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Bulgaria, Balchik - Nov 2007
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November saw us pay a return visit to Balchik, a charming Bulgarian port town on the black sea coast. We were back in Bulgaria looking at properties for sale and to get a feel of what the country’s like in the winter months.
It was a definite contrast to our previous [...]

Family Hotel Viktoria , Balchik - November 2007
Dogrose
The Viktoria is a medium sized, family run, two star hotel one row back from the sea. It offers basic, reasonably priced, clean rooms and apartments. It has large double rooms, several studio and two bed apartments and one three bed apartment, the hotel also boasts a jacuzzi [...]

Trust-Hydrannia, Tsarichino - July 2007
Dogrose
In a typical Bulgarian village a few miles out of Balchik is the white walled home of Rita and Andy Hurst, a British couple who taken on the challange of starting a new life in Bulgaria.
We came across them quite by accident as we were driving around the area looking [...]

The Hotel Balchik, Balchik - July 2007
Dogrose
The Hotel Balchik is dated, shabby and very tired. Although slightly cheaper than some of the smaller hotels near the port, around 50 leva per double room, we did not think it was particularly good value for money.
The hotel took some finding as although it is next [...]

Bulgaria, Balchik, Summer Palace of Queen Marie & Botanical Gardens - July 2007
Dogrose
‘You can’t come to Balchik and not visit the Summer palace of Queen Marie and the Botanical gardens’, that’s according to the lonely planet guide book and it was spot on! Definitely the main attraction of the area, over looking the [...]

Bulgaria - July 2007
Dogrose
The hire car was delivered to our hotel on Sunday morning at 9.30am, a tidy little grey Ford Fiesta complete with cd player, radio and air con. It wasn’t the cheapest car on the list but at 336 lv for 4 days we weren’t complaining.
We were already packed so, [...]