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Bulgaria beckons for bargain-hunting holidaymakers, with the Eastern European country proving to be a good value destination.

A basket of 10 typical holiday spending items, including evening meals and drinks, cost just STG43 ($A78.17) in Sunny Beach in Bulgaria, according to a British Post Office travel money survey.

In contrast, the items in the two priciest destinations surveyed - Tuscany and Sorrento in Italy - cost more than STG100 ($A181.80).

Marmaris in Turkey was the second most inexpensive destination, with the items setting holidaymakers back STG54 ($A98.17).

Spain's Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca areas were also good value for money, as was the Portuguese Algarve and Paphos in Cyprus where prices have plunged 21 per cent in the last 12 months.

Only a little less pricey than the Italian regions was Ibiza where the basket of items was $US97 ($A104.80), with travellers to Nice in France paying STG96 ($A174.53).

Andrew Brown, of Post Office Travel Money, said: "The strength of sterling is great news for people planning holidays abroad and they can make sure their holiday cash stretches even further by doing their homework before booking to pick a destination where prices have fallen furthest.

"Resort prices can make or break the holiday budget so choose a destination where healthy competition between restaurants and bars has resulted in cheaper meals and drinks."

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Prices fall up to 21 per cent in two-thirds of European resorts Paphos registers thee biggest fall but Bulgarias Sunny Beach is cheapest Marmaris in second spot after a 31 per cent surge in sterlings value Resort costs over a third cheaper than 2009 in the Costas and the Algarve By Travelmail Reporter

Published: 02:56 EST, 25 April 2014 | Updated: 03:10 EST, 25 April 2014

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If you're looking for a bargain break, you should head to Bulgaria, but avoid Italy, according to the latest research.

A basket of 10 typical holiday spending items, including evening meals and drinks, cost just 43 in Sunny Beach in Bulgaria, according to a Post Office travel money survey. But buy the same items in Tuscany or Sorrento and you'll end up spending more than 100.

However, the picture across Europe is positive overall, with price drops of up to 21 per cent in two-thirds of resorts on the Continent.

Balmy Bulgaria: Sunny Beach offers the best value for money for British travellers

Italian idyll: Sorrento is a favourite destination among the rich and famous, but it is pricey

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April 24, 2014: SEATs best-selling model, with five million sold Giugiaro, deSilva and Donkerwolke among the car design legends with a hand in the Ibiza story

This coming Sunday (27 April 2014) will be exactly 30 years since the very first SEAT Ibiza rolled off the production line in SEATs Zona Franca factory. Since that day, the Ibiza has remained SEATs most iconic and popular car, with sales approaching five million across three decades and four generations.

The car was a game-changer for SEAT, the first designed and developed completely by the Spanish company from start to finish with a little help from some friends. Namely, collaborations with Giorgetto Giugiaros Italdesign design company, coachbuilder Karmann, and Porsche helped make the Ibiza a truly cutting edge small car, and the foundation of 30 years of ongoing success.

The very embodiment of the Spain of the 80s, the first SEAT Ibiza was ambitious, dynamic and ground-breaking. Its name, taken from the Mediterranean island, reinforced the exotic image given to it by virtue of its Spanish roots.

The backdrop chosen for the world premire of the SEAT Ibiza was the prestigious Paris Motor Show in 1984, and from then on the car has gone from strength-to-strength, achieving success both in its domestic market (it has been the best-selling supermini in Spain since 2001, for example) and abroad, with almost seven of every ten produced exported; 69% of 5,000,000 total Ibiza production has been exported to more than 75 countries worldwide.

The most important markets for the Ibiza during the early years were Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Portugal and Mexico, in addition to Spain.

SEAT will celebrate this resounding and continued success with the launch of a 30th Anniversary model, set to go on sale in June.1

History: the SEAT Ibiza and the Martorell production plant

SEAT ended the 80s with production and sales records, and became a member of the Volkswagen Group. Until 1993 the brands activity had been concentrated in the Barcelona Zona Franca, but its membership of a new group, the success of its new models, and the need to increase production meant that a new industrial production complex was required. SEAT would be provided with a new modern factory next to its Technical Centre in Martorell, opened in 1991.

The second-generation Ibiza would be the first vehicle built at SEATs new Martorell production facility. More than that, the establishment of the new factory would give rise to the creation of a suppliers industrial estate, which at that time comprised 20 companies.

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Eve and her fianc Maximillion Cooper are to hold their pre-wedding celebrations at the Gumball Rally, before tying the knot three days later in Ibiza.

Eve is to have her bachelorette party at the Gumball Rally.

The 35-year-old rapper - real name Eve Jeffers - and her fianc Maximillion Cooper will take part in the 3,000-mile international motor rally, which will see them travel across two continents and five countries in seven days in separate cars, as part of the run-up to their wedding celebrations.

The couple met and fell in love at the London rally in 2010, so Maximillion, who is the founder of Gumball 3000, is pulling out all the stops by closing down Regent Street in London on June 8, before making a pit stop in Edinburgh, where he proposed to Eve last Christmas.

The couple will then travel on to Ibiza, Spain, for the finale party before tying the knot three days later.

Maximillion said: ''The idea of driving 3,000 miles all the way from Miami to get to our wedding in Ibiza sounds pretty crazy, but we met on the Gumball back in 2010 when Eve participated as a celebrity guest of Puma.

''So incorporating the rally into our wedding plans seemed to be appropriate. I think the drama of this adventure suits our lives and driving together with 100 other supercars will undoubtedly be a lot of fun, especially as these six days will double up as my bachelor week!

''Incorporating Edinburgh into the route and stopping off in London just adds to the romanticism, having met in London and proposed on Christmas Day in Edinburgh ... I can't wait!''

Meanwhile, other celebrity stars taking part in the rally, which kicks off in Miami, are to be announced soon.

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