With my son 3 years rested in Budva, just last summer (August-September).
The Adriatic will be cooled for a couple of degrees than black, but the purity and beauty of the sea will not compare anything !!! We have always walked on Mogren, small pebbles, a beautiful view of the Old Town, but closed .. A wide strip of beaches in Becici, it's just 3 km from Budva; Many do it - they will settle in the Bechitsa for the sake of the beach, and in the evening in Budva on the promenade.
My advice is if a purely children's rest is a la beach, then Bulgaria. But you have such an adult composition that is more interesting, of course, Montenegro - the country and excursions are awesome !!!
Thanks to all that responded. We are going to go only for the sake of children, so I realized that Montenegro is not for us - too much people on the beach and most hotels in the mountain from the sea rise. So Bulgaria. There were never. I ask you to spend the libez - which airlines fly there, Varna or Burgas, which resort to choose to sand and not uphill. It seems that with the apartments, we are already late or can I find at the end of August? Who can advise apartments to have two bedrooms and a separate kitchen. Looking apartments and suite at the St. Nikolay Hotel in Nessebar, but there are all double beds, and we need at least two separate rooms in one room.
Rested with the child and in Bulgaria, and in Montenegro. I will express my opinion, well, did not like Bulgaria, absolutely did not lie to the soul. Rested at the hotel on the first line, everything seems to be fine in the room, etc. Well, I did not like it. Maybe in the apartment will be different? In addition, the child fell there with a hard rovotirus infection, as I remember it is not good, pleased to the hospital and spent almost the last week there. Nature with Montenegro will not compare, in Bulgaria the most common nature, the sea too (as an opaque Black Sea can be compared with the Adriatic), the food also liked more in Montenegro. Regarding the beaches, I personally do not like sand for children, then shaking it out of all seats, sorry, and so small pebbles, and for children's legs is very useful, and clean. In general, when I after Bulgaria (and there was two times Albena and St. Constantine and Elena) came to Montenegro, I opened my mouth and said "ah"! I just struck nature ... Now only there. Well, then it will be unknown, but in the coming years I don't want to be in Bulgaria :-)
Yes, by the way, if you want to write on [Email Protected]I can advise you apartments in Montenegro. No roller minutes 8 go, 2 large rooms (one double bed, in another bedroom two), separate kitchen-living room and a huge terrace in the shade, where we actually lived in fact :-) We went to these owners the first year we went to two families, comfortable Located
Of course Montenegro. Nature and sea are many times better. The apartments and villas in Montenegro a lot for every taste and wallet.
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I myself had sobally with this nasty. Now they will write that I did not wash my hands, pulled everything in a row in my mouth, and drank water in the pool, but it's not like this :))) My friend had a hard daughter, 3 days spent under the drip.
I really liked Montenegro, but it was September. The people still lay on the beach with piles, after the usual Albenovsky beach, where no one breathes in the back, was uncomfortable. The sea changed several times coordinated: from very warm to icy. The food is quite expensive (if there is in restaurants, and do not prepare in the apartment). Those. How will it be: yes, in Bulgaria, it is necessary to closely close to the selection of the resort, but I would definitely advise Montenegro (even Croatia with her stoves seemed to me more acceptable for children), it is necessary to clearly imagine that you are waiting for recreation.
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I also chose between Bulgaria, Montenegro, Croatia, Turkey, Crimea and a bit Greece and Spain.
In Bulgaria, he considered the places of Dunes and Riviera (very beautiful and less scored, or something)
But watched hotels ... from 120,000 for two + reb, well, to feathered and cute
Although definitely there are more economical options ...
But I did not go ... You if you look, read the reviews ... Very lively there in terms of roads, noise, people and something else ...
Although I know that many are just delighted ...
But I'm not ready to pay for the Black Sea of \u200b\u200bsuch money ... and nurses, and algae ... well, everything is as usual ...
