Currency – bulgarian leva (BGN); 1 euro = 1.95583 leva
Payments: cash payments in euro are not accetable. You can pay almost everywhere with your credit card (Master Card, Visa, Diners Club etc.)
Time:
Standard time zone: |
UTC/GMT +2 hours |
Daylight saving time: |
+1 hour |
Current time zone offset: |
UTC/GMT +3 hours |
Time zone abbreviation: |
EEST - Eastern European Summer Time |
Capital: Sofia
State Government: parlamentary republic
Lanuage: Bulgarian and uses only the Cyrillic alphabet; most of Bulgarians speak English at acceptable level.
Emergency number: 112
Dialing codes – international country code: + 359
Religion: 86.6% of the population is Eastern Orthodox, 12% are Muslims,2% other.
International Airports:
Bourgas airport |
tel.: +359 56/ 87 02 48 |
Sofia airport |
tel.: +359 2/ 937 22 12 |
Plovdiv airport |
tel.: +359 32/ 60 11 11 |
Varna airport |
tel.: +359 52/ 50 08 34, 50 08 40 |
Mobile operators: MTel (Vodaphone) , Globul, Vivacom. You can buy on spot mobile phone prepaid cards.
Visa Requirements:
Foreigners with valid international passports which are citizens of countries-members of European Union, Iceland, South Korea, Monaco, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland can spend up to 90 days in Bulgaria without a visa.
Foreigners who can spend up to 30 days in Bulgaria without a visa must be citizens of Australia, Andorra, the Vatican, Israel, Canada, Lichtenstein, Macedonia, New Zealand, USA, Serbia and Monte Negro, Romania and Croatia.