Firstly thanks to previous help and responses to our questions we posted.
Secondly if you are having any doubts about going to Sunny Beach, don%26#39;t! We never felt unsafe and despite some negative posts it is a wonderful place to holiday and obviously comes with all the warnings of any foreign holiday.
We are a 31 and 28 yo couple and stayed at the Grand Oasis. It was a very nice hotel, very friendly and ideally situated. Pool sunbeds - no chance! unless you are up at 7am, however as we left they implemented a new system which may hinder the germans! However we went for our preferred option of the beach. 6 lev each for sunbed, big waves and only a few friendly jelly fish! Bit of seaweed which washes away with the waves! We would recommend the quieter beach area near heaven hotel, la bamba and the fat cat away from the main areas or the strip or victoria place.
We would recommend the following restaurants
Jupiter, Djannys, Condor (not Condor Hotel!) Faro, %26amp; Malina for the cheaper options.
Mamacitas, Chilli Peppers, Vagabond, %26amp; Felice which were slightly more expensive but still cheaper than UK.
We ate chicken at some of these restaurants and it was fine and cooked the same as in UK.
We would recommend the local bulgarian red wine, it was very nice wherever we drunk it! Drinks vary in price best to just try any bar. Near the sea and main strip you will pay more!
Supermarkets are very cheap for local spirits and wine/beer.
Exchange rate is currently 2.36-2.40 at most crown exchanges and hotels.
Shop around for clothes we found the same items varied in price and were cheaper near djannys in the market area. Football tops vary in price and quality, you can pick up a good fake, but without detail or accurate logos for around 20-30 levs, or 50 levs for the exact replica! Which is still much cheaper than UK!
We flew with Balkan holidays from Bristol, they WERE charging people for excess baggage on the outward journey! anything over 21/22 kgs, irrelevant of the hand luggage.
We went to the blue mountains, (chair lift is extra at 8 lev each and a must) nessebar (caught a boat from pier and returned by local bus) and the VIP cruise on a catamaran all were excellant and we enjoyed very much.
Weather was great, 13 days of sunshine, one day overcast and a slight down pour which was actually quite fun!
Just so you know at the airport, the duty free is in Euros not levs!
Hope that is of help to someone and feel free to ask any questions.
Mark %26amp; Liz.
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Hi Mark, Very glad to hear you have had a lovely holiday. I%26#39;ve stayed in the Oasis on 2 occasions and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Toonman
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Good report Mark and Liz. Can you tell me a bit more about the excursions ye took ie cost and where u booked and where they any good.
Thanks a mill
Caroline
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We booked the catamaran and blue mountains excurisons through our balkan rep. They were about £40 and £30 each respectivly. There are many other excursions as well. The Balkan office is attached to the hotel globus. I am sure anyone can book on these. You can book these at independent agents around the resort as well. We enjoyed these very much.
We arraned the trip to Nessebar ourselves, just go to the main pier and wait for a boat, usually every 15 mins or you canbus it from the bus stops which are very easy to find.
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