A friend travels with a small daughter only in Alben and gladly ... Although they rested in the Maldives
I still do not like sand: unhygienically somehow ...
One thing is wet from the water edge ... Other - everywhere ...
It seems to me that you and Turkey can see, though, they say, it will be shaking ... and politically, and in the right sense
We rented apartments in Becici-Rafailovichi
If you do not want to pick up Rotovirus, you do not need to go to Bulgaria at Ol Inclusive hotels with children's pools. You need to choose a family hotel or apartments. IMHO. And not at the resorts of mass development (golden sands, Sunny Beach, etc.). We stopped at Sozopol. We will go there with two children for a month and a half. Montenegro was also considered, but all in one voice say that in the season there is nowhere to fall on more or less good beaches.
Montenegro or Bulgaria? It is better to choose for relaxation - useful articles and notes for travelers on the "intricacies of tourism."
- Tours for the New Year all over the world
- Burning tours all over the world
Actual question. Especially during the holiday season, when each cell, tired for the year of unospel works of the body, strive to escape from the bustle of the ridden city somewhere towards the sea in order to fully enjoy a serene rest under the rays of the heating sun.
So, decided to spend your own, unfortunately, a short vacation in Montenegro or Bulgaria, but to make a choice independently in favor of a particular country hard? Well, let's try to help in this matter. However, after reading all "for" and "against" about each resort, it will still have to make a choice independently, given their desires and, of course, financial opportunities.
Registration of entry documents
Any trip over frontiers of our limitless and indestructible, begins with the design of relevant documents. In particular visas. To spend a vacation in Bulgaria, it is necessary to arrange a Schengen visa, which will require a certain amount of time - from 4 days to 1 month. This should be considered. With Montenegro, everything is much simpler - for citizens of the Russian Federation, a visa-free stay in this country is allowed within 30 days, which fully fits into the holiday framework. Buy a ticket and in a few hours already fading in the Adriatic!
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Council. Budva is an attractive for youth of the Montenegrin resort, where anyone will find entertainment on his pocket. However, to remove the cheap villa for living, you will have to look for them on the second and the following lines behind it - 1 line from the sea is built up with hotels. Melcollow beaches in Budva wide wide, but to take a good place, especially in the peak of the season, you should wake up early.
Cost of tours
In fact, the number of burning tours to Montenegro is minimal. This is due to the fact that rest in this country is not cheap. For example, according to the results of 2011, a two-time tour, which includes flight and food, accounted for 100,000 rubles. Bulgaria in this regard is cheaper - the last minute trips to this country can be found, and at the end of the same year, the trip accounted for 60,000 rubles. Naturally, with the global rise in price of goods and services, the 2015 price services will be higher - it is necessary to be prepared. To find an inexpensive voucher or burning tour You need to track offers from different tour operators.
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Hotels and Service
The countries of the former social camp, which are Montenegro and Bulgaria, are not particularly different from each other in terms of providing hotels and services to them. Recinds recall, for example, a vacation made on the Crimea Peninsula. The presence of 4-star hotels, not to mention the 5 stars - rarity for both countries. Basically, 2 and 3-star hotels are dominated here, which will immediately remind them from their furniture to the atmosphere of Soviet sanatoriums. However, the service in Montenegro is more reminded by European or what in Bulgaria, where everything is done with some characteristic Lenza.
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Council. In small Montenegrin villages located along the coast of the city of Bar and Sutomore, you can make a great budget holiday. But the Bulgarian resort is Sozopol - an ideal place for family holidays on the principle of the beach, lunch, rest, excursions. It is dominated by 3-star hotels, and you can also rent a room with all amenities and not rarely with breakfast for private owners. Two excellent sandy beaches with shallow water - an important factor when choosing a place to relax.
