I am sure there are both descent and not so descent taxi drivers in Bulgaria as elsewhere. However, it is a well known fact that the taxi cheating situation in Bulgaria is a well known and much discussed topic among foreigners like me who appreciate Bulgaria, its people, culture and traditions. Tourists are actually warned about the Bulgarian taxi cheating practice in tourist resorts via the major guide books. This unwanted situation does not benefit anyone in the long run. Needless to say, it does not help the overall reputation of the country a bit.
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Read the full comment takes the bus instead if possible. Even if there are a vast number of free taxis around, most non-Bulgarian tourists do not dare to negotiate on prices. They simply don't take the risk. With so many free taxis around one is tempted to think that many are waiting for the big fool to turn up.
I know the circumstances may be different from area to area, but in the tourist areas by the coast the situation is sometimes horrid. I wonder if the municipal authorities actually know about this situation or if it is just ignorance and bad management that allow the cheating situation to go on unattended year after year. I really hope at last there will be a political will to regulate and bring the situation under control once and for all.

Pay attention when you reach the central bus station. At the end of July I was convinced to board one of these taxis on my arrival from sunny beach. The trip to the airport costed 70 leva!!!!

Incidentally my 'Bulgarian best friend' rips me off 20 stotinkis every single day for a loaf of overcharged bread ...... so please don't blame your problems on gypsies or mafia or the government look a bit closer to home !

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz still the same old short sighted Bulgarians.......it's so boring and predictable now and you just look plain silly ! Do these people go home and brag about their gullible victims and complain when they never return ooops ! The kind honest Bulgarians should be the judge of their own I think and rid this grass roots corruption forever.
Foreigners now think 'never trust anything unless it's got a price on it' and 'never trust a taxi driver anywhere in Bulgaria' good work fellas ! Business drying up is it ?

I have been been caught once never again the cabbie took 69lev to the bus station from the airport.
if the crooks come up to you in the airport like there do, you should report them to the police,and this should stop them everyone should do this to make a stand

Only now the authorities accept that a maximum cap is needed on taxi fares. What has taken them so long?

I don't understand why my mail was marked as "inappropriate comment". Yes, maybe I used strong words but I think that a service user has the right to express his views. By the way, the competitors I was referring to have already been fined by the authorities more than once but probably the amount of the fines was not big enough to convince them to moderate their tariffs.

Maybe one cannot do it in an article but let's call everybody by his name. OK Supertrans are applying normal taxi fares while their competitors, who ILLEGALLY copied their trademark, are simply a bunch of thieves and pirates that charge 3 to 4 times higher prices for the same route. People should be clever enough to choose the best deal. End of the story

The cabbies make you feel really welcomed. Remove their manhoods when they are caught cheating. They hurt the whole country.

They are a bunch of crooks and should be fined if caught ripping off tourists.

When we went from Varna airport to Sunny Beach the taxicab whanted 120 Euro for the trip. Forget it, we said, and took another taxi for 85 Euros. But even that was too much. There is just no other country that tries to suck out the tourists for as much money as Bulgaria.

I, as an English man have found the taxi fares in Sofia to be reasonable. However its the illigal taxis that are the problem, Twice I have been picked up by illigal taxis. The first time going back to my hotel I flagged down a taxi. After doing about half the journey I saw that the meter showed 50 Lev for 1 10 Lev full journey. The second time I realised the same. Of course both times I asked to be put out but still had to pay the fare