Balkan Holidays, www.balkanholidays.co.uk the leading tour operator to Bulgaria with flights from 19 regional UK airports, has spoken to some of its regular customers resulting in these handy top ten travel tips if you are visiting the country on holiday this Summer:

• Eating out and drinking in resorts is great value for money so do take some time to explore your surroundings
• Pack your sun protection – temperatures can exceed 30C in August
• Not everywhere accepts credit cards – so take some local currency. Money can be exchanged at airports, banks, exchange bureau and hotels
• Sunny Beach has a modern shopping mall where you can purchase almost anything from coffee to diamonds
• Many of the resorts on the Bulgaria Black Sea coast have Blue Flag beaches so don't forget your buckets and spades
• Bulgaria boasts several World Heritage UNESCO sites like Nessebar, a great opportunity to visit sites of great historical importance
• There is plenty for families to do including a choice of Aquaparks close to Sunny Beach
• You can indulge in a fantastic variety of activities from golf through to water sports even walking in the mountains. You can also pamper yourself in some quality spa facilities in a choice of hotels at very competitive prices
• If you are travelling with Balkan Holidays you can pre book your flight extras such as seats together and the luggage allowance is a generous 20kg per adult and 10kg per infant
• In Bulgaria - nodding your head means no and shaking your head means yes - so it is handy to bear this in mind if asking a question!

Balkan Holidays has late deals for a family of four from £387 per person to Sunny Beach flying from Stansted on 28 July.

For bookings go to www.balkanholidays.co.uk or Tel: 0845 130 1114

Balkan Holidays flies from: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Doncaster Sheffield, Durham Tees Valley, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Heathrow, Humberside, Leeds Bradford, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich and Stansted.

Further media information:

Linda Moore

Bugsgang & Associates

linda.moore@bugsgang.co.uk