Guides and travel stories from Bulgaria.
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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.
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 practical guide to Arena Burgas in Izgrev: capacity and seating, transit from the city center, wheelchair access and late-night departures.
The best day trips from Burgas: Nessebar and Sozopol old towns, the Pomorie salt pans, Ropotamo reserve and Strandzha, with bus and driving tips.
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.
Attending Eurovision 2027 in Burgas (10–15 May)? Semi-final and final dates, Arena Burgas capacity, ticket timing, transport and where to stay.
A day-by-day plan for Eurovision 2027 week in Burgas: semi-finals, the Grand Final, free-day trips to Nessebar and Sozopol, and the fan zones.
Eurovision 2027 tickets in Burgas: the nine ticketed shows, how preview rehearsals work, Eurofan registration, ticket tiers and avoiding scams.
How to get around Burgas without a car: Burgasbus routes, the South and West terminals, buses to Sunny Beach and Nessebar, taxis and bike hire.
The best route to Burgas for Eurovision 2027: direct flights to Burgas Airport (BOJ), the Varna alternative, and trains or buses from Sofia.
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.
Where to stay in Burgas for Eurovision 2027: the City Center, Sea Garden, Sarafovo and Meden Rudnik compared, plus Pomorie and Nessebar overflow.
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.
A guide to the Dryanovo Monastery and the Bacho Kiro cave in the Andaka gorge: the nine-day siege of 1876, the cave's two lit routes, the 45,000-year-old human remains found inside, and how to walk the gorge trails.
A guide to the Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex near Gabrovo: a reconstructed Revival craft street where the workshops still run on water power, what each trade does, how long to allow, and how to combine it with Tryavna and Bozhentsi.
Discover Gabrovo, Bulgaria: Visit the House of Humour and Satire, Sokolski Monastery, Racho the Blacksmith, and Uzana in the geographic centre of Bulgaria.
Discover the Iskar Gorge north of Sofia: Visit the Lakatnik Rocks, Cherepish Monastery, the Ritlite formation, and ride the scenic Sofia–Mezdra railway.
A guide to Montana and Berkovitsa in north-west Bulgaria: the Ogosta reservoir, Berkovitsa's pottery and Ivan Vazov connection, Klisura Monastery, and Kom Peak at the western end of the Kom–Emine trail.
