Bulgarian Experience!
If you are considering booking your holidays you may have thought about Bulgaria. Bulgaria has two main tourist resorts, Golden Sands and Sunny Beach. These areas are highly built-up and targetted towards the tourist trade from the rest of Europe mainly.
From our experience on a fact finding visit to Golden Sands it seems most popular with German tourists, rather than visitors from the UK. Especially the particular hotel we stayed in, the Edelweiss Hotel which seemed predominantly to be visited by Germans. As expected the staff at the hotel Edelweiss were mainly Bulgarian with little grasp of English language (maybe they were better at other European languages to suit the majority of the visitors to the hotel). Before travelling we had heard some negative comments regarding the cleanliness of hotels in Bulgaria and the general service. But the Hotel Edelweiss had suitable rooms that were visited regularly during our stay by the maids on duty and towels replaced, beds made etc. as you would expect.
In general the area of Golden Sands is aimed at the tourist with many bars, restaurants, gift shop kiosks etc. along the main stretch by the beach front. Bulgarian Holidays outside of the main resort areas of Golden Sands or Sunny Beach may not be advisable as the entrance to the Golden Sands resort has a constant armed police presence checking cars as they enter the area. The purpose of this is not entirely clear (whether they are stopping people getting in or just there for security reasons). But do not let this put you off, as the general feel of the resort areas is safe and there is definately a fun holiday atmosphere in Golden Sands, Bulgaria.