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When I got to Sofia airport (29/12/01) the duty free shop was closed for stock taking!!!

Fortunatly or Unfortunatly, however you look at it, our plane was delayed by 3 hours by wich time the shop had reopened!

First thing to note is that all prices are in US dollars with a BAD exchange rate . We found many prices better in resorts. It is however well stocked and better than buying stuff at high street prices.

When you arrive at Sofia you can go in a small duty free shop (while you wait hours for your bags) so you can always take a note of prices, see if you can get cheeper in resort and if not buy on return journey

good trip
jon

sofia airport duty free stocks all major brands of alcohol, cigarettes and perfumes.
the prices are so low that you at first believe the items are counterfeit but they are very genuine. the shop is supposed to accept credit cards but the story is always the same "sorry but our system is down, but we take any currency". i was able to buy 200 marlboro packs for £3 !!!. i could have got them cheaper if i had dollars rather than sterling. watches were genuine and around 10% of uk price. perfumes around 15-20% uk. really top quality wines from all over europe were plentiful, i bought some fresco-baldi (uk price£16) for £3.
i am going skiing again next month and this time i will make sure i have a fistful of dollars on the trip home.