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Top 5 the best artists from Bulgaria

We will tell you briefly about some folk artists from Bulgaria, who have achieved general recognition in the country and beyond its borders. First of all, it is worth mentioning the Bulgarian actor Stefan Danailov. When he…

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Immigration to Bulgaria

Many people want to know why immigration to Bulgaria is attractive, of course, it is worth to study the most important advantages and disadvantages. So, let's start with the advantages. Immigration in Bulgaria is attractive because the country…

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Golden Sands in Bulgaria

A dynamic, noisy, exciting vacation - that's all the Golden Sands resort in Bulgaria. It is located in the middle of the park of national importance, which is called by the same name. All hotels Golden Sands from 1 to 5 stars are located on four kilometers…

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Bulgarian peppers in Bulgaria - myth or reality?

If you go to Bulgaria and want to buy Bulgarian bell pepper, unfortunately, not a single seller will be able to understand you. Let's actually understand why pepper is called Bulgarian pepper. This name is widespread in the countries that were formerly…

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The best Top-5 wines in Bulgaria

Traders from Thrace in ancient times brought vines to Bulgaria for the first time and as it turned out not in vain. The current red and white Bulgarian wines are different from those we are used to buying in shops and supermarkets. Several regions…

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How and where to look for truffles in Bulgaria

Many people know that precious mushrooms, namely truffles in Bulgaria, find their way to the tables of expensive Italian and French restaurants. Few people in the country collect truffles for themselves, mainly many people collect them for sale. Here…

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Bulgarian cuisine

Gourmets have long since esteemed the merits of Bulgarian cuisine with the verdict that it is tasty, spicy and varied, appealing to one and all. Indeed, who would not like the abundance of fresh vegetables and fruits, juicy meat, grilled or served…

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Recipes

Why, you might ask. After all, there are plenty of countries in the world boasting a varied and delicious cuisine, along with longstanding culinary traditions. The methods used in Bulgarian cooking are not all that different from those used worldwide.…

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Vratchansky Balkan National Park

The splendour of the Vratchansky Balkan national park, lying in the north west of Bulgaria, with its sprawling forests, superb rock formations, waterfalls and ancient caves has not only long inspired great Bulgarian writers, but has also delighted…

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Plovdiv Hotels

Plovdiv and Plovdiv Region are attractive destinations for many tourists due to the favourable climate conditions and the natural resources, as well as the rich cultural heritage and artistic atmosphere of the city. There are 9 hotel complexes in Plovdiv…

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Sinite Kamani National Park

This park lies between Sofia and Bourgas, and although it is one of Bulgaria's smallest parks, it has incredible rock formations and landscapes, and many hundreds of interesting plant species. It is also home to 3 species of European birds threatened…

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Shoumen Plateau National Park

This park, situated near the town of Shoumen, has a veritable varied landscape ranging from plains to hilly plateaus to mountain regions, interspersed with thick forests and steep rock formations. Its ideal climate gives life to over 500 vascular plant…

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UNESKO Kazanluk Tomb

This tomb, located in the romantic Valley of Roses, near the town of Kazanlak, was built for a wealthy Thracian ruler in the 4th century B.C. It is located near Seutopolis, the capital city of the Thracian king Seutes III, and is part of a large Thracian…

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Veliko Tarnovo Out of Town

Dryanovo Monastery Built in the 12th century, the monastery is situated in the Dryanovo river gorge, just 25 km south of Veliko Turnovo. Memorabilia and relics from the dramatic events during the 1876 April Uprising are kept in the…

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Phenomena

Phenomenon Trigrad Gorge The Trigrad gorge is one of the most impressive places in the West Rhodope Mountain. It is reached from the town of Devin - the village of Teshel. The path is dug out the left bank in the rocks and passes through…

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Ski and Mountain Resorts

Take a week off, get your backpack ready, put on your sunglasses and come ski with us. What is a winter day in Bulgaria like? Get up early, dress in ski wear, have some coffee and head for the glistening slopes. Did you forget something? Your lunch…