Climatic conditions
Located a little south of Bulgaria Montenegro, still has a dry and cold climate. This is due to the fact that the coastal strip is not as great as in Bulgaria, and the Adriatic Sea washed in Montenegro, colder than the Black Sea familiar to us. Water in the Adriatic rarely when in charge of + 230 per Celsius. However, unlike the native Black Sea, the Adriatic is famous for its purest water. For beach recreation fans, the choice is obvious - who prefers clean, incredibly transparent azure water, welcome to Montenegro. Beaches mostly pebble. But on Ultsinskaya Riviera there is a 13-kilometer band of real sandy beaches!
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Council. The Bulgarian Spa Golden Sands will satisfy anyone - the youth will capture a huge number of parties, couples with children will easily interest their children with a variety of attractions, leisure centers, moon parks and the like, freeing the time for themselves. The sea in this part of Bulgaria is clean, warm, petty, and beaches with gentle, golden sand.
Well, those who are accustomed to not very clean, but more warm and small Black Sea, as well as beaches with golden soft sand - Welcome to Bulgaria. In favor of this country, it is also the fact that everything is provided here for recreation with the child - water parks with incredible attractions, dolphinariums. The entertainment infrastructure is more developed, both beach and night - for adults. In turn, Montenegro is a unique environmental holiday with trips to a variety of reserves and national parks with untouched Flora and the saved fauna. Inspection of the sights of different epochs, mountainous and sports tours.
Summarizing all the above, we can say that these Balkan countries are simply created for individually traveling. You can easily save a decent amount if you take care of housing in advance by booking it, for example, with the help of the Internet, as well as choose a suitable charter flight. Excursions can also be attended by independently, spending money only on public transport and entrance tickets. However, sometimes burning tours can be purchased at a price of a lower than the cost of air tickets. Such proposals are quickly bought up. So, it's time to make a choice!
If Egypt with the scorching sun and Turkey with the crowds of Russian vacationers are already tired, the tourist's view is drawn to Eastern Europe with "friendly Slavic" states. Of course, we mean Montenegro and Bulgaria. However, the question always arises which country provides the best living conditions: Montenegro or Bulgaria? Let's compare the items.
- 1. How to get into the country?
In order to travel to Bulgaria, you need to place a visa before the trip or Schengen. The process of paperwork and processing can be from 4 days to a month. Tourist in Montenegro is not needed, just just buy a plane ticket. - 2. Prices for tours in Montenegro or Bulgaria
Burning is small, because rest in Montenegro relative to the silence. In 2011, for two weeks for two with a flight and food, approximately 100 thousand rubles came out. Bulgaria - cheaper, burning tours can be found, but most likely they will have to wait long. A trip to Sunny Beach can cost only 60 thousand rubles for two. In general, the Tours of Montenegro, Bulgaria is still abroad. And you have to pay, respectively. - 3. Service and hotels
According to, Montenegro-Bulgaria for the service resemble the Crimea. Sometimes there, and there you can find excellent four-star, but most often two-three-star, furnishings resembling the sanatoriums of the Soviet Union. The quality of service in Montenegro is slightly higher, everything is done in Bulgaria with some "Lenza". - 4. Sea
Montenegro is a little south of Bulgaria, but the Cool Adriatic Sea has an influence. In Montenegro, cooler and land than in Bulgaria, as the coast is not so great. , mostly pebble, and the water of the Adriatic rarely when heats up higher than 22-23 degrees Celsius. In Bulgaria, the sea is familiar from childhood black. It is not very clean, but it is shallow and warm. Beaches with soft small sand, for children Here, the rest is much more comfortable than in Montenegro. So in terms of a beach-bathing bed, Montenegro or Bulgaria implies an answer to the question, which the tourist preferences: a pleasant warm or pure azure water. - 5. Other types of rest
Both Montenegro and Bulgaria offer tourists a wide range of entertainment for every taste. However, in Bulgaria entertainment more: here and water parks, dolphinariums, and entertainment centers, and nightclubs, beach entertainment, the mass of interesting tours. And in Montenegro, on the other hand - ecological holidays, mountain, sports tours, inspection of churches and monuments of antiquity, trips to reserves and. Those who have already acquired Tours Montenegro Bulgaria in advance, know that in both Eastern European countries, except for the sea, there are chic. - 6. Food
In 2011-2012, prices in Bulgaria were cheaper than in Montenegro. On 8 euros in Montenegro, it was possible to buy only second and drink (juice, beer, water), and in Bulgaria - salad, second, dessert, drink, glass of wine. However, perhaps due to the Eastern European crisis, food in both countries will increase.
