Bulgaria and Turkey Named Best Destinations for Good-Value Holiday Rentals
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The two countries top a cost-comparison chart of apartments and villas handled by Holiday Rentals, which offers more than 130,000 holiday properties, published in the recent article.
According to the survey, “accommodation in resorts along the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria and around Varna and Burgas, the two largest [coastal] cities, work out far cheaper than similar accommodation in the Mediterranean.”
In Bulgaria, the average weekly rental for a two-bedroom property, based on average year-round prices, is £303 (around 340 euro) and £480 (around 540) for three bedrooms. For Turkey, those costs are £328 (around 367 euro) and £488 (around 550 euro) respectively. As a comparison, rental property prices in Greece are more than double - £741 (around 833 euro) and £1,064 (around 1,197 euro) respectively.
As Courtney Wylie of Holiday Rentals told the publication, “In high season, you can get a wonderful detached two-bedroom villa in Turkey with private pool near Fethiye or in Dalyan for around £600 [around 675 euro] per week. A similar property on the Greek islands of Cephalonia or Crete will cost nearly twice that price.”
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