looking at Bulgaria for a holiday - help needed!!

I am thinking about Bulgaria for a holiday, someone told me its a little like Turkey was 10 years ago, is this true?

Any reccomendations for destinations, we like a beach and stunning scenery and we don%26#39;t like big built up areas like the costa,s, old style and quaint with good restaurants and quiet bars, we are not party animals%26#39;

Also anyone tell us what the currency is and what you are likely to get for your pound, ie how much would a decent meal for two cost with a couple of drinks, cost of soft drinks, snacks etc

and best mode of transport.

Any other tips would be most appreciated.

thanks and God bless

Jay

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Sounds like you may be suited to St.Vlas which is about 4 miles from Sunny Beach. Just really taking off with new apartments and marina built.

Quaint, quiet and no noisy youngsters.

Info on the village here.

www.beachbulgaria.com/svetivlas/index.shtml

The currency for Bulgaria is the lev( currently in resort 2.43 to the £ )

Local bus runs to Nessebar which is a world heritage site and a good day out.

Saw some info today from someone just back who paid on average 70/80 lev per night between 2 adults and this included drinks.

toonman

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thanks toonman,

thats really helpful,

can you tell me what the weather is like in Bulgaria and what months are the hottest and what months are medium etc?

cheers

Jay

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thanks toonman,

that is very helpful.

Can anyone tell me what weather to expect in each month from say begginning of may until the end of septembr?

thanks

Jay

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oops!

sorry about the same question twice but after the first post my screen displayed this page unavailable and I did not think it had been posted, dont worry folks I have not developed a stutter!

Jay

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Jay, you will find the season only starts in the beach resorts in May and I wouldn%26#39;t be going after mid September, althoug has been known to be still very warm early October. ( resorts close down at this time )

May, early June , low to high 20%26#39;s, late June , july, August could go up to mid 30%26#39;s or even higher, sept can be mid to high 20%26#39;s but it will be much cooler in the evening. You will get the odd spectacular thunderstorm, especially Sept. We have always gone 1st 2 weeks in sept and always came back with a tan.

Toonman

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thanks toonman,

you,ve been a great help

Jay

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G%26#39;day Jay

I%26#39;m currently in Bulgaria thou not on the coast.

The lev is worth virtually 50 euro cents %26amp; is pegged to the Euro, so if the Euro rises so does the Lev.

I ate out yesterday %26amp; it cost me 5 euro for a nice salad lunch, Bulgarian flat garlic bread, traditional yoghurt drink %26amp; a bit of chicken, I couldn%26#39;t eat it all.

Some beaches are really crowded %26amp; food %26amp; drink costs more, if you have a car you could get to some nice empty beaches. Car hire can be as little as 13 euro / day.(they drive like nutters) Petrol is about 1.20 Euro / litre.

Trains are slow %26amp; cheap, coaches are quick cheap %26amp; nice.

Rodophe mountains are great but you need a car I reckon, Lake Batak is a beautiful area %26amp; you can camp anywhere you like, very safe %26amp; cheap! Last summer in July it was Roasting hot, 40C %26amp; very dry, I hid in the mountains.

Right now in Central Bulgaria it%26#39;s hot, about 30C.

It%26#39;s a fun place with nice ppl in my opinion.

Hope this helps.

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