We'll be on holiday in Bulgaria in August, and besides getting my hands on all the circulation coins I can get, it'd be cool if there were any coin shops I could visit, or markets/fairs where coins are sold - we'll be in Golyam Manastir the first week and Byala the second week, and will probably be in and around Varna a fair bit during the second week as well.
If anyone knows of any places to visit - including sights to see as a family (with a 5 year old boy) - please let me know :-)
Bad news: to the best of my knowledge, there is not a single coin shop in Byala. (I know, I lived there for two weeks and was running out of things to visit.)
Good news: if you ever get that far, there are some nice coin-selling stalls in the old town of Nessebar.
In terms of sights to see as a family - if your 5 year old boy can handle a long walk with lots of looking at trees, I can recommend the botanical garden in Balchik (a bit north of Varna).
Also, the assorted old towns are nice - Nessebar is the best, but even Byala has a small open-air museum about its Greek and Roman history.
Definitely check if the Vodna Pyrzalka (waterslide) at the Byala beach accepts 5 year old kids. From what I've heard, kids love it, but I'm not sure if they accept kids that tiny. (Also it might not still be open.)
The best cafe/restaurant in Byala is Starata Cheshma (the name means The Old Spring) - it's quite a big area, lots of tables, slightly expensive by Bulgarian standards which means it's very cheap by everyone else's. Oh, of course, almost forgot -great food, very tasty.
I also recommend Difanakis (no idea what the name means), on Zdravko Bombov street (and I honestly thought I would never be able to recommend it to anybody else), but it's a bit small and out of the way.
If you're interested in pizzas, the place just right (left if you're going from Difanakis) of the downhill end of Zdravko Bombov street has very good pizzas. Not quite as very good everything else, unfortunately (still nice, but not that good).
Literally don't know anything about Golyam Manastir, sorry.
Another request from me as I am travelling back from Bulgaria tomorrow - would anyone in Bulgaria be able/willing to find me a particular football shirt for me?
I have been looking for a Cherno More Varna home shirt (as we are staying not far from Varna), but the souvenir shops here in Byala and nearby Obzor only had the Bulgarian national team shirt, and even in the sports shops at the Grand Mall in Varna there was only a Ludogorets Razgrad shirt, but not the local team?!
I tried to write an email via the official club website earlier this week as I wanted to go and see them play tonight and wasn't sure how to get tickets, but they haven't even answered me...
Quote: "January First-of-May"Bad news: to the best of my knowledge, there is not a single coin shop in Byala. (I know, I lived there for two weeks and was running out of things to visit.)
Good news: if you ever get that far, there are some nice coin-selling stalls in the old town of Nessebar.
In terms of sights to see as a family - if your 5 year old boy can handle a long walk with lots of looking at trees, I can recommend the botanical garden in Balchik (a bit north of Varna).
Also, the assorted old towns are nice - Nessebar is the best, but even Byala has a small open-air museum about its Greek and Roman history.
Definitely check if the Vodna Pyrzalka (waterslide) at the Byala beach accepts 5 year old kids. From what I've heard, kids love it, but I'm not sure if they accept kids that tiny. (Also it might not still be open.)
The best cafe/restaurant in Byala is Starata Cheshma (the name means The Old Spring) - it's quite a big area, lots of tables, slightly expensive by Bulgarian standards which means it's very cheap by everyone else's. Oh, of course, almost forgot -great food, very tasty.
I also recommend Difanakis (no idea what the name means), on Zdravko Bombov street (and I honestly thought I would never be able to recommend it to anybody else), but it's a bit small and out of the way.
If you're interested in pizzas, the place just right (left if you're going from Difanakis) of the downhill end of Zdravko Bombov street has very good pizzas. Not quite as very good everything else, unfortunately (still nice, but not that good).
Literally don't know anything about Golyam Manastir, sorry.
Wow - that is an impressive & comprehensive list of things to do.
