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January 14
A quick online search will give you an endless supply of predictions made by Baba Vanga, some of which could be said to be true and others, outlandish sensationalism. Known all over the world for her divine gifts for envisaging Read more…
May 30
Surrounded by the retail shops of the Grand Mall, it would seem an odd choice of venue to have the Retro Museum in Varna with its unique collection of Communist memorabilia housed here. However, situated in a corner of a Read more…
March 8
For centuries Bulgaria has been witness to a turbulent history with many empires laying claim to the country, but with the departure of Communism, the country has since grown to embrace it’s tourism with new energy and inspiration. Visitors to Read more…
February 24
The Stone Mushrooms & The Petrified Wedding are both situated in the Eastern Rhodopes, close to the town of Kardzhali and en route to the ancient Thracian city of Perperikon. The Stone Mushrooms Driving to find The Stone Mushrooms (Kamenni Read more…
October 12
I am standing amongst a lost kingdom where tall, eroded stones appear to have risen out of the sand and been left in total abandonment amid a land that time forgot. Standing large and silent, they look out to the Read more…
May 27
It was a spontaneous decision to take a detour from our journey to see ‘some rocks’. We had just entered Bulgaria by taking a ferry boat across the Danube and into Vidin, a municipality in the north-west. Having driven for Read more…
May 15
‘The World lasts because it laughs.’ As you come into the town of Gabrovo from the north, you’d be forgiven not to realise that the former leather factory you pass is actually the Museum of House of Humour and Satire. Read more…
May 9
Set in a narrow, wooded valley just eight kilometres south of Gabrovo is the open air Architectural and Ethnographic Etar Museum. Its main purpose is to portray active water techniques which have been restored to emulate working mills from the Read more…
April 23
The drive up towards Rila Monastery is up through long, winding lanes which takes us over a thousand metres above sea level to our destination. The only downside is being stuck behind the many tourist coaches which herd people back Read more…