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Aleksander Nevski Cathedral   Sofia

Aleksander Nevski Cathedral, Sofia

 58 Reviews  The Yellow Pavement Area is the most beautiful part of Sofia . It's called like this because the streets are all covered with yellow stones . You will find here The Sofia University "Kliment... 

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Beach   Sunny Beach

Beach, Sunny Beach

 14 Reviews  A fantastic and very clean beach, as is the town itself, they do charge 21 lev for 2 sunbeds and a parasol but at around £10, good value for a whole days sunbathing, however be warned do not drink at... 

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old plovdiv   Plovdiv

old plovdiv, Plovdiv

 68 Reviews  This beautiful church is located right in the Old Town. The first church on these grounds was already built in the 4th century and dedicated to the Byzantine Emperor Konstantin and his mother Helena.... 

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vitosha   Sofia

vitosha, Sofia

 45 Reviews  Essential for Nature lovers.For going there take a tram to Hladilnika Station and then a bus(I think is the 64).It runs every hours and goes to a lift station.The ride up is wonderful.You can almost... 

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Aqua Park   Sunny Beach

Aqua Park, Sunny Beach

 4 Reviews  Their are 2 aqua parks in the area 1 in sunny beach and another in Nessebar. Both can be easily got too by free shuttle busses and the local bus stops. The Nessebar aqua park is bigger and has better... 

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amphitheatre   Plovdiv

amphitheatre, Plovdiv

 19 Reviews  The Roman theatre, also known as the Amphithatre, was built under the reign of emperor Trajan in the 2nd century. It holds around 7.000 seats in different sections named after the city sections with... 

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churches and monasteries   Sofia

churches and monasteries, Sofia

 61 Reviews  Sveta Nedelya, with its huge dome, is a typical example of neo-Byzantine architecture. There has been a church here since medieval times, although the present building dates from the mid-19th... 

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Sea   Sunny Beach

Sea, Sunny Beach

 4 Reviews  The water is nice though. The sea is shallow for a long distance making it very safe. The shallow depth contributes to the warming of the water during daylight. The waves are gentle and... 

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bachkovo monastery   Plovdiv

bachkovo monastery, Plovdiv

 7 Reviews  This is not a real tip for Plovdiv since Bachkovo is some 30km south of town but still close enough to be an easy excursion for half a day. The monastery was founded in 1083. It had its heyday during... 

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NDK - national palace of culture   Sofia

NDK - national palace of culture, Sofia

 24 Reviews  This enormous modern landmark was opened in 1981 in celebration of the 1300th anniversary of the Bulgarian state. It's a hexagon shape and a mass of concrete & glass. The main function of the building... 

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Road Trips   Sunny Beach

Road Trips, Sunny Beach

 3 Reviews  Anyone who does his package holiday here doesn't miss a visit to Nesebar. The same way, anyone who stays in Nesebar eventually comes to Sunny Beach. Sunny Beach belongs to the municipalty of Nesebar... 

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monument of alyosha   Plovdiv

monument of alyosha, Plovdiv

 6 Reviews  Built in 1955-1956, this monument commemorates the liberation by the Soviet Army from the Nazis. In the beginning of the 90-s they thought about taking it off but later the Municipalityt decided that... 

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museums and galleries   Sofia

museums and galleries, Sofia

 32 Reviews  The National Gallery for Foreign Art is one of my favourite museums in Sofia. I think that it is one of the worthiest things left from the old communist regime. What I like about this gallery is the... 

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main street   Plovdiv

main street, Plovdiv

 6 Reviews  Take a look at the Roman Coliseum discovered under Ploshtad Dzhumaya. While there you can also visit the diamond patterned Friday Mosque. Both to left and right are long boulevards that are... 

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national theater   Sofia

national theater, Sofia

 22 Reviews  Ivan Vazov National Theatre ( Naroden Teatar Ivan Vazov) was built in 1906-07 (in either Neoclassical or Baroque style, depending on which publication you read). On the top of it you will see Greek... 

