Hi,
You will need that amount if you are going for all of September,but joking apart bulgaria is as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be we eat and drink at cheaper places during the day and the more expensive ones at night,your two grand should be more than enough,
tolon

Hi, I agree with Tolon. £2000 should be more than enough.
Wife and I eat out for all meals, party every night and take presents home and we really struggled to spend £700 between us.
This year has seen a rise in tax on cigarettes/drink so things will be slightly dearer( 200 cigs up to about £9.50 from about a £5 )
One thing to note, change your currency in Bulgaria for a better rate and don't take traveller cheques.

The Toonman

thanks, will do, i'm looking forward to going even more so.

Hi Booker

Just as an add on to the other posts if you take sterling to change in Bulgaria make sure that you take clean unmarked notes which are not torn or damaged, ( no writing on them as their banks won't change them) and only change at banks or crown exchanges. Also remember that credit cards are not widely accepted in Bulgaria

nice one, i'll make sure they are printed that day i take off,

thanks for that i didn't know, good advice

Hi Booker,

Nice One if you are printing a lot of them send me some

I read in a "Rough Guide to Bulgaria" that there is a limit to the amount of cash you can take into the country. Is this correct in terms of Lev obtained in the UK or sterling notes?

Alio

Hi Alio,

You are quite correct, the magic number is 8000 leva worth of currency in or out of Bulgaria. Look at "Import and Export of Bulgarian (Lev) and Foreign Currency" on the Consular tab of the Bulgarian Embassy in London HERE

Be wary of the Rough Guide series, they are often out of date with regard to Eastern Europe even before they are printed.

Peter

can anyone tell me what is the best form of money to take to bulgaria we normally take sterling travellers cheques.is it better just to take english notes any suggestions much appreciated christine

Hi Christine,

It depends what you feel comfortable taking.

I always take clean, unmarked & untorn Sterling notes & change them only in banks or hotel exchange bureaux (never on the street or exchange booths) as the exchange rate/commission charge on Travellers Cheques tends to be high in Bulgaria.

If you have a Nationwide Flex Account, their Debit Card allows you to withdraw Leva from Bulgarian ATMs with the very good interbank exchange rate & no additional charges for use abroad, unlike all other card issuers.

Baldur

have a look here christine for more info

thanks baldur and everyone else the information ill go into my bank and ask them if they can give me clean unmarked notes .ill take some levs though as we might need them christine