Unusual parking practices in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria

While spending holidays in Bulgaria, people usually choose one of the two most popular locations: Sunny Beach or Golden Sands. Our reader was surprised by the practices of locals in the former town's parking lots.

Bulgaria has been a popular destination for years. The coastline of Europe’s cheapest Riviera is filled with hotels. The country by the Black Sea, however, is not only about beaches and hotels but also landmarks and tourist attractions. To see them, one has to step out of the accommodation facility. When our reader did so, one thing surprised her.

Walking around Sunny Beach, she noticed an equally interesting and surprising practice of locals. It concerns the method of reserving free parking spaces.

Just the act of making such reservations in a tourist town in a public place accessible to everyone is surprising, but that’s not what shocked her the most. Bulgarians were reserving spots using various items, such as 20-litre water bottles.

Other parking spots were also reserved using plastic chairs, barrels or buckets.

Tourists are attracted to the Black Sea because of the sunny weather, rich hotel offerings, and relatively attractive prices. Therefore, Bulgaria has rightly earned the nickname of the cheapest European riviera. A week-long all-inclusive hotel holiday can be spent even in September starting from £290 per person. The price, in addition to the hotel stay and full board, naturally includes the flight, transfer, and insurance.

On the other hand, those who like to plan holidays can already book a week-long all-inclusive stay in Bulgaria at a price not exceeding £350 per person.