Bulgarian currency

Levs. They come out of ATMs just like everywhere else.

Thanks Ed and David. I had read that Bulagia was switching to euros in 2013, so I wasn't sure.

in big cities you can pay with euro. taxi or day trip guides can negotiate in both local currency and euro.

Bulgaria isn't set to join the Eurozone until 2015, at the earliest.

Hi, Gosh, I guess I am a bottom dweller. Where I shopped I needed Bulgarian currency. I don't think the newspaper stands selling tram tickets would take Euros. Maybe I am wrong. Even if they did, is this the polite thing to do as a visitor? In my mind, asking them to do the maths on currency conversion because you don't want to get involved with their money system is like traveling and not learning to say, no matter how poorly, Please and Thank you in their language. Maybe I am crazy.
wayne iNWI

Wayner, places like Romania, Bulgaria and to a lesser degree Hungary appreciate the relative stability of the Euro; but even more so the waiters and carries, etc. they like the rounded down exchange they give when they bargain with you at the rate of a few euros at a time. Some businesses are very Euro dependent such as vacation apartment rental and tourist dentists but outside of those sorts I think trying to pay in Euros is in bad form. But that's just me.

It seems weird to me how people want to pay with euro. I mean I get people do it for vacation rentals, etc. but I think its kind of rude otherwise but thats just me.