Guides and travel stories from Bulgaria.
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A Rhodope spa weekend: Devin's mineral water and the Struilitsa eco-trail, Zlatograd's ethnographic complex and Revival quarter, with Trigrad and Yagodina nearby.
A winter weekend in Kotel and Zheravna: Rakovski's Pantheon, Kotel carpets and the natural history museum, Zheravna's 200 wooden houses and Medven — getting there from Burgas and Varna.
A weekend in Sapareva Banya and Panichishte: the geyser with 103 °C water, mineral pools in winter, Panichishte as the snowy side, and the way up to the Seven Rila Lakes.
A weekend in Troyan, Oreshak and Apriltsi: Troyan pottery and plum rakia, the crafts museum, the Oreshak exhibition by Troyan Monastery, and Apriltsi as a Balkan base.
A weekend in Tutrakan: the Fishermen's Quarter and the Danube fishing museum, the 1916 military cemetery, Danube fish — and Srebarna and Silistra for day two.
8 overnight getaways from Plovdiv: spa towns, Rhodope villages and caves, Troyan and skiing — with drive times, transport and what is open in winter.
Hisarya or Pavel Banya for a spa weekend: Roman walls and mineral fountains, or a five-star spa base in the Rose Valley — tickets, parking, prices and which to pick.
A weekend in Kyustendil: soaking in the Chifte Banya bathhouse, the Vladimir Dimitrov – Maystora gallery, Roman Pautalia, Hisarlaka fortress, Osogovo and what's nearby — getting there from Sofia.
A weekend based in Shumen: the Madara Rider, Pliska, Veliki Preslav, Shumen fortress and the plateau monument — tickets, winter opening hours and a two-day route.
A weekend in Elena: the Daskalolivnitsa museum complex, Elena ham and its festival, the walk to Kapinovo Monastery, how to get there and when to go.
A spa weekend in Velingrad: getting there, where to soak after 1 October, Kleptuza spring, Lepenitsa cave, the narrow-gauge railway and what's nearby.
10 overnight weekend getaways within 2.5 hours of Sofia: mineral baths and spa towns, guest-house villages, winter walks and ski — with distances and transport.
A practical guide to Chepelare: the Mechi Chal ski area, Snezhanka Peak, getting there from Plovdiv, parking, where to stay, and why it beats Pamporovo on price.
When the Bulgarian grape harvest happens, which wine regions to visit in September and October, how a harvest day works and what to book in advance.
A guide to Svezhen — the architectural reserve above Brezovo: how to get there, the road, the museums and their opening hours, the hut, autumn hiking and where to stay.
Roman ruins at Nicopolis ad Nestum, the stone villages of Kovachevitsa and Leshten, and Ognyanovo's hot springs — what to see around Gotse Delchev.
A guide to the Burgas Sea Garden: 5 km of coastal parkland, the pier, the city beaches, shoulder-season tips and flamingos at Atanasovsko Lake.
A complete food guide to Burgas by area: the Sea Garden promenade, the pedestrian center, Krasnodar market, authentic Black Sea seafood, prices, and late-night tips.
A guide to Bozhentsi, the protected architectural reserve village near Gabrovo: about a hundred stone-roofed Revival houses, the Doncho Popa house-museum, the founding legend, and why it stays quiet when Koprivshtitsa fills up.
A guide to Bulgaria's three national parks and eleven nature parks — Rila, Pirin, Central Balkan, Vitosha, Vrachanski Balkan, Strandzha, Persina and the rest — what the categories mean and which to visit.
A guide to Bulgaria's show caves — Prohodna, Devetashka, the Devil's Throat, Ledenika, Bacho Kiro, Magura, Yagodina, Saeva Dupka and Snezhanka — with what each one is actually for and how to pair them.
A guide to Central Balkan National Park: its nine strict reserves, the UNESCO-listed primeval beech forests of Boatin and Tsarichina, the Dzhendema cliffs, bears and wolves, and which town to enter from.
A guide to Chiprovtsi in Bulgaria's far north-west: the UNESCO-listed kilim weaving tradition, the 1688 uprising that destroyed the town, the monastery of St John of Rila, and the waterfalls above it.
A guide to three Danube towns in northern Bulgaria: the 1877 crossing at Svishtov, the 1396 Battle of Nicopolis, the Persina wetlands, and the Belene labour camp that Bulgaria spent decades not discussing.
