can find is that its in the north side of sunny beach. Can anyone tell me if it is near the bus stop by the Kuban hotel, thats where the balkan bus is dropping us off on the 30/5 and we havent got a clue where to go from there. Help!!
Thanks Sian XX

hello please! what is the train to Beograd from Sofia like and how long does it take? I would like a sleeper but how much does it cost and is it safe?. alternately what about a bus is it quicker and cheaper and does it have a w.c. on board

Can somebody please inform me as to where can I find the bus timetable from Kazanlak to Sofia.
Thanks

hi im heading to sunny beach at the end of july start of august for a week and im just wondering can anybody help me with the following.

Is the euro ok to bring or should i change to the local currency?
Can you rent mopeds out there on a provisional license and if so how much are they?
Has anybody stayed in the kassandra apartments and if so what are they like?
finally is the weather normally nice out there at this time of year?

Any answers you could give me would be a great help
Thanks a million in advance,
O'Brien

does the train from Sofia to Belgrade pass through any country where I need a visa and if so how would it be paid- which currency do they want?

Hey All,

I am an American student hoping to travel to travel from nothern greece through Bulgaria, Seria, and Montenegro to eventually take a ferry back to Italy. I had a couple questions I hope someone could help me with.

1. I have around 5 days to make it back to Italy and was wondering what places you'll recommend I should stop in along the way. I was thinking Sofia and Belgrade but am open to pretty much anything as long as i can get there by train or bus.

2. I would be traveling by myself, are there any places in Serbia or Bulgaria that I should defintely avoid going alone?

Finally, I will be doing all this starting May 22nd, so if anyone else has a similar plan and wanted to meet up, let me know.

Thanks,

Bruce

Hello everybody

On this monday 5th of may I will be flying to Bulgaria (Sofia) for 7 days.
My hosts live in Sofia, but they don't speak Bulgarian, and don't go out much.

I was thinking about travelling on my own during the day to see the nice old villages around Sofia. Are there some easy public transportation from Sofia to reach the main touristic areas ? Is that ok if I travel on my own (I mean a girl alone) ? And what about going out at night alone in Sofia ?
Thus, I don't really speak Bulgarian :) Some english, spanish and a little bit of german... Do you think this might be very difficult to get understood ? Should I buy a French / bulgarian dictonnary ?

Thank you for all your tips !!
I'm willing to discover this new country :)

Nathy

i am going over to sunny beach for a family holiday, i am not sure on the prices or on how much money i will need for my stay, i am staying for 1 week

hi, of to golden sands this year with my husband would like to know what weather is like is august is very hot or average and what is resort like as first time going there always go spain or canaries and heard its very cheap compared to any where in spain, thanks.

Hi visiting sunny beach last week of may 08 would like to know what the weather is like this time of year,im starting to worry it will be rubbish kind regards

Hi,

Have just returned from my Bulgaria trip.
Thanks to all of the help that I received here on VT in the forums it was just great! My sincere appreciation to all of you.

Now I need your help again. I have over 700 photos. Right now I am trying to build my Sofia page, but I have some that I can't identify.

I have made a travelogue on my Sofia page with 5 photos that I can't name.

Can you help?

Many thanks!

Hi

i want to be in golden sand for this summer do you have any suggestion for me to selecet an All inclusive 4* hotel or a 5* BB hotel in golden sand (the price is the same)?
is the price for any drinking or snacks is reasonable in hotes or not?

Thanks
MAHBOD

i am going on holiday to sunny beach in july and was wondering what was the best way to take money.is it better if i exchange my pounds for leva before i go or take english pounds with me or travellers cheques .i have also heard there is a lot of money exchange kiosks that rip you off how do you know the official ones.thanks in advance

zdrasti all
we are coming to shumen area via sofia instead of varna this summer and fancy getting the city vibe for a few hours. arrive mid morning sunday and thought of getting a cheap hotel to drop bags and then have a mooch around ending with a cafe/bar or something which has vege food and some music-maybe bulgarian/alternative mix.gotta please 2 13 year olds too so dont want too much travelling around.is there a good area to stay where we could find most of this and please the kids too but still have a little adventure. my friend says we would be best getting a hire car straight away and stopping half way at veliko the night.would apppreciate your advice.
thanks

My wife and having the holiday of a lifetime touring Bulgaria for 17 days this August. We are starting in Sofia and need a hotel for two days. Someone has said the Sofia Guesthouse at 27 "Patriarch Evtimiy" Blvd. Their prices seem very reasonable at 30eu per night for a double room. Does anyone know anything about them or can you recommend somewhere else at a similar price.

I shall be visiting the Black Sea of Bulgaria early summer. Are there any beaches where nudism / naturism is officially permitted?
Many thanks for your advice!

how much will it cost to go out 4 a meal in sunnybeach

Hello all,

I will be in Varna from May to September, and amongst some other things, while I am there I would like to learn Bulgarian, both written and spoken. Has anyone any advice about where to sign up for classes or language courses?? Anyone know what are the rates?

Maybe there may be some private tutors that I cannot find on the web available also. Anyway, whatever advice you may have is welcomed.

regards,

FB

HI,
Can i have some tips regarding the buses from sofia to plovdiv.

How long it takes me to travel by bus from one city to the other and how much is the fair please.

Thank you in advance for your tips

Hi Everyone,
I am travelling to Sunnybeach in May of this year with my elderly parents. My father is keen to attend Catholic Mass while we are there. Can anyone advise me if there is a Catholic Church anywhere near Sunnybeach.
Many thanks. Sharon

Hi,

My friends and I are visiting Bulgaria this summer and would like to recommendations to good restaurants in the major cities such as Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas.

Thanks!

Hi Everyone. Will be visiting sunny beach from june 6th 08 for 2 weeks. Anyone else going around this time.
Have you any advice or tips to give as i have not been for a few years

How does it sound to go to Borovets in October?
What would be the minimum and maximum temperature?
How to go there and live there on budget?

Hi, I have heard many nice words about this small family hotel Egeya in Goce Delchev Bulgaria, can anyone give me more information about it, any home page or contacts? Thank you.

I and my husband are cycling along the beautiful river Danube from the spring in Schwarzwald, Germany to the Black Sea, one week every year. Last year we reached Ruse so we will start there in May and do the lasting distance to Tulcea.

Last year we had difficulties finding hotel rooms as there are not so many big cities along the Danube. Has anybody done the Danube path through Bulgaria and can give some tip of places we must visit and good accomodations along the river. We would like to stay in clean hotels/bed and breakfasts where we can have breakfast. We cycle at about 80 km/day.

When we look in the Internet for the name of the town and the word hotel we only get big booking sites where you only find very fashionable hotels and not the small local accomodations that we really want.

The Swedes

is there a phone card that can be purchased that will work automatically in public phones in bulgaria and many other countries in europe.
by automatically i mean you do not have to know a certain code for the city where you are making the call from. or need to call a certain number to use the phone from certain cities.

Anyone know of a low fare airline that operates between Sofia and Bucharest (or at least an airline that doesn't cause me to backtrack through Frankfurt or Munich)?

One of those words missing in most 'tourist words' guides :-)
How do I ask for a telephone card and where do I buy it, please?

Oh yes, that is taking it for granted that public phones do use cards...
Or do they use coins?

Are they easy to find?

Thanks!