Thread: Anyone travelled to Bulgaria?

Quote: Originally Posted by dblue75 Bulgaria is utter rubbish !!!!! Anyone who thinks its fab...obviously has blinkers on or not travelled anywhere . Just my opinion though.:confused: You obviously haven't been to the parts of Bulgaria I have, and I'm quite well travelled. I would be quite interested on where you have been in Bulgaria and how many times? Bulgaria is going to be the next Spain. I should know because we have had...

Quote: Originally Posted by dblue75 Bulgaria is utter rubbish !!!!! Anyone who thinks its fab...obviously has blinkers on or not travelled anywhere . Just my opinion though.:confused: Out of interest were am i missing out on???

Bulgaria is utter rubbish !!!!! Anyone who thinks its fab...obviously has blinkers on or not travelled anywhere . Just my opinion though.:confused:

Quote: Originally Posted by dblue75 Bulgaria is utter rubbish !!!!! Anyone who thinks its fab...obviously has blinkers on or not travelled anywhere . Just my opinion though.:confused: In comparison with.....???

Quote: Originally Posted by dblue75 Bulgaria is utter rubbish !!!!! Anyone who thinks its fab...obviously has blinkers on or not travelled anywhere . Just my opinion though.:confused: please give your reasons. i am keen to know.

Dont know the place you mention, but my Dad lives in a village in Bulgaria (Rossan) about 35 mins from Bourgas. They have always been lovely to him and me when visiting. They tought him Bulgarian and my Dad taught them English, lovely people and a beautiful country. plus 4p for a bottle of beer - you cant go wrong. Have a good trip. xx

Bulgaria is excellent - I'd thoroughly recommend it. Travelled all over by train and coach. Beer is a bit more than 4p a bottle now though (although still cheap).

I went backpacking around Bulgaria 5 or 6 years ago. There are some nice places, it's useful to learn the cyrillic alphabet though if you're going to be using train or buses and need to read timetables. The thing that really stood out for me in a disappointing way was being on the receiving end of 3 pickpocketing attempts - I'm well travelled and hopefully pretty savvy about scams, but 1 of the occasions they did manage to get...

I have been asked to travel to Bulgaria for 5 nights in January (brr) for work to a place called peshtera - nearest looking town of civilization looks like Velingrad. I am a bit of a nervous traveller - has anyone ever been to this region and have any experience? Thanks

where are you flying into. been to bourgas nice people, nice place. dont change money in booths on the street or buy tobacco - only in bank and shops.