Europe
Healthcare and travel insurance in Bulgaria
$1,258health spend per person
Healthcare in Bulgaria
Public hospitals are dated and English is rare; private hospitals in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna are well equipped and affordable. Agree prices first at resort clinics.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: Schengen visa applicants need €30,000 medical cover; border guards may ask visa-free visitors for proof of insurance.
- Pharmacies: Pharmacies (аптека) are everywhere, with 24-hour ones in big cities; many staff speak some English.
- Doctors: 4.3 per 1,000 people (2022, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 166 · Ambulance 150 · Fire 160 · All emergencies 112.
Healthcare & insurance by place
- SofiaHealthcare & insurance
- PlovdivHealthcare & insurance
- BanskoHealthcare & insurance
- VarnaHealthcare & insurance
- Sunny BeachHealthcare & insurance
- NessebarHealthcare & insurance
- Golden SandsHealthcare & insurance
- Veliko TarnovoHealthcare & insurance
- SozopolHealthcare & insurance
- BurgasHealthcare & insurance
- BorovetsHealthcare & insurance
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- UK FCDO travel advice: Bulgaria
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria: visas
- Speedtest Global Index: Bulgaria
- EF English Proficiency Index 2025: Bulgaria
- World Bank open data
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