Romanians driving to Greece or Bulgaria must pay a vignette/ road tax in the neighboring country. As hundreds of thousands of Romanians choose such a vacation in summer, it is important to know what you have to do when transiting Bulgaria by car.
Everyone who drives a car in Bulgaria has to pay the road tax, regardless of whether they are locals or tourists.
The value of the vignette / road tax for Bulgaria differs depending on the period of time in which you have planned your trip. Vignette / road taxes can be purchased for a weekend, a week, a month, three months or a year.
The price for a Bulgaria vignette / road tax varies between 27 leva, the one purchased for a weekend, and 260 leva, the one purchased for a whole year, in case you plan to make several trips in Bulgaria.
It should be noted that the payment for the Bulgarian vignette / road tax is made in the local currency, although Bulgaria is a member of the European Union. Also, the specialists recommend choosing a process for purchasing the vignette / road tax that will waste as little time as possible.
This can be bought at gas stations in Romania close to the border with Bulgaria, but also online.
You register with the car’s registration number, you can pay the bill online or by bank transfer and receive proof of payment by email. It is important to print the proof of payment and keep the document with you, so that you can present that document in case you are stopped for a routine check on the territory of Bulgaria.
