26 Jan 2017
Balkan Holidays are pleased to announce the release of our new Winter 2017/18 1st Edition brochure packed with a choice of over 50 hotels and apartments in the countries of Bulgaria, Slovenia and Romania this Wednesday, 1st February 2017. Looked at what we’ve packed inside it...
• A huge selection of great value skiing and boarding holidays from £244pp.
• Low Deposit – A low deposit of £70pp is available for a limited period.
• Free Child Places & Great Discounts for Children.
• Departures from 8 UK airports – Bristol, East Midlands, Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester, Newcastle, Stansted and Luton.
• Free Luggage
04 Jan 2017
Respected travel website Travelzoo have predicted that 2017 will be the 'Year of Eastern Europe', increasing in popularity with many tourists shifting away from destinations affected by acts of terror in recent years.
The region is also attracting British holidaymakers in particular due to the value of the British pound. According to the number crunching experts at Travelzoo, stunning Eastern European destinations such as Bulgaria and Croatia are on average 30% cheaper than the more popular coastal region of Spain this year.
Bulgarian resorts such as Duni offer excellent value at almost 30%
13 Dec 2016
Established back in 2006 by desire to promote sustainable tourism, Alpine Pearls is a pan-European tourism organisation of approx. 30 mountain communities dubbed as 'Pearls' having several objectives in common: encouraging car-free arrival to holiday destination, having easy access to public transport on site and numerous offers of environmentally friendly holiday programmes.
Priding itself for offering visitor an idyllic surrounding landscape with "50 shades of green" Lake Bled fulfils stringent qualifying criteria including environmentally friendly leisure facilities (including a full motor-boat ban on the lake!),
30 Oct 2016
What can be more fun than surprising your other half and doing something fun when planning your holiday abroad.
Did you know that when traveling with some tour operators you can now book fun extras such as Wine, Flowers, or even delicious chocolates which will be left in your hotel room on arrival?
Yes, that is possible and yes this is what you get now if you wanna go the extra mile. This is perfect for those going on a romantic holiday or to celebrate a special occasion. You can simply add it to your booking and enjoy it once in the resort. Imagine being on a long draining flight and then on another long transfer into the resort, then
07 Sep 2016
World Famous Violinist Vasko Vassilev and musicians from the Spanish flamenco group Chambao were special guests at the 50th birthday of Balkan Holidays last week which celebrated the special occasion with a stylish party at the Old Metropolis "St. Sofia" in Nessebar. The venue was chosen specifically for its incredible acoustics, which impressed the musicians and guests alike.
The performances of Vasko Vassilev and Cambao lent a unique charm to the event, which brought together representatives from the tourism industry, mayors, known entrepreneurs and familiar faces from the small screen. During the event, Balkan Holidays
19 May 2016
We are delighted to learn that our Charter Airline company Balkan Holidays Airlines (BH Air) has been chosen by the Bulgarian government as the official carrier between Bulgaria and Iraq.
The cabinet has authorized the airline to fly routes as agreed in the Agreement on Air Transport between the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Government of the Republic of Iraq, which was signed on the 15th November 1966 in Sofia.
According to reports, the decision is expected to increase the number of passengers travelling between the two countries and boost the Bulgarian-Iraqi trade relations.
Balkan Holidays Airlines, headquartered
18 May 2016
The Deputy Minister of Economy in charge of Tourism, Branimir Botev says Bulgaria ranks fourth in Europe by the rate of development of winter tourism. Speaking at a meeting with the international media present at the World Travel Market exhibition in London last week Botev said "During the past winter, the country has been visited by over 1 million tourists, which is an increase of 8.2%. Hopes are for this positive trend to continue during the 2013-2014 season".
He also added that the 2013 summer season was also successful in Bulgaria with the country being visited by 3.5m tourists between June - August 2013, an increase of 5.4%
17 May 2016
Balkan Holidays Second Edition Winter Holidays to Bulgaria, Slovenia and Romania went onsale today. Hitting the slopes this winter with Balkan Holidays is much more affordable than you may think.
Low Deposits from just £70
Early Booking Discounts of up to £150 per couple
Loyalty Discount of 5% and online discount of 7.5%
50% off Ski or Board Carriage
Free Ski ro Board Storage
Free Lift Pass Offers for Bansko and Borovets
Free Night Skiing Offer for Pamporovo
Please note all offers are subject to terms and conditions
The winter holiday resorts of Bansko and Borovets in Bulgaria have fantastic new additions to the
17 May 2016
If you live in or near London, don't forget to put the Ski & Snowboard Show in your diary at Earls Court between 19-23 October 2011, and visit the Balkan Holidays on STAND L11 for the latest special Winter Ski deals and our new Winter Brochure!
You can book your tickets in advance here.
Click here for the best Winter Holiday deals!
17 May 2016
The worlds largest travel guide book publisher Lonely Planet recently published its Top 10 European travel destinations for 2013 and Croatia, which is marketing itself as 'the New Tourist Star of the European Union" was delighted to have made the list in what is undoubtably another piece of good news for the country's tourism industry, following their recent EU entry on July 1.
The Lonely Planet article said of Croatia: "Calling Croatia a hotspot is somewhat old news in travel circles – its popularity is firmly established among European travellers and steeply on the rise among Americans as well. But many travellers are only seeing one
