One of the most interesting attractions in Varna, Bulgaria

Advantages: very interesting show
Disadvantages: the pool is small

... Varna - one of my favorites cities I like to go in Varna because of the pleasant atmosphere. There is a big pedestrian zone with a lot of shops, restaurants and attractions. The children like the pop-corns and the ice cream. There is a big and beautiful Sea Garden in Varna. There are small restaurants in the Garden near the Sea. You will have the pleasure to taste the fresh fish with beer and salad. About the Dolphinarium If you visit Varna, I recommend you that you spare the time for the interesting show in the Dolphinarium. The Dolphinarium is near the beautiful Varna's Sea Garden. So, after the show you may go for a walk and breathe the fresh sea air. You may drink a coffee in the Dolphinarium and observe the dolphins. One of the walls of the coffe is from transparent glass and the dolphins pass from time...

nadia71 26.10.2009 (30.10.2009) · Read review
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Review of Dolphinarium, Varna

Varna, the Pearl on the Bulgarian Riviera!

Advantages: beautiful town, much to offer from a cultural point, good shopping
Disadvantages: none

...Varna, the Pearl on the Bulgarian Riviera! Now that the summer holidays are approaching slowly, I thought it is about time to tell you a little more about my hometown Varna ? especially since Bulgaria is becoming more and more popular as a destination among British tourists! Varna is the biggest port town on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast and the third biggest town in Bulgaria with 350,000 inhabitants approximately. Varna does not only host a big port and an international airport, it is also a university town: There is a School of Economics, a tourism university, a technical university, a Med-school and a newly founded free university. Many of you might associate with Varna the beginning and the end of their vacation, since those who spend their holidays in one of the resorts on the Northern part of the Black Sea coast (i...

miss_varna 28.02.2004 · Read review
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Review of Varna

Varna

Advantages: Nightlife, shopping, bars, restaurants
Disadvantages: Money changers on streets, Cherne more hotel

...I've been to Varna twice now in 06 and enjoyed it immensely both times. From the airport it is about a 10-15 min ride so be careful not to get over charged it should cost no more than £10 but as I found out some taxi men don't seem interested in taking you for that amount, and quickly move on to their next victim. I was really lucky to find a taxi man called mikael who brought me to Varna free of charge and gave me his mobile no. in return for me using him for the rest of my stay .(I can give you his no. if you like). For the first few nights I stayed in the Black sea hotel (cherne more hotel) when I checked in I was told there were no singles rooms left and I had to pay for a double room.This cost about £30 which I thought was ok untill I saw it!, to be honest the room looked like a bomb had hit it but i was just happy to get my...

balders1305 15.04.2007 · Read review
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Varna, a city to visit.

Advantages: Cheap, nice food.
Disadvantages: The pickpockets.

...I went to Bulgaria in July 2006, and stayed in a Villa in a town called Galata. It is a 15min bus ride to Varna. It costs about 30p to Varna town on the bus. It is so cheap in Bulgaria that we found it difficult to spend our money. We went for two weeks and there was my Husband, daughter and myself and we only spent £380 in total. Not bad considering we were in a villa so therefore had to buy everything. The town of Varna itself is an ok town, but BEWARE when getting on the buses, as the buses have a door at the front and in the middle, when they stop and there is quite a large crowd a group of young girls rush to the front and block the door asking the driver questions and then in the middle door someone else blocks that door so no-one can get on, while you are held up the other young girls pinch whatever they can get, wallets...

pvfc1876 11.09.2006 · Read review
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Varna

Advantages: Very cheap, great beaches
Disadvantages: expensive to get there

...Varna is the third largest city in Bulgaria and is very close to the major resorts of Golden Sands, Albena and Saint Constantine. I have been going to this city every year for the last 11 years and therefore I have seen the many changes which have taken place since the fall of Communism. Varna is spread along several miles of coastline which all have very good beaches. Along the coastal strip is the "sea garden" which is a public park which stretches for several kms. It is this park which forms the main focus of the city. Tourists when going to Varna rarely go beyond the city centre. This is perhaps just as well as the city centre is quite pleasant, but away from the centre are hundreds and hundreds of "blocks" - many of which are not in good condition. The city centre has been much improved in recent years with the arrival...

nikiup 16.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of General: Bulgaria

