We offer to Your attention useful information that will be useful to You during your stay in Bulgaria.
Emergency services
In all regions and cities of the country for the convenience of the population are emergency numbers:
- Police – 166;
- Fire Department – 1600;
- Ambulance – 150;
- United rescue service – 112.
To call these numbers at any time of the day. Calls are absolutely free.
Fixed communication
Some Bulgarian house or apartment is not connected to a telephone landline. Such a connection, depending on the region of Bulgaria will cost You about €100-150 . Monthly fee for the services the telephone company will amount to €4-7 plus 10 Euro cents per pulse.
To call in Bulgaria from a landline to landline, dial: 0+city code+subscriber number.
Long distance calls is best done at the hotel, call centers or by telephone. The latter method is the cheapest. For a call from the machine, you must purchase a phone card.
On the territory of Bulgaria in the sale there are two kinds of phone cards. Card company “Mobike” made in shades of blue and are designed for payphones blue. Phone cards in orange tones produced by the company “Bolton”, are designed for devices orange.
To correctly dial a number during a long-distance call, use the following scheme:
- Bulgaria-Russia: 007 + city code + subscriber number.
- Russia-Bulgaria: 8+country code (359)+ area code + subscriber number.
Here some codes of Bulgarian cities:
| Albena | 558 | Nessebar | 554 |
| Balchik | 579 | Plovdiv | 32 |
| Burgas | 56 | Sozopol | 5514 |
| Varna | 52 | Sofia | 2 |
| Dobrich | 58 | Targovishte | 601 |
Mobile communications
Rates to cell phones are no different from Russian. In Bulgaria several mobile operators: VIVACOM, GloBul. The largest is MobyTel. Below are the official websites of mobile operators:
- VivaCom - http://www.vivacom.bg/;
- GloBul - http://www.globul.bg/bg/;
- MobyTel - http://www.vivacom.bg/.
The resources are presented in Bulgarian and English languages.
Internet
Fiber-optic access to the Internet in Bulgaria is quite expensive. It will cost about €200 a month. Therefore, this connection method uses only firms. Speed dostiguy 1 MB/sec.
Regular subscribers offers dial-up access (connect using my phone line). In this case there is hourly billing. Depending on the connection speed Internet packages dial-up you can buy in the price range of €0.05 – €0.5 per hour.
Connection to Internet via cable modem and together with the TV costs about 5 €monthly with limited traffic. Communication without limits – from €30.
If you have purchased a resort on the Bulgarian property is located in the major cities, you can use the services of small companies providing network access to the Internet. The cost of unlimited Internet depending on speed ranges from €5 to€30.
