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Summer 2018: Bulgarian railways has shortfall of sleeping car tickets on trains to the coast

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia, tourism, Varna

Just as the summer holiday season begins to pick up speed, getting a place in a Bulgarian railways sleeping car

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Bulgaria 

Beach battles: Bulgarian Deputy PM complains to Prosecutor-General about Tourism Minister

June 6, 2018June 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

The strange spectacle of the confrontation between Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov and Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova continued on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Red Cross: Enough lifesavers for Bulgaria’s beaches in summer 2018

June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

There are sufficient trained lifesavers to be on duty at Bulgaria’s beaches and swimming pools in summer 2018, according to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet ministers disagree over fate of ‘illegal’ restaurants and clubs at Sunny Beach

June 5, 2018June 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Cabinet ministers are at odds over the future of five restaurants and bars on the south beach of the

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Bulgaria 

Audio guide for tourists in three languages launched in Plovdiv, Sofia to follow

June 1, 2018June 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

An audio guide service for tourists was launched in Plovdiv on June 1, with the launch of the service in

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Leisure 

Bulgaria scores well on EU bathing waters survey, but number of ‘excellent’ sites drops

May 29, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s coastal bathing waters remain up to the European Union’s mandatory standards, but the number of sites meeting the “excellent

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Bulgaria 

As summer season begins, 2700 vacancies in tourism business on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast

May 27, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism

There are 2700 vacancies in the tourism industry on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast, Radio Bourgas said on May 27.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways offers 1930s steam train excursion between Sofia and Bankya on June 2

May 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering two excursions on a train pulled by a restored 1935 steam locomotive between Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Black Sea city Varna officially opens 2018 summer season

May 19, 2018May 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Varna

The 2018 summer seaside holiday season was officially opened in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna on May 19. Varna

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