Varna

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 ... more

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) ... more

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 ... more

Varna is the ideal place to shop in bulgaria. Not only is it cheap(cheaper than the resorts e.g golden sands) the items seem to be of a higher quality here. It is surrounded by a wide variety of restaurants and caffes and has a mc donalds and KFC which are all pretty cheap to eat at. But really varna centre is just like any big city unless you go on the outskirts to the beach. There are a lot of people(i presume gipsy's) wanting you to change your money and i would advise any one not to change it there as you dont know what your getting. Also although the people are generally friendly they do ... more

Dont ever order anything from him, because it will not be anywhere near the quality of the sample pictures he displays. When we mentioned the pencil lines under the picture being too visible, he asked for 2000 leva and two months for a perfect picture. He is ridiculous!! We have already paid him deposit, but we are thinking about weather to pick up the picture or not. He is obviously just after money and doesnt seem to care at all about the quality of work he produces. We will not display something so hideous and cheap looking in our home. And, one other thing, the photo you give him to draw ... more