Property sale in Bulgaria

The four international airports in the country (Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Bourgas) are serviced by airplanes of a Bulgarian or respective foreign company. Regular lines of air connection are available between Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Bourgasin. There are several flights per day in the high season. One-way flight ticket costs around 50 Euro.

Moreover, foreign travelers can approach and enter the country using railway transports via border crossing points at Kalotina (from the west), Vidin (by ferry for crossing Danube River there), Rousse (from north), the Kulata border point (for those coming up from Greece), Svilengrad (from Turkey).

Arriving or crossing Bulgaria’s territory are multiple international express and through trains. Prices of the BDZ (Bulgarian State Railways) railway tickets vary between 3-4 BGL per one hundred kilometers trip, depending on the category of the passenger carriage (first or second class tickets).

The country is also accessible for drivers along land routes across the border from Serbia and Montenegro, and Turkey, using the first category international highway E 80 via Kalotina and Svilengrad; from Rumania along highway E 79 at Vidin, highway E 85 at Rousse, and highway E 87 at Dourankoulak; from Macedonia at Gyueshevo riding along highway E 871; and from Koulata following route E 79. A network of motorways, first, second and third category highways covers the interior of the country, with all of them, except for the third category roads, have asphalt pavements. The quality of the roads is not good. There are many holes, so open your eyes wide and watch out with the speed.

All towns in the country and more often visited holiday and recreation resorts are serviced by regular bus lines. Prices of tickets per one hundred kilometers long travels vary between 5 to 7 BGL. Sofia is the point of departure for bus services on a number of international destinations running along routes to the large European cities, and across Turkey to some of the Middle East countries. Travelers can buy tickets for the international destinations in the specialized travel agencies or their booking offices at the bus terminals. The quality of the bus services vary from average to good depending on the price.

Foreign car tourists should take extremely careful in their winter trips in highland terrains (and not only). The roads are not cleaned at the moment of the snow falling, and sometimes they stay closed for days. Inform yourself for the weather.
You have to pay a fee before passing throughout the country. This fee can be paid in every post office or in some gas stations. Gas stations to refuel your car on motorways, first and second-class highways are available on 30-50 km intervals, with pricing close to the one in Europe.
Every larger inhabited locality has paid parking lots that charge 1-2 BGL per hour.

Border crossing points on waterways are at Vidin, Lom, Rousse and Silistra on the Danube River. If you are interested for arrivals and departures by sea, sea ports can be found at Varna and Bourgas at the Black sea coast.
Prices for using river and sea means of transport vary both between each other and in strong dependence of the season, but are nonetheless bearable for any sort of tourists. Private owners of boats, yachts and motorboats provide services to make feasible alluring sightseeing tours around the coastline or just to go out boating.

Posted on September 4th, 2008 by Property sale in Bulgaria
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