Horrible Sunny Beach

Why do people go to Sunny Beach. In my point of wiew its the worst place in Bulgaria. So why go there?

The prices for food and driks are at least two times as high as in rest of Bulgaria. And de food is over all not good at all in Sunny Beach.

The taxidrivers are mafiosos. The told me 20 leva for 200 meters. In Sofia or Plovdiv the price is 2 leva. Rip off!

How can you stand the noise in the main street in the evenings. It is just horrible. For pepole from 16 to 22, ok maybe, if they are drunk. But I dont understand at all that people over 25+ can enjoy holiday here.

Threre are cheaters, gypsies og hookers all over the place. No charm. No real Bulgaria.

I also find that there are a lot of %26quot;white trash%26quot; among the tourists there.

I enjoy Bulgaria a lot: Varna, Golden Sands is ok, Veliko Tarnovo, Balchik, Plovdiv and Sofia - Sofia much better now than a few years ago.

But I will never go back to Sunny Beach.

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Well - what to say? Only can clap hands, because you described the athmosphere of the %26quot;resort%26quot; pretty well. There%26#39;s not even a drop of charm.

You are doing the right thing - go deep into the country, where the life is different and there are trees, not concrete :)

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I would say most people travelling to Sunny Beach are not going there to see the %26quot;real Bulgaria%26quot;, just a cheap holiday.

Its also pretty obvious why people go there rather than other places in Bulgaria.

1. Its the most popular resort in the country and i would guess most people like to mix with other holidaymakers when abroad.

2. Its the largest resort in the country meaning there are more things to do and see than anywhere else, day and night.

3. There are restaurants/bars in the %26quot;noisy main street%26quot; and also away from it so it caters for everyone.

4. More hotels in SB than any other resort so more availability.

5. Many day excursions available.

6. Theres a lovely great beach and usually good weather.

Yes there are some negative things about it but most things can be avoided and price inflation is going to happen in any thriving resort. If people all started going elsewhere it would happen there aswell. Its still a lot cheaper than any other place in Europe.

I will ignore the white trash comment as i don%26#39;t care for your explanation of it.

I think I%26#39;ve covered everything!

It just comes down to what sort of holiday you enjoy.

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well said %26quot;happy up here%26quot; although i respect his opinion i take offence to the racist comment of %26quot;white trash%26quot; we travel there on the 4th august for the exact reasons you wrote yes i could visit other parts of bulgaria if that is the type of holiday i wanted but i dont i going on a family holiday with an age range of 6year old upto 67 and i think sunny beach will cater for all of us

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was in sunny each for 2weeks i=end of june atart of july and ya u will see gypies trying to get u to buy fruit but if u went to speak to ur rep at the welcome metting u will be aware of this and u will also e aware of the diff prices of taxi fares to diff places ,,what do u mean by white trash????????????????????very racist comment isent it, just because u dnt like sunny beach dnt ruin it for eveyone else ..u obviously did not do any recearch on sunny beach before u went like and tourist resort u will have gypsies ..

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Have to echo what Happy said. The majority of people go to SB for the atmosphere,beach,value.

If I want culture I%26#39;ll go to Rome, Athens etc( and be ripped off )

All I want after a years hard graft is sun, relaxing time on the beach and somewhere with atmosphere in the evenings and SB suits me to the ground.

I have been going to SB now for a number of years and have never been bothered by prostitutes,pickpockets or cheating taxi drivers. Just because they say a price doesn%26#39;t mean you agree to pay it. Advice on this forum has always been to never get in a taxi without an agreement of the price first.

Just because I%26#39;m in my fifties doesn%26#39;t mean I can%26#39;t enjoy myself too.

I find your comments about %26quot;White Trash%26quot; offensive as the majority of people visiting SB are decent, hard working people from various countries who come for a 2 week break from their daily grind.

Toonman

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%26quot;White trash%26quot; is not a rasistic term, from Wiki:

%26quot; It is most frequently used as a slur to describe financially, economically or culturally disadvantaged Caucasians%26quot;.

An I did not say that all of the tourist are %26quot;white trash%26quot;, but there are more of them other places. It is just the fact.

But my main point is that there are so much better, cheaper and friendlier places in Bulgaria than Sunny Beach.

To all you staying there: Enjoy you holiday! Remember to drink a lot in the heat! :-)

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%26quot;cheating taxi drivers. Just because they say a price doesn%26#39;t mean you agree to pay it. Advice on this forum has always been to never get in a taxi without an agreement of the price first.%26quot;

Asked for a taxi to my hotel. He said %26quot;20 leva%26quot;. I said %26quot;No way, 5 leva%26quot;. He replied: %26quot;This is Sunny Beach, my friend!%26quot; What kind of attitude is this?!! Not a nice welcome. I agreed at 10 leva, but that is far to much.

Sorry if i have offended anyone with %26quot;withe trash%26quot; - I just felt that the place was full of people - drunken white people that can not behave. I call them %26quot;white trash%26quot;, because they are bothering other people.

Of course - most of the tourist is hard working people deserving every day of their holiday.

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i also agree with happy up there well put, im going to sunny beach on sunday for 2 weeks with my family we do like it there ok yes every place has its ups and downs but if every one listens to you airbus and does not go to see it for them selves then people are stupid , you could say the same with benidorm spain people go there to drink get drunk fall down but also to have a good time just go to bulgaria forget sunny beach we dont want you there haha

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also if you took your head out of the dictionary to slag people and places off you might enjoy a holiday

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I also take offence to your remark regarding %26#39;white trash%26#39;, AirbusTronn.

I agree Sunny Beach is not the real Bulgaria, which big holiday resort in any country is a true representation of that country and its culture????

I have travelled throughout Bulgaria and love and respect the Bulgarians. That is why I have so many true Bulgarian friends.

Not all Bulgarians in Sunny Beach are there to rip off tourists! Some do try, that is why we ask visitors to take heed of all the advise on this forum. Surely, 200meters is not a long way to walk if you felt the taxi fare was a rip off!

You also state that you like Sofia....this year we flew into the capital and travelled by hired car to the coast. When we arrived, a taxi driver refused to carry 3 passengers and our luggage, so we had to pay for 2 taxis. On returning to Sofia for our flight home, having enjoyed 3 weeks in Sunny Beach, we needed to drop off the car in Terminal 2 and our flight was from Terminal 1. There is a distance of 2kms between the terminals. A taxi driver wanted 10lev, which I refused, and then found there was a free shuttle bus between terminals.

I suggest you take care when you next visit Sofia or any other foreign land. You can be ripped off anywhere if you%26#39;re not careful.