People Montenegro and Bulgaria
Bulgarians, predominantly, carbonous brunettes, in the features of the face more Slavic (but not much). Montenegrins are more hardworking than Bulgarians. This is celebrated all who traveled around the tours and in Montenegro, and in Bulgaria. So, usually the Montenegrins are often closed in hotels, carry out current repairs. And Bulgarians are very naked nation, and, for example, the discount will not work out, whereas in Montenegro with individuals and sellers can always be arranged to reduce the price. But in both countries, the Russians relate to Russians, the locals remember all the good, made by Russians in different periods of history. It can even be argued that Russian tourists and in Montenegro, and in Bulgaria love and respect.
Located on different sides of the Balkan Peninsula Montenegro and Bulgaria are quite popular recreation places among Russian tourists. Where is it better to rest: in Montenegro or Bulgaria? Answer this question is easy, because these countries strongly dislikes each other. Below we compare them and help you decide where it is better to rest: in Montenegro or Bulgaria.
Visa
To visit Bulgaria, the Russians need a visa, and to visit Montenegro - no. So in this regard, the Montenegro is more attractive option, although it is easy to get a visa to Bulgaria. Yes, and its cost is not very high.
Weather
Montenegro offers a little more warm weather than Bulgaria. The rest season here lasts until the end of September, while in Bulgaria, in mid-September, tourists become very small. It is also worth noting that water in the sea in Montenegro is warmer than in Bulgaria, although in summer some shallow beaches of Bulgaria offer pretty warm water.
Sea
Since we started talking about the sea, it is also worth saying that Montenegro is washes the Adriatic Sea, and Bulgaria is black. For some tourists, this is an important point from the point of view of psychology, since the Black Sea is considered to be "ours" (after all, Sochi and other resorts of the Krasnodar Territory are washed by the Black Sea), while the Adriatic Sea is completely "foreign".
As we said above, the Adriatic Sea is generally warmer than the Black Sea.
Tours
On average, the cost of vouchers to Bulgaria is a little cheaper than the cost of tours to Montenegro. This is mostly explained by cheapest air tickets. Still flying to Bulgaria noticeably closer than to Montenegro.
In both countries, vouchers sell different tour operators. You can buy a tour to Bulgaria or Montenegro with a flight both regular and charter flight.
Beach
It is safe to say that the beaches of Montenegro are more beautiful and more diverse than the beaches in Bulgaria, where long sandy beaches are mainly dominated. Nevertheless, the beaches in Bulgaria are better suited for relaxing with children, as they are covered with soft sand and are mostly quite wide. In Montenegro, there are not so many long and wide sandy beaches.
Hotels
Bulgaria has more hotels with a "All Inclusive" power supply than Montenegro. Mostly these hotels are located right on the seaside and have a compact own territory. In Montenegro, there are also all inclusive hotels, but they are much smaller, and they are not always located right on the seashore.
If you do not need the nutritional concept "all inclusive", and you are looking for a simple hotel in which you can spend the night and relax between excursions and walks, then in Montenegro and Bulgaria you will find a lot of suitable hotels.
Tours
If the main goal of your trip abroad is a visit to some beautiful places, I would recommend going to Montenegro. Although in Bulgaria there are also many beautiful natural objects and interesting historical structures, nevertheless they are not so ambitious as such objects in Montenegro. Only the Kotor Bay in Montenegro What is worth.
