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Cost of your holiday in Bulgaria

Bulgaria is a cheap holiday destination, with low-cost accommodation and with cheaper prices of goods and services.

Below is comparison of the 10 cheapest and 10 most expensive holiday countries in the world.

Average price of a basket of holiday goods*

Rank Country Currency
to the pound (as of 16/02/09)
Average price of a basket of holiday goods* in local currency Average price of a basket of holiday goods* in GBP

Cheapest countries in the world

1 Hungary 303.42 forint 9,545,59 forint £31.46
2 Czech Republic 29.121 koruna 917.02 koruna £31.49
3 Thailand 45.602 baht 1,762.51 baht £38.65
4 South Africa 13.267 rand 574.06 rand £43.27
5 Malaysia 4.758 ringitt 212.73 ringit £44.71
6 Turkey 2.222 lira 109,77 lira £49.40
7 Bulgaria 2.005 lev 99,99 lev £49.87
8 Kenya 103.487 shilling 5,323.9 shilling £51.45
9 Croatia 7.599 kuna 435.12 kuna £57.26
10 Spain 1.039 euro 67.23 euro £61.73

Most expensive holiday countries in the world

1 Barbados 2.582
Barbados dollar
393.81
Barbados dollar
£152.52
2 Mexico 18.364 new peso 1,776.90 new peso £96.76
3 Brazil 2.768 real 215.96 real £78.02
4 Australia 2.054 Australian dollar 159.88 Australian dollar £77.84
5 Italy 1.039 euro 79.06 euro £76.09
6 USA 1.326 dollar 99.77 dollar £75.24
7 Canada 1.663 Canadian dollar 155.97 Canadian dollar £73.79
8 Portugal 1.039 euros 76.54 euros £73.67
9 New Zealand 2.564
New Zealand dollar
188.58
New Zealand dollar
£73.55
10 Cyprus 1.039 euro 76.18 euro £73.32

Source: TimesOnline

Holiday basket includes: Cup of coffee, bottle of Heineken, bottle (or can) Coca-Cola, bottle of mineral water, suncream (factor 15) , insect repellent, three course evening meal including bottle of house wine in a local restaurant.


According to the table above Bulgaria is placed as the 7th cheapest country in the world for holiday makers. What you propably don’t know is that Bulgaria in fact is a Euro coutry. The exhange rate for the Bulgarian currency called Lev is fixed at 1.95583 Lev for 1 Euro.

1 EURO = 1.95583 BGN (Bulgarian lev)

When this artice was written in March 2009 the Brish Pound has lost almost 25% against the Euro since November 2008 (from 1.27 to 1.02 EUR for 1 GBP)

1 GBP = 1.27 EURO (Nov 2008)

1 GBP = 1.15 EURO (February 2010)

It seems the time is bad for holiday in the euro countries - the cost of holidaying abroad has shot up when spending Pounds. For a certain ammount in Pounds you could have 4 beers last summer (2008) and 3 beers only this summer (2009).

Not necessary! The first two holiday countries in the list are Hungary and the Czech Republic. These are not the typical countries where you would like to spend the family holiday with your family, even if they are a bit cheaper (only because of their current currencies devaluation). The next cheap holiday countries are Thailand, South Africa and Malaysia. Their problem is they are pretty far away from home and you will be spending thousands for the flights only.

Bulgaria

The strongest tourist attraction of Bulgaria – apart from its beautiful nature – is the cost of the holiday, which is affordable for almost everybody.

People coming from Western Europe the prices will find that the majority of the costs for holidaymaking in Bulgaria – for accommodation, eating out, transport and services are significantly lower than those that they are used to. This fact makes Bulgaria with those looking for an affordable family holiday at reasonable cost. Why paying EUR 6 for a cocktail in Spain when you could have it in Bulgaria for only the half of it.

Bulgaria is a cheap holiday destination, not only because of the lower cost of the accommodation, but because of the over-all cheaper prices. All local products in Bulgaria – like vegetables, meat & milk (and their products), drinks (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) - are at least a third of what you would pay for similar item in UK, Germany or France. Only imported items carry significant cost.

Holiday makers who like to eat out will find that restaurants in Bulgaria server great food at low cost, especially if you avoid the typical tourist restaurants. How to recognize the tourists restaurants – look inside before you enter them and if you see 100% tourists inside, then you can be sure these are for tourists.

