05 Apr 2019
Once again Bansko has outdone itself by winning the Best Ski Resort in Bulgaria award for the 4th time in a row with a record vote. The director of the World Ski Awards Zion Rapson said "Bansko can be proud that it won in the year with the most recorded votes in the 4 year history of the competition”
A huge 1,6 million online votes over 16 weeks saw consumers determined the winners of the four main categories, “Best resort “, “Best Hotel”, “Best Boutique Hotel ” and “Best Chalet” from among the nominations from 25 countries over 5 continents. The Bronze trophy, which looks like
05 Apr 2019
Bansko Ski Holidays offer a unique combination for holidays to a modern winter sports resort and a living town, offering an affordable holiday alternative to the Alps at a fraction of the price. Skiers and Snowboarders of all abilities are well catered for as Bansko has over 70 kilometres of marked pistes, which are easily accessed by a fantastic network of lifts. As the day draws to a close, the apres-ski is centred around the local 'Mehanas', a friendly taverna type restaurant serving traditional Bulgarian cuisine and drinks, often with roaring log fires and live entertainment. Recently voted by Post Office Travel Money as the
05 Apr 2019
Brilliant news, you can now ski 2 resorts for the price of 1 with your Pamporovo lift pass. For the first time ever the resorts of Pamporovo and Chepelare are offering customers to Pamporovo the unique opportunity to enjoy the slopes of Chepelare with their Pamporovo lift pass. Customers can also enjoy the free shuttle service running between the resorts to get you there and back with minimal fuss.
The resort of Pamporovo has a unique claim to fame, this bright, modern ski resort high in the Rhodope mountains is the sunniest mountain resort in Europe. Pamporovo boasts on average no less than 270 sunny days a year and in the winter
05 Apr 2019
In the 2017 Post Office Travel Money Holiday Costs Barometer, Sunny Beach offers the best value for money in Europe. They compared the price of ten items you normally buy on holiday including an evening meal for, suncream and a cup of coffee in resorts across Europe and of course Sunny Beach was the best value, with second place £20 or 56% higher! The other resorts just couldn't match the exceptional value Bulgaria offers, such as an evening meal for two people costing under £20!
This is the fourth year in a row that Sunny Beach has won this award and it confirms that Bulgaria offers the best value for money holidays in
05 Apr 2019
We are delighted to announce that our summer 2019 programme is now on sale, the earliest we have ever been on sale for the next summer season! Initially there will be a selected number of our best selling hotels in Bulgaria available, however, it won’t be long until all our great value holidays to Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro will be on sale.
Despite the weakness of the pound we have held prices on hundreds of holidays for summer 2019. This, together with Sunny Beach coming top of the recent Post Office survey for the cheapest holiday resort confirms that Balkan Holidays offers the best overall value
20 Mar 2019
The International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) named Bulgaria as the 2012 Undiscovered Golf Destination of the Year.
The Undiscovered Golf Destination of the Year is voted for by the International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), incorporating 159 of the worlds leading golf travel journalists in 33 countries.
Tasked with identifying an undiscovered gem among the worlds golf destinations, members assess each nomination against the following criteria:
* Qualities that make it an interesting golf destination;
* Attractiveness of the region and courses;
*
02 Mar 2019
We are happy to report that the Volvo World Match Play Championship would be making the switch from Spain to Bulgaria for 2013 fulfilling this exciting golf destination's dream of hosting its very first European Tour event.
Thracian Cliffs, Host of the Volvo World Match Play Championship 2013
Bulgaria offers an exquisite range of golf courses designed by some of the worlds top golf professionals and it is the Thracian Cliffs Golf & Beach Resort that has been chosen to host this historical event.
Designed by the South African legend Gary Player the Thracian Cliffs set on the
11 Feb 2019
Since launching it's partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support in January 2012, Balkan Holidays have continued to put this worthy cause in the spotlight with promotion of the charity in both its summer and winter brochures as well as a dedicated page for the charity on the Balkan Holidays website.
Throughout the last two years the Balkan Holidays London staff have taken part in various fund-raising events including a coffee morning, London walk and prize draw raffles in order to assist Macmillan Cancer Support provide practical, medical and financial assistance and push for better cancer care by raising invaluable funds.
Upon
24 Jan 2019
Balkan Holidays Flights from Bourgas and Varna Airports, are now available to book online. This gives greater flexibility to our valued clients who can now see live availability and prices. Balkan Holidays understands that many people now live and work all over Bulgaria, and this will allow them to book flights without having to travel to an office or to the airport to make a reservation as previously was the practice.
Flights are available not only to the main UK Airports, but to many regional airports showing that Balkan Holidays has the most extensive flight programme to the UK from Bulgairan Airports.
If you have booked a flight
01 Jan 2019
Bulgaria's popular Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach has returned to the number one spot as the cheapest summer holiday destination according to new research carried out by Post Office Travel Money.
Famous for its clean sea water and golden Blue Flag awarded 8km stretch of beach, Sunny Beach has been attracting holidaymakers from the UK for over half a century as they seek a great value beach resort offering all the necessities for a memorable summer break.
In the latest Holiday Costs Barometer, which is released annually, the value for money resort of Sunny Beach beat 41 other locations that