We add that you can go from Bulgaria on excursions to neighboring countries (Romania and Turkey), and from Montenegro, you can go on excursions to Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Output
In my opinion, Bulgaria is better suited for a beach holiday on the "All Inclusive" system. This country is especially suitable for tourists with children. Montenegro, in turn, is better suited for those who love to ride a lot around the country, study beautiful places, take photos.
True, it is worth adding that it is important to pay attention not only to choose some country, but also the choice of the most suitable resort in this country.
With the countries of the former social value, we were friends not one decade and we think that we know our Slavyan brothers along and across. However, by going to the whole family to rest in Bulgaria, Croatia or Montenegro, you need to be ready for the fact that the situation there has changed a little and not quite as we imagine it. In order for expectations to be justified, and the cost of rest did not seem in vain, it is better to familiarize themselves with generally accepted misconceptions.
Each of the three named countries of the former social value is good in its own way. In Bulgaria, the tourist infrastructure is focused on children's rest. Here you and Dolphinarium, and water parks, and a variety of animation, and a bunch of peers for your chad. However, this country is clearly not blossoming with natural wealth. Moreover, every year the number of hotels is growing, and the number of plants becomes less. Although, you see, for children it is just not the most important thing.
For those who prefer to relax in civilized conditions, but in nature - a straight road to Montenegro and Croatia. There are not only state-protected nature reserves, beautiful lakes, waterfalls, islands, but also perfectly equipped places for walking with the whole family. And it is not necessary to walk far - that neither step behind the territory of the hotel, then the monument, protected by UNESCO.
Obvious not fact
On the myths that have developed for decades of rest in Bulgaria, Croatia and Montenegro, we were told Rimma Yanushkevich, General Director of the first network of specialized travel agencies "Travel with the child".
Myth 1. Croatia and Bulgaria offer rest of one level.
Reality. This is not true. Resorts in Bulgaria are easier and cheaper than in Croatia, where there are not chic, but approximate to the European level of the resorts. Everything is permeated with European tranquility and indifference. But in Bulgaria, the feeling of "Soviet" will periodically haunt you from time to time. Therefore, between the three-star hotels in Bulgaria and Croatia, the sign of equality cannot be installed.
Myth 2. There are no sandy beaches in Croatia.
Reality. They are, but there are few of them, and not any specialist knows where they are. Meanwhile, tourists, getting acquainted with the avenues, often take pebble beaches for sandy and vice versa. Therefore, it is worth discussing his wishes in advance with the tour operator and clarify its capabilities.
Myth 3. Croatia, Bulgaria and Montenegro are close in climatic conditions.
Reality. This is not quite so. In Montenegro and South Croatia, the climate is more wet and hot than in the north of these countries and in Bulgaria. It should be borne in mind that for children who have health problems, this is not the best option. The climatic conditions of Bulgaria and the northern part of Croatia are more suitable for people with weakened health.
Myth 4. Croatia, Bulgaria and Montenegro are equally good for recreation with children.
Reality. As we have already noted, the best child service is developed in Bulgaria. In Croatia and Montenegro, there is not a single full-fledged water park (a couple of small slides in front of hotels do not count), zoos, park amusements and dolphinariums. But these two countries can boast of intact civilization by reserves, clean air and architectural monuments.
Myth 5. "All Inclusive" in Montenegro, Croatia and Bulgaria is equal to this service in Europe, Egypt or Turkey.
Reality. "Having agreed on" all inclusive "in these countries, especially in Bulgaria (from 1,500 euros for parents with one child), you will be surprised by the scarce of the diet," says Rimma Yanushkevich. "For the same money you get a much greater pleasure from the meal and its number in local restaurants."
A similar situation with the function "All Inclusive" in Montenegro and Croatia. Paying it (from 2500 euros for parents with one child), you risk not getting the abundance and diversity that is peculiar to food in Turkey or Europe.
ATTENTION: MODE!
