Sofia is Bulgaria’s capital and its most populous city. It’s located near the center of the Balkans, almost equidistant between the Black and Adriatic Seas. As an amazing old-world city, it has made great leaps in modernization in recent years. Sofia is brimming with impressive churches, leftover remnants of Soviet-era architecture, and an abundance of …
Sunny Beach is one of Europe’s party capitals where revellers will encounter clubs and bars that are full of party-goers in July and August. It’s one of those raucous destinations in Bulgaria that pulls in the students and stag parties and makes sure they have all they could want for an action-packed holiday. The endless …
In the shadow of the monumental peaks of the Pirin National Park, Bansko is Bulgaria’s top ski resort. You can come in winter or summer to pit yourself against nature, cascading through powder on a freestyle ski run or scrambling up a dirt track on a mountain bike. When you’re not careering through the scenery …
Plovdiv and its iconic hills have been inhabited for 8,000 years, making it one of the oldest continuously settled cities in the world. The Ancient Thracians were in control for a couple of thousand years before the Romans took over and constructed a majestic ensemble of monuments that are still being dug up today in …
Burgas is a coastal city in southeast Bulgaria, usually at the top of lists of the country’s most liveable places. It’s a fairly new settlement that was developed in the 19th century, but the shores of the lakes close by have been trading posts for thousands of years and witnessed one of the earliest civilisations …
Bulgaria’s third city is a Black Sea Port and has been a summer retreat for everyone from Bulgarian nobility to young party-going holidaymakers for more than a century. Young things in their late-teens and 20s can hit Varna’s bars and nightclubs, but people of all ages will find something to their taste here. The oldest …
Bulgaria’s capital has a lot of stories to tell, and each historic attraction will give you a new perspective on Sofia’s complicated past. Take the churches here that have spent several centuries of their existence as mosques, the overbearing soviet architecture or the Roman history that is still being uncovered and blends with the modern …
Rolling down from the pine-clad massifs of the Balkan Mountains and the Rhodope ranges to meet the sparkling blues of the Black Sea, Bulgaria offers everything from sun-kissed beaches to enthralling historical narratives, buzzing party towns to snow-shrouded ski resorts between its borders. In this guide to the 15 best places to visit in the …