20 Jun 2013
Some great news arrived in the form of cranes and diggers this week in Pamporovo as construction began on a brand new lift facility due to be completed before the start of the upcoming winter season.
The new 4-seated lift was announced by the executive director of Pamporovo AD Mr. Marian Belyakov and the total cost of the project is expected to be around the 3.5m Euro mark (£3m). The resort of Pamporovo is hoping the new 1km lift will enhance the infrastructure within the resort along with the ski track measuring 1200 meters about to be prepared with an artificial snow inflow in the near future. Another 1.2m Euro (£1m) has
17 May 2013
Bulgaria’s first full European Tour event, the 2013 Volvo World Match Play Championship, takes place this weekend at the breathtaking Thracian Cliffs Course. The elite tournament, which is celebrating its 50th year, gathers 24 of the world's best players to compete for this prestigious title via a qualification process designed to attract the highest quality from the international world of golf. Taking part this year will be players like Nicolas Colsaerts who has qualified as the Defending Champion, Shane Lowry who qualified by winning the 2012 Portugal Masters and Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Louis Oosthuizen and Peter Hanson who
16 May 2013
Balkan Holidays are pleased to announce the release of our new Winter 2013/14 1st Edition brochure packed with a choice of over 50 hotels and apartments in the countries of Bulgaria, Slovenia and Romania.
The brochure includes three NEW properties in the resort of Pamporovo, Bulgaria and our new flight from Glasgow to Sofia departing Sundays from 22nd December 2013 to 30th March 2014 as well as many other fantastic deals and savings.
For full details visit our brochure launch page or to order the new brochure visit our brochure request page.
15 May 2013
Balkan Holidays are delighted to announce a selection of Late Deals now on sale for Summer 2013 Holidays to Bulgaria. Flights are available from Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, East Midlands and Glasgow departing early May and prices start from just £239pp!
To find your ideal Summer 2013 Holiday from our Last Minute Deals to Bulgaria click here.
You can also subscribe to our weekly newsletter to keep updated about our Last Minute Deals to Bulgaria, delivered to your inbox every Friday.
Furthermore, if you book one of our Last Minute Deals to Bulgaria online you will save a further 7.5% compared to phone bookings.
There has
08 May 2013
This week in Sofia, Bulgaria over 1000 residents & visitors to Sofia took part in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for the most people dyeing Easter eggs at one time. The egg dyeing started at 12pm and lasted for just three minutes, setting the new world record for the most people dying eggs, according to the World Record Academy.
The organizers of the event provided 2700 eggs, 200 litres of egg dye and 2200 T-shirts for the participants. The previous Guinness World Record for the most people dyeing eggs was 317 achieved at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The coloured eggs were subsequently inspected at three
01 Mar 2013
Balkan Holidays are delighted to announce that we have once again won the award for 'Best Medium Holiday Company to East & Southeast Europe' at this year's British Travel Awards, which are also known as the 'Oscars of the Travel Industry'.
The awards are voted for by the public as well as travel industry professionals with the process lasting for approximately 21 weeks, supported by some of the UK's most well-known media outlets such as the Daily Mirror, Daily Record, Sunday Mirror and the Manchester Evening News.
This glamorous ceremony is held every year with the aim to demonstrate the public's
19 Feb 2013
On February 16th, the Bulgarian resort of Borovets hosted a unique snowboard race - The DC BIG SPIN. It took place in one of the resort's terrain parks - Borosport Snow Park and was the first of it's kind ever in Bulgaria. The race is a DC's "trade mark" whereby the participants are rated based on the variety and the performance quality of the spinning tricks each participant has performed which gives the race its name.
The DC BIG SPIN was open for participation to men and women over the age of 16 years. To qualify for the finals, contestants had to perform two tricks with degrees of difficulty and achieve a
14 Jan 2013
As we have already mentioned, Bulgaria’s veteran gymnast Yordan Yovchev was the national team’s torch bearer at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. At the age of 39, he is the first male gymnast ever to compete in six Games, starting in Barcelona in 1992.
He is now the president of the Bulgarian gymnastics federation, but on Saturday in London’s North Greenwich Arena (this is the Olympian name for the O2) he performed a fantastic run on the rings in front of an amazed crowd, and made it into the final with the eighth best score of 15.308, grabbing the last qualifying spot. With a partially torn bicep and an injured
04 Jan 2013
As the UK recession officially hits its fifth year in 2013 overtaking the previous record of four years set between 1930-1934 and talks of a "triple dip" recession escalate, many holidaymakers are finding it increasingly difficult to save their hard earned cash for a summer holiday. Although currently not as deep as the downturn of the 30's, this recession has steadily been eating its way through the population's wallets, leaving travellers searching high and low across the country for the best value deals they can find to help get the most out of every penny they spend.
Research has found that holidaymakers are searching for
28 Dec 2012
Balkan Holidays are delighted to introduce new winter city break holidays to Dubrovnik with direct flights available from London Gatwick from January 5th – March 27th 2013. Our Dubrovnik Winter Holidays are available for 2-14 night stays at one of eight quality hotels including the 5* Hotel Excelsior and the 5* Hilton Imperial.
Situated on the southern tip of the Adriatic coast, the Dubrovnik Riviera provides visitors with an unrivaled combination of luxury and historical discovery. The jagged coastline is dotted with islands helping make the region one of the world's most popular tourist destinations today. The main attraction
