By car to Bulgaria
By car to Bulgaria. I read a lot of reviews, digested a "ton" of information and decided. Drove without Navigator. So, the starting point is Kyiv (Ukraine) - the final point is Nessebar (Bulgaria). And now everything is in order. Highway E95 (M-05) Kyiv-Odessa - half the way is a country road starting from Kyiv itself! Driving over 80km/h is not comfortable even with my 225/60/R17 tires. The second half of the way to Odessa is normal, you can go with pleasure. Odessa is over - the road is over. I turned towards the city of Bolgrad. As an option, it was possible to go through Izmail-Reni. But, at the Bolgrad-Izmail crossroads at the traffic police post, I learned how this road to Izmail was, the answer was: "The road is in the trash! " Not happy and the road towards Bolgrad, also "in the trash. " And here is the Ukraine-Moldova border. Border checkpoint "Vinogradovka". Somehow missed quickly. We looked only at the body number of the Car and looked into the trunk. Moldova (Vulcanesti) highway M3 (E584). There are no roads at all and this is not my pickiness. She really doesn't exist. Pieces of some kind of paving stones, the road surface was torn off in places, but a new one was not allowed (I was driving across the field). Pointers "zero". Landmarks - 50-year-old columns, on which marks about the number of the route have remained since the USSR times (there is a video of the Moldavian road). Moldovan checkpoint. 70 UAH obligatory payment from each car for ecology and toll. Attention! All Moldovan customs officers ask for money (for tea/coffee for girls/boys). Send culturally. It really won't affect anything. They let me through just like that, and the car in front of me paid $10. We left the border together. Conclusion: a bribe does not reduce the time it takes to cross the border. So, I go further in Moldova (speed 30-50km/h), there is no road at all. There are no refills. I pass Slobozia Mare, Cislita Prut and head to Giurgiulesti. Romanian border. Hasty passport control. The border took a very long time. Attention! Buy Rovigneta right at the border. Although, the customs officers themselves do not oblige to buy it. The cost is 3 euros. Everything is clear. Do not cross the border and go to gas stations. For refueling or NO, or 5 euros. They stare you in the face, knock out a check for 3 euros, and ask for 5 euros. I paid 5 euros because there was nowhere to go, because. I drove to the gas station along with the local Policemen, who paid a lot of attention to my car (the fine for the absence of Rovigneta seems to be large). Romania, highway 2B (E584-E87). Roads in Romania have improved significantly, but they are narrow and one lane in one direction. I didn’t see the police much, so even in the settlements I drove 80 km / h, while the maximum allowed, it seems, was 50 km / h. There are very few signs, again I was guided by the same columns as in Moldova. Pointers are present only at interchanges, roundabouts and occasionally along the route. To be honest, despite the "single-track", it was pleasant and comfortable to travel around Romania. Be careful with gasoline. Very expensive. At gas stations they do not accept euros, and if they do, then the tankers themselves are very good. undervalued rate. Refueled in Romania for 20 euros. The official rate is 4.4 Lei - 1 euro. I have 3.80 Lei - 1 euro at the gas station. That's it. Therefore, count on "reaching out" to Bulgaria. Overnight in Galati. You don't have to bother with an early hotel reservation (if you are going to spend the night). I understand that they have this reservation up to one place. There are few hotels along this route that I drove. But, still managed to find a hotel and sleep! The hotel is average, but clean, comfortable, hot water, clean towels (white). The name is Complex Hotel Tirighina. Breakfast in the town of Braila (in some hotel restaurant). Omelet, tomato salad, ice cream. For everything about 3 euros. Near where I had breakfast is Billa (address str. Transilvaniei, 1-5. I bought something in Billa. Prices are approximately the same as in Ukraine. I pass through Romania: Galati-Movileni-Baldovinesti-Braila-Baraganul-Slobozia-Calarashi. Direction to Silistra. Ferry across the Danube River. Local mafia ferries to the Bulgarian side for as much as it comes to mind. Therefore, don’t be fooled! Turn off the engine, go to the cash register (it’s hard to call a construction trailer with a cash register a cash register) to buy a ticket for the crossing. The cost is 35 Lei. I’ll pay unknowingly $ 40. At the border I talked with travelers. They took $ 70 from Merce, from someone $ 60. Someone paid $ 50. , because I was also immediately told that I needed $ 50, but now it "turned out" $ 40. So, the crossing takes 20 minutes and you immediately find yourself on the Bulgarian border (500m to the border). The Bulgarian side takes pts. slowly! It's just awful as hell. They walk like sleepy. They only ask you to open the trunk and that's it. You buy a vignette right at the border. The cost is 5 euros / 7 days. The cost of gasoline in Bulgaria A-95 in Bulgarian Levs is 2.55-2.60. I refueled at Lukoil, 7.55 liters were filled for 10 euros. Bulgaria: Silistra-Dobrich (highway 71), Dobrich-Varna (highway 29), Varna-Burgas (highway 9 (E87)). Pointers are limited, after Varna at the junctions I got lost. But, fortunately, he caught up with motorcyclists - they showed the way. The speed limit was 10km/h. In Bulgaria, the roads are tolerable, although in some places there are bumps and pits. After Varna, the "serpentine" begins, especially not to accelerate. It was necessary to throw off on turns up to 20 km / h. And now he is a happy moment, got to the hotel. Bilyana Beach Hotel. System "All inclusive". Russian-speaking staff can be said that no. Due to a very small percentage of Russian tourists. The bulk of the Germans. The food is excellent. Wide selection of dishes. Not Egypt and not Turkey, because the cuisine is different, but you can eat 100%. There was enough for everyone. Never saw anything end. The room is chic. The room has 2 beds, a sofa in the corner, next to it 2 ottomans and a table. On the balcony there are 2 chairs and a table. Huge + that next to the hotel there is an area for sun loungers with umbrellas, otherwise you would have to pay 5 euros for a sun lounger and 5 euros for an umbrella (all beaches are paid), there are free ones in an incomprehensible distance, but I did not consider this option. "-" I had to borrow sun loungers from the hotel at 5 am - it was annoying, but it's free! So, the city of Nessebar itself is like an ordinary village. Houses, hotels and cafes. There are many cafes, but everything is expensive (especially along the coast). I do not know who managed to eat cheaply. If I didn’t have All inclusive, I would starve or I would have to pay up to 15 euros for a normal meal! CONCLUSION: Socialism is felt in Bulgaria in many ways, but they are successfully trying to fight it! I was in Bulgaria for the first and last time. I also confirm by this the words of the majority of those with whom I spoke at the borders.