Having escaped the unkempt scruffiness of Sofia it really was a pleasure to encounter a place where the local people take pride in their environment. Here in Vidin there always seemed to be someone with either a brush in their hand, a window-cleaning squeegee or a hosepipe. I'm not just talking about the municipal employees but also the local shopkeepers, bar-owners, the woman in the Nikola Petrov art gallery and many others. OK whilst there are a few odd bits of delapidation around the town with splodges of graffiti here and there the town itself has a cared-for look and as I said on my intro page the minor flaws are "nothing a little spit and polish wouldn't solve"
Written Apr 29, 2008
Unique architecture. Beautiful old private houses, built by wealthy people who lived there. Today Vidin is the town with the highest rate of unemployment in the country.
On the picture - St. Dimitar Cathedral, the second largest in the country after St. Alexander Nevski in Sofia.
Written Aug 26, 2002
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Unique architecture. Beautiful old private houses, built by wealthy people who lived there. Today Vidin is the town with the highest rate of unemployment in the...
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Q: Have read reviews on the Old Town Hotel, Vidin, but can't find web page to book. Want to stay just one night in August. Anybody...

A: You can book online here: http://www.visitbulgaria.net/en/vidin/hotels/the_old_town.html I have not used this site personally.
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Vidin - Steeped In History Yet Forward Looking

Vidin is Bulgaria's most northerly town of note and is situated on the bank of The Danube where the river kinks and widens as it flows towards the Black Sea. This location has meant that Vidin has...
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Vidin is the regional town for North west Bulgaria.It sits on the banks of the river Danube.Its stacked with history from old Bulgarian, Roman,Turkish,Russian and modern Bulgarian.There are plenty of...
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Vidin is a typical Bulgarian city situated in Northern Bulgaria, along the Danube. When I was there I only used it as a transit point to Romania (which LP describes as easy and convenient. It isn't)...
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I've got some interesting experiences in Vidin. I'd love to share with you the 14 tips I've written, the 53 photos uploaded, and 2 travelogues I've created.
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Vidin is situated at 199 km north-west of Sofia, on the right bank of Dunabe and it is linked with Kalafat town (in Romania) by a ferry. I visited the town for the first time in 2001 and I found it......
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