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chifte banya   Plovdiv

chifte banya, Plovdiv

 5 Reviews  Chifte Banya is an old Turkish bath built in the 16th century. It is called "chifte", which means "couple" since it comprises two bath departments - one for men and one for women. It is worth noticing... 

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Banya Bashi Mosque   Sofia

Banya Bashi Mosque, Sofia

 22 Reviews  Here's a legacy of the long Turkish domination in the Balkans: the Banya Bashi Mosque. Visitors may go inside. When I went inside the mosque's guard wanted to charge me 2 euros. Convinced that there... 

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plovdiv international fair   Plovdiv

plovdiv international fair, Plovdiv

 3 Reviews  The Plovdiv Fair is a modern centre for information and contacts.Its first exhibition was in 1892 It is the biggest fair in the Balkans. The International Fair - Plovdiv is the only fair organizing... 

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public bath   Sofia

public bath, Sofia

 10 Reviews  Due to the warm springs rising in Sofia, both the Romans and Ottomans built public baths. The current baths were built in 1913 to a Byzantine church design. With its three egg-shaped domes and Art... 

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jumaya jamia   Plovdiv

jumaya jamia, Plovdiv

 3 Reviews  The Dzumaya Mosque was originally built in the second half of the 14th century but was soon burnt down. In 1435 Murad II rebuilt it and named it Muradiye after himself. The mosque was rebuilt and... 

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borisova garden   Sofia

borisova garden, Sofia

 29 Reviews  This is Sofia's biggest and best known park and is certainly well worth a wander, especially to escape from the ubiquitous infernal-combusting engined machines for a short while. Boris's Garden was... 

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central garden   Plovdiv

central garden, Plovdiv

 3 Reviews  This beautiful park is a great place to escape from the sometimes hectic life on the main shopping streets. It's located just off the Central Square and offers a lot of benches for rest. Inside the... 

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government   Sofia

government, Sofia

 25 Reviews  The president of Bulgaria has his office (or his official residence) in this building in the enter of Sofia. The guards in front of the Presidency Building look like characters of a Tintin story. Or... 

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monument of phillip   Plovdiv

monument of phillip, Plovdiv

 3 Reviews  Philip II of Macedon conquested the Trakian City Evmolpia and gave it its name-Philippopolis This is now Plovdiv.By the way Plovdiv has 7 different names in different epochs. The monument is a gift... 

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National Opera and Ballet   Sofia

National Opera and Ballet, Sofia

 9 Reviews  Sofia National Opera, founded in 1890, is the oldest and most prestigious Bulgarian opera theatre. There are many singers, conductors and directors who have contributed the the professional... 

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Rozden Monastery

by MacedonianUK

Rozden monastery is about 5 km north of Petrich town.. to get to it you will have to go trought town, on the main road and follow the winding road up the mountain. Getting there with big car is nearly imposible, as in one point the road is very narow. But is worth the truble as the settings of the monastery are incerdible in the middle of the mountain...The monastery itself is build somethimes in the 700s AD, but they do not have official date for it. It is known tho that in 1300s the monastery was rebuild and extended as is know now..The stonemasons from the town of Debar in Republic of Macedonia extended the small church and added sleeping quaters for the monks, hence it go the status of Monastery. No body knows who was the behefactor or founder of the Church,, the truth is little is known about the history of the monastery, just that it was there..Petre Filipovski -Garkata from...

UNESCO sites - Bulgaria

by hekate

Here is the list of the 9 Bulgarian sites included in the UNESCO the World Heritage List: Cultural Ancient City of Nessebar (1983)Boyana Church (1979)Madara Rider (1979)Rila Monastery (1983)Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo (1979)Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (1979)Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari (1985) Natural Pirin National Park (1983)Srebarna Nature Reserve (1983)If you have the time, vist these places and you will see both the beuty of the Bulgarian nature and its past rich of historical events. The only site I am not sure that it is open to the publuc is Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak and may be the Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari.

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Varna

by Mandy23

Our flight arrived in Varna and we also made a day trip to the city that we could book in the hotel. We walked a bit through the city centre and visited the Varna Aquarium and the Maritime Museum which displayed a collection of marine guns and one of Bulgaria's first minesweepers.

