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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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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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
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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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
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
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
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
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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ancient theatre - 2 Plovdiv
5 Reviews Not much is known about the odeon more than it was built and extended in the 2nd to the 5th centuries and had a capacity of only 350-400 spectators. Today (September 2011) there are some excavations...
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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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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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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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Albena is another resort not far from Varna. It hasn't (yet) undergone the massive make-over you can see at Golden Sands and the hotels which I passed still looked like 18 years ago when I first visited Albena.The beach in Albena is even nicer (wider) than in Golden Sands and suitable for all kinds of water sports.
If you're looking for a typical beach holiday, head out to Golden Sands. The resort is located 18km North of Varna and has indeed a kilometers long stretch of fine golden sand. You have got a vast collection of accommodation here from recently built luxurious hotels to the more modest buildings from socialist times. Golden Sands offers all kinds of recreational actvities and is very popular (crowded) in summer.
Burgas is the biggest town of the Southern part of the Black Sea coast and getaway for the resorts and other seaside towns in that area.Burgas hasn't much to offer in terms of sights, but it's still a pleasant place to visit. There's the beautiful park close to the shore which is dotted with monuments and children's playgrounds and a busy pedestrian mall.The beach itself isn't great in Burgas, but it's not that far to Sunny Beach.
Varna is Bulgaria 3rd largest city and the country's main seaport. It's also a major transit point for tourists travelling North to the seaside resorts of Zlatni Pyassaci and Albena. But Varna itself has lots to offer: a big park (Morska Gradina) with an aquarium, a delphinarium, a zoo and a couple of other attractions, lots of museums & churches aswell as the ruins of Roman thermal baths.During summertime, Varna is host to lots of festivals, like ballet competition.
Nesebar's old town is a Unesco World Heritage site and it's not hard to imagine why. The Revival period houses and Byzantine church ruins are build on a small peninsula which is connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus.Nesebar as Mesembria was founded by Thracians about 3000 BC, later settled by Greeks and Romans. It had its glory days after Byzantium took over the reign and built new walls, towers and churches. During the middle ages Nesebar belonged to the alternating to Byzantium and the 1st Bulgarian Empire. During that time Nesebar had about 80 churches, these days only few remain. During the National Revival Period rich merchants built the beautiful houses which make Nesebar so scenic.
02 july 2006 I visited Jeravna - a beautiful museum town nestled in the eastern Balkans. This is the bedroom of the Filaretov house. The woman in charge of the museum explained everybody was sleeping on the carpets together. The metal object in the center was used to put charcoal bits from the chimney to warm up. As at the time glass was not used for the windows,they had wooden carved bars to protect the inhabitants.An expression of the talent and vision of beauty of the local craftsman ,the interior of the renaissance houses is just as colorful as the facades. Hand carved wooden ceillings ,forming intricate cirlcles or sun, hand weaven colorful carpets , wall frescoes...Room location - Rila Monastery - UNESCO heritage site
If you have some free time, make sure to visit a museum town in your area.Museum towns have kept the bulgarian spirit and traditions through the years. There you will see preserved architecture,hand crafts, small taverns with delicious home made cuisine.I will try to make a page about each one ,please be patient. To start with , take a look my pages of: Nessebar - A Unique peninsula on our Black Sea coast - part of UNESCO world heritage - top 5 pageMelnik - wine traditions among natural sand pyramids Zheravna - The birthplace of Iordan IovkovBansko the new booming ski resort
Balchik is a cute little town by the seaside. In the summer is a great attraction for tourist especially the ones staying in the nearby resort Albena. But still, it's worth taking a walk on it's cobblestone streets downtown all the way up to it's main church from where a beautiful panoramic view is revealed. Then after all the efforts spend climbing up the hill u can head down towards the beach, walk along the alley south towards the Quenn's Maria Palace (Dvoreca). It was build as a summer residence, so it's more like a villa than a palace. But don't get disapointed because the real gem is the beatiful gardens and waterfalls and ornamental pools. The thing i'm most proud of is the botanical garden at Dvoreca; it belongs to the Biology department, Sofia University! Not only beautiful species, but very valuable (like the living fossil Ginko biloba..see my Balchik page for more). I just...
Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak The Boayna Church Ivanovo Rock Monastery Nessebar The Madara Horseman Srebarna Nature reservat (16 km west of the town of Silistra and 1 km south of the Danube), Pirin Mountain National Park Rila Monastery Thracian Tomb of Svestari
Cape Kaliakra is located in NE Bulgaria, close to the border with Romania. Today one can see the remains of the ancient fortress Trisis, whis was inhabited by Tracians, Romans, Byzantines and Bulgarians. One legend says that the fortress protected a treasure belonging to a successor of Alexander the Great. More known is the legend about the 40 Bulgarian girls who chose to jump from the high cliff into the sea but not to be converted to Islam by the Turks. Least known is that Kaliakra is also a place for watching the rare shag birds and the three blacksea dolphins.Check out my Kaliakra page (akaKavarna page): virtualtourist
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...
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...
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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Q: Could someone help us ? we are traveling by train from Plovdiv to Sofia, then Sofia to Veliko Tarnovo. How many train are there...
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