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Veliko Turnovo

The town of Veliko Turnovo is built in the ending outskirts of the Central Fore Balkan. The town is situated amphitheatrically on 4 hills - Tsarevets, Trapezitsa, Momina Krepost and Sveta Gora, the ridges of which were indeed the deeply inclined steep…

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BOYANA CHURCH

Located at the foot of the Vitosha Mountain in the Sofia suburb of Boyana, this medieval church carefully protects its precious treasure – its 750 years-old frescoes. Even today, more than seven centuries later, these murals still stun visitors with…

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Borovets Resort

Borovets is the oldest and the biggest mountain resort in Bulgaria which has often gathered the skiing elite of the world. Situated at 1350 m above sea level on the northern slopes of Rila Mountain among age-old pine woods, Borovets is located at the…

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UNESCO Heritage

THE BULGARIAN CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD HERITAGE For several decades now, under UNESCO aegis, attempts have been made to preserve the planet's most valuable cultural and natural heritage. The UNESCO List of World Heritage now features…

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Borovets

Skiing and leisure Situated at 1300 m above sea level on the northern flank of Rila Mountain, in the very foot of Musala peak, Borovets is the largest Bulgarian mountain resort. It was established at the end of the 19th century as a hunting…

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Bansko

Bansko is a museum town in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of the Pirin Mountains. Its typical stone houses – characterized by carefully joined stone masonry, few and small windows with grid, framed with decorative bricks – resemble monastery…

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Festivals and Customs

Full of beauty, gaiety and a healthy love of life, the Bulgarian festivals and customs date back to ancient times when mail tried to appease the natural elements and trembled before their power. One of the merriest and richest festivals in a ritual…

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Pictorial Art

One has to see the magnificent Thracian treasures, the monumental but beautiful work of the Greek and Roman cities in order to understand why Bulgaria became the cradle of Slav culture. For thirteen centuries the Bulgarian has been creating…

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Music in Bulgaria

There is something symbolic in the fact that millennia later the homeland of the mythical Orpheus is again attracting world attention and being talked about as the "Bulgarian musical miracle". Boris Christoff became a standard of scenic and…

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Treasures

Once upon a time the Thracians inhabited our lands. The Greek chronicler Herodotus claims that 'after the Indian, the Thracian people are the most numerous'. Millennia after, their ancient and mysterious culture was revealed in its true magnificence. The…

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Zheravna Museum Town

The village of Zheravna resembles a wreath spread over the southern slopes of two small hills in the Eastern Balkan Range. Brooks run softly down its steep lanes. The village houses with their broad eaves peak out behind high stone walls, The majority…

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Shiroka Lucka Museum Town

The village is built in a narrow and steep valley of the Ludja river, flanked on all sides by the magnificent pastoral and sunny landscape of the Rhodope mountains. The 19th century architecture differs from the National Revival architecture…

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Plovdiv Museum Town

An ancient crossroads between East and West and Bulgaria's second largest city today, Plovdiv has preserved unique treasures from its 24 centuries long history. Evmolpia - the city of the ancient Thracians, Philippopolis (372 B.C.) - the city of Philip…

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Melnik Museum Town

Bulgaria's smallest town is hudding among frozen standstone puramids immobile for millennia, 190km south of Sofia. Thracians, Romans and Byzantines have writen its history. Trace of it are prezerved in unique monuments of old architecture, some of…

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Kotel Museum Town

The town of Kotel is situated in a small valley in one of the passes of the Balkan Range linking North and South Bulgaria. Kotel's National Revival period houses are of the "wooden type" seen frequently in the Eastern Balkan Range. The only…

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Koprivshtitsa Museum Town

White stone walls, overgrown with ivy and wild geranium, fence in gardens full of flowers. Vaulted stone bridges run across the bubbly Topolnitsa river. Heavy, iron-studded gates hide blue, yellow and red houses with verandas, bay windows and eaves…

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Etura Architectural and Ethnographic Complex

Eight km from the center of Gabrovo, master craftsmen fashion beautiful gold, silver, copper, leather and wooden articles right before your eyes from early morning until late at the night. The waft of freshly baked bread drifts across from an old bakery…

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Bozhentsi Architectural and Historique Reserve

