With gloriously warm summers and beautiful crisp winters, Bulgaria truly deserves its accolade as a year-round holiday destination.
Whatever you want from your holiday or investment property, the Razlog Valley offers something for everyone. From a wealth of snow activities in the winter, to golfing, fishing, sunbathing, hiking, horse-riding, white-water rafting, paragliding and mountain-biking in the warmer summer months.
The facts and figures...
- Bulgaria enjoyed the highest global property price growth in 2007 and 2008* and boasts the lowest property, corporate and income tax rates in Europe at 10%.
- Bulgarian property prices are rising at over 30% per annum*.
- Capital gains tax exempt (one property per year).
- Since gaining full membership of the European Union at the beginning of 2007, Bulgaria has received substantial infrastructure investment from the EU. As a result, Bulgarian property prices are expected to rise in excess of 10% per annum over the next five years.
- With a new international airport planned for the region, and Easyjet and Wizzair already operating daily flights from the UK to Sofia, more airlines are expected to follow.
- Bulgaria enjoys the lowest cost of living in Europe.
- Bansko is firmly recognised on the ski circuit and regularly hosts international competitions, including the Europa Cup. The region also looks set to become a highly respected golf resort with the first of six courses now under construction and due for completion in Spring 2009.
*Source: Knight Frank