Fly to: Bourgas Airport, (35km)25 mins from Sunny Beach and Varna Airport, (95km) 1 hour and 30 mins from Sunny Beach. Flights to Bourgas operate through the summer months May to October, while flights to Varna operate throughout the year.

Charter airlines fly direct to Bourgas during the summer months, these include; Thomson (Britannia airways), Thomas Cook Airlines, Excel Airlines, Balkan, First Choice holidays, these operate from most regional airports throughout the UK. Scheduled airlines include; Malev airlines, who fly out of Heathrow and Stanstead via Budapest (www.Malev.com)

From 31st May Bulgaria-Air will fly from London Gatwick to Bourgas twice a week making a long weekend break an option. The budget airline Wizz-Air will fly from Luton to Bourgas starting at £19.99 each way from May 2006. (www.wizzair.com)

Other useful sites for sourcing cheap flights are; www.travelrepublic.co.uk, www and www.cheapflights.co.uk