An idyllic village nestling in the folds of the Balkan Range, 16 km from the town of Gabrovo, which time seems to have lulled to sleep centuries ago. The shutters of the workshops have been closed, the blacksmiths have stopped hammering, the hearths…

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Sozopol Museum Town

APOLLONIA - this is how it was called in 610 B.C. by its founders - Greek settlers from Miletus, who erected a majestic bronze statue of the God of Health, Sun and Beauty Apollo above the town. Numerous red and black figural vases, coloured glass vessels,…

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Zemen Monastery

Completely different from both the official Byzantine style and the other official Turnovo School, are the architecture and painting of the Zemen Monastery, founded during the 14th century. It is located above the Strouma River, 76 km south-east of…

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Troyan Monastery

The Troyan Monastery, is known above all for the creative work of Zahari Zograph who painted both the exterior and the interior (a rare practice for the time) of the main church built in 1835, 7 km from the town of Troyan. It is a fine example of the…

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Transfiguration Monastery

The masterpriece of another age, of other principles in architecture and art, is the Transfiguration Monastery, erected 7 km from Veliko Turnovo in one of the pictureque gorges of the Yantra River. A world of much sun and vivacity greets up here. It…

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Shipka Monastery

Part and parcel of our history is the Shipka Monastery, a symbol of an epoch-making event for Bulgaria - her Liberation from Ottoman rule, the final outcome of the 1877/78 Russo-Turkish War. The monastery, together with an impressive memorial…

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Rozhen Monastery

Situated far to the south in the Pirin area, 6 km from Melnik, this is the only monastery restored during the first centuries of Ottoman rule which has survived to this day. The present-day appearance of this old monastery (built by the Melnik ruler,…

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Rila Monastery

The most impressive monument from the Bugarian National Revival period rises amidst the rugged beauty of the Rila Mountain, just 120 km from Sofia. Having survived the times with the self-confidence of the most zealous guard of the Bulgarian…

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Kremikovtsi Monastery

It was founded during the 14th century, again probably due to Tzar Ivan Alexander, when 14 monasteries known as the "Sofia Mount Athos", were erected around Sofia. Destroyed in 1332, it was among the first monasteries to be restored later - in 1493…

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Kilifarevo Monastery

The Kilifarevo Monastery has gone down in the annals of Bulgarian history as the "Second University of Mediaeval Bulgaria", following that of Clement of Ochrid's large School in Ochrid. It was founded between 1348 and 1350 upon the order of Tzar Ivan…

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Kapinovo Monastery

The church of the Kapinovo Monastery, near the town of Elena, features an inscription of the year of its foundation on the cornice above the altar: 1272, under Constantine the Quiet's rule. Following repeated destructions and restorations of the monastery,…

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Ivanovo Rock Monastery

Located in almost a cosmic landscape - rock massifs, enveloping the picturesque river valley near the city of Rousse. As if striving to be closer to God, hermit monks settled here during the 11th - 14th century, digging cells, churches and chapels…

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Dryanovo Monastery

In existence as early as in the Second Bulgarian Kingdom, it was subsequently destroyed and re-built on two occasions. It was restored in its present location - in the Dryanovo River gorge, 4 km away from the town of Dryanovo - in 1845. During the…

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Cherepish Monastery

History links the name of Sophronius of Vratsa also with another monastery quite remote from the Kapinovo one - the Cherepish Monastery. Like all other Bulgarian monasteries, it also rises above a river - the Iskar, more precisely in its pass through…

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Bachkovo Monastery

One of the oldest monasteries in the Bulgarian lands, it rises in the picturesque Chaya river valley, 29 km south of Plovdiv. Founded in 1083, Bachkovo Monastery is chiefly known for its original architecture, rich collections of old icons, jewelry,…

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Arbanassi Monasteries

There are two monasteries in the village of Arbanassi, 3 km from Veliko Turnovo - St.Nikola and Holy Virgin. Between the 16th century and its tragic devastation two centuries later the village - one of the wealthiest in preliberation Bulgaria,…

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Aladja Monastery

This is one of the few preserved and accessible rock monasteries in Bulgaria, dating from the early Middle Ages and conforming to the hesychastic idea of silence, asceticism and moral perfection. Monastic cells and a small church have been dug into…