A day in Varna

Advantages: Beautiful, Cheap
Disadvantages: Pickpockets

...A visit to Varna was one of the highlights of my holiday in Bulgaria this summer. There's something for everyone. For the young there is a Dolphinarium, which, unfortuneately I didn't find time to visit. Between the Dolphinarium and the town centre are the Sea Gardens. These gardens contain a 'Monument to Fighters Against Fascism' (they lost), a long tree lined avenue with wide, well tended flower beds down the middle and busts of figures from Bulgarias history along the sides, large sundial, nightclub and a museum. The shoping area itself is mainly along one straight road from the Sea Gardens to the Cathedral of the Assumption. Goods in the shops are reasonably priced but more expensive than other parts of Bulgaria (with the exception of Sofia). The only problem we had was that an English guy who runs anestate agents in the town...

karen42 06.09.2005 · Read review
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Review of Varna (VAR)

Hotel Hawaii & Nessabur, Bulgaria

Advantages: Cheap, handy, pleasent and affordable.
Disadvantages: The flight

...Just returned from a holiday in Nessabur, Bulgaria, staying at the Hotel Hawaii in a bed and breakfast basis. The hotel building from the outside looked like any other block from communist days BUT our room on the 13th floor was lovely, a little basic but very spacious and looked like it had only just been upgraded. Our fridge was missing and so were chairs to sit on! A request at the reception saw a couple of chairs and a fridge delivered. The room was kept spotlessly clean, swept and floor washed every day, new towels at least twice a week, linen also changed. The power shower in its own cubicle with loads of hot water was a first! The breakfast was one of the best we have had for many years. Hot and cold buffet, tea, coffee, fruit. Admittably if you arrived at the last knockings say 9.50 when they stopped serving at 10am they...

Rogfrith 21.07.2008 (20.07.2008) · Read review
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Review of Nesebar (Bulgaria)

Bulgaria - Sooner rather than Later

Advantages: cheap, interesting
Disadvantages: terrible coffee

...We decided to visit Bulgaria this year as it looked cheap, interesting culturally and likely to still be warm in October when we had to travel.Never having been to a Balkan country before it seemed like a good choice. We decided to base ourselves on the Black Sea coast and found a nice spa hotel in Nessebar (prefering to stay somewhere away from the crowds in Sunny Beach) The Nessebar Palace Hotel is a Bulgarian 5 star hotel about a mile from the village of Ravda. Our room was quite spacious with a super-king size bed, large bathroom,safe,mini-bar and balcony. However, after a couple of nights we had to ask to be moved because our room looked out over the road and was quite noisy. It was also north facing and did not benefit from the lovely sunshine in the afternoon. The second room was much better,looking out over the pool...

JMPL 16.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of General: Bulgaria

Bulgaria-one of the most beautiful countries

Advantages: Amazing history, beautiful land and friendly people
Disadvantages: nope

...Hi everyone, Today I will tell you about my country and one of its amazing towns. When coming to Bulgaria, you step into another world, another time, and another culture. You will find friendly faces, a sense of history and tradition; enchanting landscapes are at every turn. Our vast sandy beaches, magnificent mountains, charming countryside with wonderful glades, forests and caves, impressive landscapes make Bulgaria a tourist destination worth to be experienced. The country has 36 cultural reserves, 160 monasteries, and some 40,000 monuments of culture, 7 of which are on UNESCO's world cultural heritage list. But one of the things we are the most proud of is our folklore, which has survived all challenges of history and social development as an expression of the nation's spirit and destiny. Festival days, traditional fairs...

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Review of Koprivshtitsa (Bulgaria)

Skiing in Pamporovo,Bulgaria

Advantages: Value for money
Disadvantages: Unchallenging for advanced skiers; poor food

..., so that you and your group have the chance to go over technique, talk about Bulgaria and even pick up a few words of the language. Average group size seems to be around eight, and we enjoyed the mix of nationalities in ours (Bulgarian, Irish, English and Russian!). The three-man chair lift is efficient although queues can build up at peak times, the elderly single-chairs are somewhat scary for novices, and the button-drags and bar-drags are tiring. My son was unlucky enough to meet with an accident getting off a single chair, so I can report that the rescue caterpillar ambulance and the mountain-side fracture clinic are all reasonably efficient (although all services must be paid for locally, in sterling, and reclaimed from your insurance in the UK). On the plus side, we had (in February)three metres of snow, some days...

angidrew 09.05.2001 · Read review
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Review of Rodopi Mountains (Bulgaria)