May 26
Bulgaria is easy to travel on the cheap but, even better than budget travel is when things are FREE! If you’re thinking of visiting the old capital and are looking for different alternatives to the usual tourist trails, try out Read more…
April 18
If you’re visiting Veliko Tarnovo, take some time out of the city’s attractions and visit the stunning Emen gorge, cave and waterfall. The Emen Canyon is a picturesque haven of beauty where you can walk some 50+ metres above the Read more…
September 18
This year’s Samovodska Night Bazaar festival on 19th September promises to be an even bigger affair than previous years with more involvement from Bulgaria’s cultural heritage supporters and includes local artisans demonstrating their crafts during the day with traditional live Read more…
November 12
Strolling through the neat, cobbled streets, traditional white-washed buildings designed with characteristic state roofs, overhanging eaves and wooden shutters, will indulge you with a real glimpse of architectural splendour from the Bulgarian National Revival Period. Despite the cold day, inside the windowed Read more…
October 29
Anyone facing a winter here for the first time will hopefully find these tips useful but for veterans of the coldest season, you’ll know all about how to get ready for winter. Nothing really prepares you for what’s in store Read more…
July 31
Like most Bulgarian cities and large towns, Plovdiv is no exception to having had a turbulent history: Thracians, Romans, Byzantines, Slavs and Ottomans have all had a huge influence in the city’s evolution which, in turn, has had a profound 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…
Despite the drizzling May rain, everyone on the streets of Gabrovo is enthused in anticipation for the carnival’s procession: music is being played from the park’s stage and can also be heard from the surrounding streets by the troupes 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…