Dear All,
I shall be visiting Albena from July 20th for 2 weeks with my husband and 2 children (aged 6 and 3). We have never visted Bulgaria before and so we are hiring a private villa in Albena. We planned to hire a car from Varna airport but we get in at 22.35 and most car hire companies are closed at that time. Also I've been advised that road signs are in Cyrillic and driving can be a problem. How bad is it? Can anyone recomend a reliable car hire company that we could use? We're happy to also consider getting a transfer and collecting a car in Albena the following morning, if it is cheaper and more practical.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jo
Hi Jo,
It sounds as though you are flying with Bulgaria Air from Gatwick, by your arrival time. I will be taking the same flight at the end of this month.
It usually takes around 30/45 minutes or so to get through passport control/baggage collection (if the carousels are working correctly).
Most road signs, especially in the main coastal area, are in both Cyrillic & English - rather like the bilingual English/Welsh road signs when you drive in Wales.
Personally, although I have driven in Bulgaria, I tend to prefer to use public transport whenever I spend my summer there, as driving standards and many roads (other than the main 'magistral' roads) are not the best - to say the least.
As far as car hire is concerned, I have sent you a PM, with a copy of an enquiry which I made in February with one of my Bulgarian friends for another poster who asked for reliable car hire. I cannot recommend the company personally, for the reason given earlier in this post, but have no reason to doubt my friend's opinion/experience.
Baldur
It sounds as though you are flying with Bulgaria Air from Gatwick, by your arrival time. I will be taking the same flight at the end of this month.
It usually takes around 30/45 minutes or so to get through passport control/baggage collection (if the carousels are working correctly).
Most road signs, especially in the main coastal area, are in both Cyrillic & English - rather like the bilingual English/Welsh road signs when you drive in Wales.
Personally, although I have driven in Bulgaria, I tend to prefer to use public transport whenever I spend my summer there, as driving standards and many roads (other than the main 'magistral' roads) are not the best - to say the least.
As far as car hire is concerned, I have sent you a PM, with a copy of an enquiry which I made in February with one of my Bulgarian friends for another poster who asked for reliable car hire. I cannot recommend the company personally, for the reason given earlier in this post, but have no reason to doubt my friend's opinion/experience.
Baldur
Hi, I picked up a leaflet from Albena Car Hire only Yesterday, for reference only, I will scan it and send you a copy. I arrive back late tomorrow night (Wednesday) Cheers. Tonyt.
Hi Tonyt,
That sounds great but if it is hassle to scan then if they have a website or e-mail address that would also be good enough, just so I can contact them and check availability. A few companies I've asked do not have availabilty for the 1st 2 weeks of the summer holidays so I'm hoping either this one or the one that Baldur recommended can sort me out.
I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks very much,
Jo
That sounds great but if it is hassle to scan then if they have a website or e-mail address that would also be good enough, just so I can contact them and check availability. A few companies I've asked do not have availabilty for the 1st 2 weeks of the summer holidays so I'm hoping either this one or the one that Baldur recommended can sort me out.
I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks very much,
Jo
Hi, I am going to send you a pm, with phone number of Car Hire.
The Citroen C1 is very smart and popular. The rates are in Lev.
1day............75.00
2-6 days.......65.00
7-14 days......60.00
Rental includes, oil and maintainance, Unlimited mileage and V.A.T. Maximum Protection Package. CDW &TP.
The Office is based under the Hotel Dobruja in the Centre of Albena. The important thing is, when I asked yesterday, they do have cars available for your dates. They do do bigger cars,
Renault Clio add 10 Lev on above prices
Renault Megane add another 20 Lev,
Dacia Logan 6+1 seat again add 30 lev. Cheers Tonyt
The Citroen C1 is very smart and popular. The rates are in Lev.
1day............75.00
2-6 days.......65.00
7-14 days......60.00
Rental includes, oil and maintainance, Unlimited mileage and V.A.T. Maximum Protection Package. CDW &TP.
The Office is based under the Hotel Dobruja in the Centre of Albena. The important thing is, when I asked yesterday, they do have cars available for your dates. They do do bigger cars,
Renault Clio add 10 Lev on above prices
Renault Megane add another 20 Lev,
Dacia Logan 6+1 seat again add 30 lev. Cheers Tonyt
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