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Hobby Tourism

Bulgaria is a country which offers interesting possibilities for enthusiasts of the "special interest holidays" formula. Combining your holiday with your favourite hobby could turn into the unforgettable experience of a lifetime. Bulgaria…

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Momchilovtsi

Situated extremely picturesquely in the heart of the Rhodope Mountains at an altitude of 1,200 m, Momchilovtsi lies 240 km from Sofia, 100 km from Plovdiv and 150 km from Smolyan. The surrounding area boasts a favourable geographic location and sufficient…

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Rural Tourism

The varied scenery, proven ecological factors, peace and quiet of the Bulgarian village are sufficient prerequisites for active holidays and relaxation in an unusual environment. All four seasons are suitable for rural tourism. Each season…

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Tryavna Museum Town

This small town seems like painted on the green Balkan Range peaks by the painters of the famous Tryavna school of art. Cross the small vaulted stone bridge and on will find yourself in dream world - over 130 National Revival period houses…

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Nessebur Museum Town

Situated on a small peninsula (in the immediate vicinity of the large seaside resort of Sunny Beach), one of the oldest towns in Europe still exudes the spirit of different ages and peoples - Thracians, Hellenes, Romans, Slavs, Byzantines and Bulgarians. Nessebur's…

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Bansko Museum Town

Here, at the foot of the Pirin Mountains, the houses look almost like monasteries - just as austere and inaccessible, with high stone walls and small latticed windows, The true Bulgarian spirit is hidden behind the solid walls and heavy gates - in…

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Arbanassi Museum Town

Austere houses that resemble minor fortresses on the outside with high, solid walls and heavy gates, iron grids and secret hiding-places, but which are spacious and comfortable, richly decorated and furnished on the inside. The oldest of Arbanassi's…

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Veliko Turnovo Museums

The Old Konak, designed by Kolyo Ficheto in 1872, has seen many key historical events and now houses the Museum of the National Revival and the Constituent Assembly. The Architectural Reserve of Tsarevets protects the mediaeval fortress walls…

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Varna Museums

There is hardly a city in Bulgaria apart from the capital that has so many museum opportunities. Archaeological Museum The former Girls High School, which used to be the biggest in the Balkans, houses the Archaeological Museum…

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Plovdiv Museums

The Museum of National Liberation is now housed in Georggiadi House and includes a descpription of Britain's comppplicity in returning control of Eastern Rumelia, of which Plovdiv was the major city, to Turkey following the April 1876 uprising. An…

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Sofia Museums

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY - a rich collection of 200 000 exhibits traces the history in what is now Bulgaria from the Stone Age to ate 19th century. 2 Vitosha Blvd., tel. 884 160, 884 937 Open: Tue-Sun, 10.30-18.30 NATIONAL…

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Icons

The soft radiance of the Bulgarian icon is a grand dimension of the fate, stability and spiritual evolution of the Bulgarians after their conversion to Christianity during the 9th century. Nameless master painters filled the dead iconographic scheme…

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Culture

One has to see the magnificent Thracian treasures, the monumental but beautiful work of the Greek and Roman cities in order to understand why Bulgaria became the cradle of Slav culture. For thirteen centuries the Bulgarian has been creating…

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Monasteries

The Bulgarian monasteries - hiding human, warm and living rather than "divine" beauty behind their austere stone facades, still amaze with their magnificent architecture, unfading frescoes and murals, exquisite icons and wood-carvings, made by self-taught…

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History

The Bulgarian lands are ancient crossroads. It remembers many ancient civilizations and great peoples which wrote the pages of its turbulent history: bronze and iron spears and arrows, ruins of palaces and cities, wise words carved on rocks and stone…

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General Information about Bulgaria

Location Bulgaria is situated in Southeast Europe and occupies the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. To the north it borders on Romania, to the west on the Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to the east…

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Explore Bulgaria

History It will take you back dozens of centuries to Pliska, Preslav and Veliko Tarnovo - the seats of the first Bulgarian khans, czars and kings; to the stone carving of the Madara Horseman; to the Thracian Gold Treasures; to the breathtaking…