02 Nov 2012
Balkan Holidays, has been named winner of the ‘Best Medium Tour Operator to East and Southeast Europe’ for the second year running, in the British Travel Awards 2012.
Balkan Holidays, which operates flights from 19 UK regional airports, is the leading tour operator to Bulgaria and has offered specialist beach and ski holidays to the region for 47 years. Balkan Holidays also operates to Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Romania.
“Balkan Holidays is delighted to win this prestigious travel award for the second year running. The message is certainly getting home about the tremendous variety of holidays available in
25 Sep 2012
With its beautiful scenery, surrounding nature, and long stretches of sandy beaches, the Bulgarian coastal town of Bourgas earned itself top award by the prestigious Swiss Travel Awards 2012 in the category "Must Visit Destination". It was also given the title "City of Sand Sculptures" for the original Sand Sculpture Festival which attracts thousands of tourists to visit the city each year. The announcement of the award comes two months prior to the biggest Swiss International Tourism Exhibition, which will be held in Lugano.
This year saw the fifth edition of the Sand Sculpture Festival in Bourgas with 18
19 Sep 2012
Apart from the summer package holidays to the best summer resorts of the Balkan region, we offer various city breaks to Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Romania as well.
Just call our Tailor Made department and we can arrange the ideal city break for you. One of the available cities to book for a city break is Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, a unique crossroad for the Germanic, Slavic and Latin cultures, built on the two banks of the Ljubljanica river.
On a short break, the most important things to see are the St Nicolas Cathedral, the Castle of Ljubljana, the Bishop’s Palace and the Triple Bridge.
As in many other
13 Sep 2012
Budva is probably the most visited city of Montenegro. It is situated on the Budva Riviera, and has a population of 8000 with a broad promenade busy around the clock along the beach and the seaport.
The number of beaches awarded with the Blue Flag is increasing year by year. The largest beach in Budva is the Slovak Beach, it is 1600 metres long and covered by small white pebbles. This is the most representative beach of Budva, just east of the seaport, lined with fine hotels and restaurants.
Another famous beach is the Mogren, accessible by a road tunnel carved in the cliffs. The beach is named after Italian sailor Mogrini, who
12 Sep 2012
When you are on a summer holiday in Cape Kaliakra or nearby, make sure you visit the Mussel Farm Dalboka, an underwater mussel farm complete with a seafood restaurant offering a variety of mussel dishes and all seafood.
The mussel farm is operated by a company that specialize in cultivation and production of ecologically clean Black Sea mussels. They have chosen this unspoilt stretch of the seashore because it’s one of the most environmentally clean areas in the country, as the environment in which the mussels live should be very clean. The first experimental underwater farm started to operate in 1994, and a surface farm was
11 Sep 2012
As the second largest city in Croatia and the heart of the Dalmatian coast, Split sits on the southern side of a high peninsula and is the key transport hub of Dalmatia with its many road and sea connections to the regions numerous summer resorts. The Old Town is home to Diocletian's Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site and presents visitors with a clean, well kept harbour promenade lined with beautiful palm trees.
The beautiful Palm lined Harbour Promenade of Split
Split is an urban and cultural city bursting with old tradition, a variety of archaeological, historical & cultural monuments and many restaurants and wine cellars offering
07 Sep 2012
We have launched our Winter Ski & Board 2nd edition brochure for 2012/13 featuring top resorts in Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia.
Order your brochure online or pick up a copy from your local travel agent to find out about our new products and offers! Now available - three and four night ski weekends to Bulgaria and Slovenia, new accommodation choices in Borovets (4* Club Hotel Yanakiev and 4* Hotel Iceberg) and Bansko (4* Aparthotel St George’s Lodge), free lift passes and night skiing (at selected hotels on selected dates) and many more. Prices start from £244* per person.
Booking incentives
30 Aug 2012
Balkan Holidays have introduced a new, improved golf programme for the Summer 2012 season, featuring top class golf resorts in Bulgaria’s signature golf coast, Cape Kaliakra. One of these golf complexes is BlackSeaRama Golf & Villas just along the cliffs of the Black Sea coast.
BlackSeaRama is a paradise for golfers, with spacious and classy one or two-storey villas providing breathtaking views of the golf course, the sea and Cape Kaliakra. All hundred villas offer five star services, each villa has a have fully equipped kitchen, air conditioning, internet access and private terrace. The golf course has been designed
23 Aug 2012
Balkan Holidays offer fantastic holiday deals to popular summer resorts in the Balkan region from major airports all around the UK. We have 2 lovely hotels and a selection private apartments in the small seaside town of Petrovac in Montenegro to choose from, the hotels offering 3 star accommodation on half board or bed & breakfast basis.
Petrovac is situated south of Sveti Stefan on the Budva Riviera.The town has a rich ancient cultural heritage, one of its most famous cultural monuments is a well preserved mosaic from the 3rd century. Petrovac has two beautiful beaches and is much quieter than Budva, the hotels are smaller
20 Aug 2012
More hot weather with plenty of sunshine to come in the following weeks in Bulgaria. Starting from today (Monday, 20 August) temperatures will be rising with at least 1C each day and towards the end of the week they are expected to reach up to 40C in some parts of the country. Who's to blame for this hot weather? The answer is "Lucifer", the sixth anticyclone from Africa to hit Bulgaria this summer.
In such weather conditions, the best idea is to escape the cities and head over to mountain lakes or the seaside , where you can enjoy the sun, while the breeze keeps you from overheating. Temperature of the water on the Black Sea coast will
