[Travel] Sunny Beach - Bulgaria

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

The good lady wife and I are looking to book a late Summer holiday in mid September. We've ummed and ahhed over our usual destinations ( Spain, Canaries, Malta) but we're looking for somewhere we haven't been before. A customer mentioned Sunny Beach and to be honest I had never heard of it before. Doing a little research it has now peaked my interest and we are considering booking. Before we do though I thought I'd check with the great unwashed ( ) of NSC to see if they have any feedback or experiences of visiting this part of Bulgaria. Cheers.

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Never been, but friends say its dirt cheap but run by and frequented mainly by Russians .

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Never been, but friends say its dirt cheap but run by and frequented mainly by Russians .

Cheers. Have heard similar.

 

[theboybilly]

Double post

 

[theboybilly]

Sunny Beach, to me, is like a run-down Blackpool. Do yourself a favour and go to the much nicer Duni. ( Note: you won't get from Sunny Beach to Duni as the latter doesn't allow daytrippers) Duni is far, far superior.

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Sunny Beach, to me, is like a run-down Blackpool. Do yourself a favour and go to the much nice Duni ( Note: you won't get from Sunny Beach to Duni as the latter doesn't allow daytrippers) Duni is far, far superior.

Cheers. Will now go and have a butchers at Duni. Appreciate the feedback.

 

[Beach Hut]

Save your cash and just go to the free sunny beach in Shoreham tomorrow

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Corfu in September, brilliant, 3 hr flight, great beaches, and cheap to eat out and drink

 

[BensGrandad]

We went to Sunny Beach a few years ago and as has been said very cheap, less than £1 pint then but also very much like Blackpool in the sun.

 

[theboybilly]

Cheers. Will now go and have a butchers at Duni. Appreciate the feedback.

We stayed All-inclusive at the Marina Palace Resort. It was lovely and the staff were superb. Thomas Cook did everything (despite their recent problems I still feel safe booking with them)

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Check Tripadvisor. I know it’s full of whinging northerners complaining about lack of kettles an proper English grub,but it had some horrendous reviews if Sunny Beach, the last time I looked.

 

[dazzer6666]

We went to Sunny Beach a few years ago and as has been said very cheap, less than £1 pint then but also very much like Blackpool in the sun.

There are reasonable bars in Alvor, Portugal selling beer at 90c a pint if that’s your thing...........(goodness knows how they stay in business). Lovely small town too with a great choice of hotels, bars and restaurants and a huge sandy beach, all about an hour from Faro.

Don’t know Bulgaria at all but anywhere with a large % of Russian tourists won’t be pleasant in my experience. Worse than the loutish Brits by some distance.

 

[BensGrandad]

The Russian influx has ruined Cyprus. IMHO.

 

[Ernest]

Save your cash and just go to the free sunny beach in Shoreham tomorrow

That's where I'm going, stripping off too to work on my ALL over TAN

 

[Beach Hut]

That's where I'm going, stripping off too to work on my ALL over TAN

Suggest you head over to the marina for that as Shoreham is a tad conservative

 

[theboybilly]

That's where I'm going, stripping off too to work on my ALL over TAN

If that's the case I'm off to Jaywick Sands

 

[zefarelly]

Save your cash and just go to the free sunny beach in Shoreham tomorrow

Is the correct answer. No Russians either. Although a bit of a mixed bag, which is most unusual for Shoreham.

 

[PoG]

Went in my early twenties. It was cheap as chips and full of Scandos, great at that age but don't think I'd be keen now. There wasn't much to do if I remember correctly but that could of changed, I'm talking 12 odd years ago.

 

[wigman]

There are reasonable bars in Alvor, Portugal selling beer at 90c a pint if that’s your thing...........(goodness knows how they stay in business). Lovely small town too with a great choice of hotels, bars and restaurants and a huge sandy beach, all about an hour from Faro.

Don’t know Bulgaria at all but anywhere with a large % of Russian tourists won’t be pleasant in my experience. Worse than the loutish Brits by some distance.

I agree, Alvor is great.

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Save your cash and just go to the free sunny beach in Shoreham tomorrow

I can't. I'm working.