Category: Bulgaria

One of the best (and cheapest) ways to get around is by public bus.  During the holiday season (May to September) the buses run very regularly.  If you want to go to Sunny Beach from Vlas there are two buses you can get on – no. 5 and no. 8....

It’s about 5 kms – 10 minutes drive north from the busy purpose-built resort of Sunny Beach (“Slanchev Bryag”). Nessebar is about 9 kms. “Sveti Vlas ( known as St Vlas) (Bulgarian: Свети Влас, is a town and seaside resort on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, located in Nessebar...

Our very first experience of Bulgaria was in Summer 2003.  We booked a weeks holiday in Sunny Beach after trawling through Teletext on the TV and selecting an ‘accommodation allocated on arrival’ deal – bed & breakfast basis.  To be honest it didn’t start off very well!  We were put...