Starosel Thumb

by mirchica

Starosel is a village in Bulgaria,near HisarIt is mainly known with the ancient Thracian sites, which date as far back as the 5-6 millennium BC. The village was in Antiquity an important and wealthy Thracian city in the 5th century BC, as evidenced by the diggings in the 20th century. Some of the sites include a large temple with a mausoleum in the Chetinova Mogila thumbs; the Horizont thumbs, where the only known Thracian temple featuring a colonnade (a Doric one) is located, as well as 9 other thumbs in the surrounding area.

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Hisar

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The city is very famous with its springs - there are more than 20 different mineral springs which make Hisar very desired spa destination.There are many Roman ruins - public buildings, a small amphitheatre, the foundations of a couple of the oldest churches in Bulgaria, as well as the best preserved Roman fortress in Bulgaria. The southern gate is known as "The Camels", because it had broken in the middle and looked like two camels facing each other.

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Rila Monastery

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Joan Rilski founded the monastery in the 10th century as a colony of hermits. Later it became one of the centers of early medieval culture. Over time it has been destroyed by fire, pillaged, and abandoned by the monks, but it remains a truly spectacular place. The largest and best-known of Bulgaria’s monasteries, famed for its architecture and mountainous setting, Rila receives a steady stream of visitors. The single road to the Rila Monastery runs above the foaming River Rilska, fed by innumerable springs from the surrounding mountains, which are covered with pine and beech trees beneath peaks flecked with snow. Even today there’s a palpable sense of isolation, and it’s easy to see why Ivan Rilski – or John of Rila – chose this valley to escape the savagery of feudal life and the laxity of the established monasteries at the end of the ninth century. The majestic Rila Monastery is one of...

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Devil’s Throat Cave

by mirchica

Before entering the Trigrad Gorge, the Trigradska River falls into the Dyavolskoto Gurlo (Devil’s Throat) - a fantastic cave, where, along the following 7000 metres, the water forms some 18 waterfalls and passing through the enormous Roaring Hall exits into the canyon. This miracle of nature is electrified and can be visited against a symbolic fee.

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Balchik Palace

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The Balchik Palace is a palace in the Bulgarian Black Sea town and resort of Balchik in northerneast part of Bulgaria. The official name of the palace was the Quiet Nest Palace. It was constructed between 1926 and 1937, during the Romanian occupation of the Bulgarian region, for the needs of Queen Marie of Romania. The palace complex consists of a number of residential villas, a smoking hall, a wine cellar, a power station, a monastery, a holy spring, a chapel and many other buildings, as well as most notably a park that is today a state-run botanical garden.

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The Snow-white cave

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Some of the most beautiful cave formations in Bulgaria can be seen inside. The cave is relatively small. It is only 145 metres long.The cave is rich in stalactites, stalagmites, and little lakes. It consists of several beautiful halls: Udders Hall, The Large Hall, The Music Hall, linked by the Toppling over which a metal bridge runs. In the Wonderful Hall, built by snow-white crystal sinter, nature has shaped a figure, often likened to the fairy tale character Snow White, after which the cave was named.To be reached you have to clinmb for 15 minutes. It could be exhausting but there are exhausting signs saying: "Don't give up" or "Just 500m. more" or "Take a brake".

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The Marvellous Bridges

by mirchica

The Marvellous Bridges are rock formations that look like bridges.You can pass over or under them and take a walk along the nerrow paths and the river that runs under the bridges.A hut is situated nearby where you can stay for the night.The area is also very siutable for picnics. This is one of the 100 national objects in bulgaria

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Grand Hotel Sofia  Sofia

 6 Reviews and 104 Opinions  I also stayed here on business and was very happy with the accomodations. The fitness facilities... 

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Splendid Hotel  Varna

 1 Review and 38 Opinions  The hotel is just across the road from Varna Cathedral, its name is Splendid and that sums it it... 

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Trimontium Princess Hotel  Plovdiv

 6 Reviews and 57 Opinions  this hotel is a part of famous Turkish hotel chain "Dedeman" They have many hotels in Bulgaria... 

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