All in all Bulgaria is an extremely affordable place for holiday. In the following tables we have tried to give you some average prices of different holiday goods in Bulgaria. Prices are for your information only and we do not guarantee they will be the adequate in all places. Prices are actual and published in April 2009.

Average cost of holiday goods in Bulgaria

Supermarket Local bar
(Bryastovets)
Bourgas
Restaurant
Sunny beach
Restaurant
Beer (draft) 0,5 l - - 1,00 EUR 2,00 EUR
Beer (bottle) 0,5 l 0,45 EUR 0,60 EUR 1,00 EUR 2,00 EUR
Water 1,5l bottle 0,25 EUR 0,75 EUR 1,25 EUR 2,00 EUR
Wine bottle 2,50 EUR 3,50 EUR 6,00 EUR 12,00 EUR
Coca cola 2l bottle 1,00 EUR - - -
Coca cola can/bottle 0,5l 0,35 EUR 0,50 EUR 0,70 EUR 1,00 EUR
Vodka (Gin) 50ml local brand - 0,25 EUR 0,70 EUR 1,20 EUR
Vodka (Gin) 50ml import - 1,00 EUR 2,00 EUR 4,00 EUR
Vodka (Gin) bottle local brand 4,00 EUR - - -
Vodka (Gin) bottle (Smirnoff/Gordans) 11,00 EUR - - -
Diner for Family with 2 children - 15,00 EUR 30,00 EUR 60,00 EUR


Various things you will need on holiday:

Petrol 1 litre unleaded 0,85 EUR
20 cigarettes (Marlboro) 2,20 EUR
20 cigarettes (local) 1,50 EUR
Taxi (standard rates) 0,45 EUR per km /0,50 initial fee/
Taxi to Bourgas (return) 25 EUR (prearranged rate)
Taxi to Sunny Beach (return) 60 EUR (prearranged rate)
Water park Adults 15 EUR
Children 8 EUR (0,90 - 1,30m height)
Cildren up to 0,90m free




Bulgaria Price Guide


Item
Price in Bulgaria in Leva (BGN)
Sliced / unsliced bread 1 loaf
0,90 BGN
White Onions 1 kilo
0,89 BGN
Potatoes 1 kilo
0,70 BGN
Apples 1 kilo
1,20 BGN
Oranges 0,59 kilo
1,45 BGN
Carrots 1 kilo
1,39 BGN
Cucumber 1
0,40 BGN
Tomatoes 1 kilo
1,20 BGN
Mushrooms 250 gr.
1,85 BGN
Local brand Jam 360 gr.
1,29 BGN
Local brand Spaghetti 500 gr.
2,25 BGN
Local brand butter 250 rg.
1,49 BGN
Local brand Margarine 450 gr.
1,39 BGN
Eggs half dozen
1,50 BGN
Tinned tuna 300 gr.
2,09 BGN
Dry dog buscuits 10 kilos
17,95 BGN
Sweetcorn 340 gr.
1,59 BGN
Milk 1,5 l
1,65 BGN
Vinegar, apple 0,7 litres
0,95 BGN
Bulgarian sausages 400 gr.
2,95 BGN
Washing powder 4 kilo
6,35 BGN
Local brand plain yoghurt 400 gr.
0,79 BGN
Minced Beef 400 gr.
3,15 BGN
Local brand fruit yoghurt 290g gr.
0,69 BGN
Chicken 1 kilo
3,99 BGN
Ham 160 gr. / 10 slices
1,49 BGN
Pork chops 700 gr.
6,76 BGN
Flour 1 kilo
1,25 BGN
Sugar 1 kilo
1,75 BGN
Toilet roll
1,35 BGN
Coffee 50 gr.
4,40 BGN
Gillette Razor blades 5 blades
11,99 BGN
Sanitary towels 10
2,49 BGN
Shampoo 400 ml.
1,20 BGN
Soap 250 ml.
1,29 BGN
Deodorant 150 ml.
2,59 BGN

Last update of prices March 2010


Exchange rate in every bank office in Bulgaria is 1 EUR = 1.95 BGN

Exchange rate of Bulgarian Lev to more currencies on x-rates.com (opens in new window)


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