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Bourgas sand sculpture festival again a major tourist drawcard

August 6, 2013August 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

The latest year of the sand sculpture festival at a site near the north beach of the Black Sea city

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Bulgaria Leisure 

British embassy launches Holiday Hangover info campaign in Bulgaria

June 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism

The British embassy to Bulgaria launched the Holiday Hangover information and prevention campaign in Slunchev Bryag (Sunny Beach) seaside resort

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Bulgaria News 

Mayor of Bulgaria’s Bourgas rejects Christians’ call for ban on topless bathing

May 28, 2013May 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff beaches, Bourgas

The mayor of the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas has rejected a petition by local Protestant, Roman Catholic and

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Final stretch of Bulgaria’s Sofia-Bourgas Trakiya Motorway ‘to open July 1’

May 26, 2013May 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, motorways

The final stretch of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway, linking capital city Sofia to the Black Sea city of Bourgas via Plovdiv,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Bourgas bans barkers on beaches

May 8, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff beaches, Bourgas

The city of Bourgas, on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, has banned dog owners from taking their pets to public beaches,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian ports of Varna, Bourgas closed over strong winds

March 25, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Varna

Bulgaria’s two major ports on the Black Sea, in Varna and Bourgas, were closed on March 25 because of strong

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Bulgaria News 

Bourgas named best city to live in Bulgaria for 2012

March 20, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Bourgas was hailed as the best city to live in Bulgaria for 2012, in a poll organised for the sixth

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sea garden at burgas on the Bulgarian Black Sea
Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bourgas bomb shelter to become ‘bewitched’ tourist attraction

June 18, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Bourgas, on Bulgaria’s Black Sea, is to turn a Cold War-era bomb shelter built to accommodate 3500 people into a

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Stiff fines for unruly beachgoers in Bourgas

June 11, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Municipal authorities in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas have introduced stiff fines for unruly tourists at the city’s beaches.

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