Of the three countries listed, the visa will be required only to enter Bulgaria. Recall that the minimum time required to receive it is five working days. And since at the height of the season, consular officers are littered with work, then errors in the design of documents are inevitable. So it will be wiser to get passports with visas at least three days before departure so that there is time to correct typos and inconsistencies.
Refusal visa (25 euros for an adult, for children under 16 years of age for free) is possible in case of entry into the country of mom, child and his nanny - no matter, men or women. But you should not despair. You should contact the consluen and show him, for example, a formally executed employment contract. The main thing is to confirm that the lady accompanying you is really a nanny, and not a potential emigrant. This unpleasant moment of Bulgarians compensate for the fact that upon receipt by the mother and child of a long-term visa for several months, the dad can arrange a multiple visa so that he can visit the spouse and children without spending every time a time to get permission. Also in a visa, but no longer ordinary, and long-term (for three months) may refuse young mothers with children, allowing them to enter the country for a month.
"Since Bulgaria joined the European Union, it is safe to say that every year a visa regime for Russians will be more complicated," Rimma is assumed. - We have already felt the first steps in this direction after the change of the Bulgarian Consul. "
At the entrance to Montenegro and Croatia, the visa is not needed, the main thing is that the "shelf life" of the passport ended at least three months after the start of the journey. Although loyal border guards can close their eyes and skip your family, sending a decent hotel, even if the passport period expires in a month. But such things are better not to risk, suddenly "your" border guard in the morning is represented with his wife, and you will find yourself extreme.
It does not happen hot
As it pessimistically sounds, but the fact remains a fact - burning tours to Montenegro and Croatia can not be. There are few good hotels, and those that are, "do not burn", so to get into them for "funny" money, as they offer in advertising prospects, is unrealistic. You can save, perhaps, only if you rent "apartments" or "Villa" - a small building on the second third line from the sea (500-700 meters) next to the house in which the owners live. So keep in mind: these two countries book hotels need in a few months (minimum 1-2) before rest. The fact is that the land for construction in Montenegro and Croatia is not so much (most of the territory is the territory of nature reserves), respectively, it is quite expensive. Therefore, the situation with the deficit of hotels in the near future is hardly changed.
The concept of "burning tour" is more relevant for Bulgaria, but also there are a lot of vouchers very rarely, although there are rumors about intestinal infection in local hotels in a row. As in every fairy tale, there is some truth in this, so hotels can be sold in principle "Burning Tours". After all, Bulgaria is a cheap resort, children there are very different, and the water in the Black Sea is not very salted and the microbes there live easier than in red or Aegean. In addition, the hotel business in this country is better developed than the neighbors: there is (although not so much) interchangeable hotels.
What are the stars talking about
Let's agree in advance that rest with children in five-star hotels is not the best option. Child, and parents will most likely be there any likely. Because of the expensive furniture and accessories, you will be difficult to throw out the phrase "there do not go there, this is not touching," and there is little joy to listen to children. Of course, hotels, officially receiving children are ready for any. Yes, for the damage caused by hyperactive chal, you will not collect you, but enjoyable in such situations, agree, too, little. Therefore, stop the choice on good 4-star hotels, which, by the way, are not so much in all three countries - in Montenegro, for example, they can be counted on the fingers. Our advice to you: persistently ask for a hotel that does not accept children is not worth it. Settling there, you will voluntarily take all responsibility, including the material, on yourself and completely pay for the broken dishes and broken interior items.
"And do not forget that in more European Croatia, the quality of the hotel service is significantly higher than in Bulgaria, and between Croatia and Montenegro, the same difference as between Bulgaria and Anapa," explains Rimma Yanushkevich. - Croatia is more similar to Europe, and Montenegro on the Crimea, relaxed and not always with a good service. By the way, in Croatia, the main European sign can be called the punctuality of urban transport, which walks strictly on schedule. So it's better not to be late! " Specify important moments for you (for example, the specifics of the nutrition of children-allergies) in advance and enjoy your holiday!
