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Bulgaria, Bourgas – 2007 mcdog Walking to the bus station was very pleasant in the cool of the morning. There was a bus at the stop, and it was the bus to Burgas; or is it Bourgas? Nobody seems to know, both spellings are widely used, sometimes on the same document. The bus had air-con [...]

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 [...]

The Hotel Globus, Sunny Beach – July 2007 Dogrose One of the older hotels in Sunny beach the Hotel Globus is everything you would expect from a hotel that deals mainly with package holidays. It’s right on the front line so rooms overlooking the strip can tend to get noisy at night in the height [...]

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 [...]

Bulgaria – 2007 mcdog Hot Coffee We manage to fall out of bed at a reasonable time, it’s still morning, and get down for breakfast in the hotel. Then it’s back up to the room for a cuppa.We head down to the beach to marvel at the acres of browning and burning flesh and drink [...]

Bulgaria – Varna August 2007 Diane, Manchester UK I would just like to warn people of a frightening experience that we had when we first arrived in Bulgaria. We mistakenly booked our flights to Varna when we actually were heading for Sunny Beach (long story). Not realizing how far it was we asked a taxi [...]

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, Sunny Beach – 2007 Dogrose Sun, sea, sand and sex (not necessarily in that order) seems to be four of the main selling points of Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach resort. Yet somehow this fun place seems to combine all of that with a great family atmosphere too. Anything goes and in my opinion if 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, [...]

Bulgaria, Burgas/Bourgas – July 2007 Dogrose