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Vacation in Bulgaria : Highlights & Travel Tips
Bulgaria offers a remarkably varied travel experience in a compact and affordable destination. Travelers are drawn to its mix of Black Sea beaches, rugged mountain landscapes, historic towns, and layers of Thracian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman heritage. Sofia combines a relaxed modern capital atmosphere with striking landmarks such as Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, while cities like Plovdiv impress with a beautifully preserved old town, Roman ruins, and a lively arts scene. Bulgaria also stands out for its warm hospitality, hearty cuisine, mineral springs, and strong traditions in music, crafts, and folklore.
Key highlights include hiking and skiing in the Rila, Pirin, and Rhodope Mountains, visiting the Rila Monastery, exploring medieval Veliko Tarnovo, and enjoying the seaside towns and resorts along the Black Sea coast. Food is a major part of the experience, with travelers often enjoying banitsa, shopska salad, grilled meats, and local wines and rakia. Practical tips: Bulgaria is generally budget-friendly compared with many European destinations, and public transport can connect major cities, though a rental car is useful for rural areas and mountain regions. The currency is the Bulgarian lev, not the euro, and learning a few basic Bulgarian phrases can be helpful outside the main tourist centers.
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Cafe Nedelya
We have finally arrived in Plovdiv. The temperature is higher than in Sofia. We worked up quite a sweat on the way to the hotel. To avoid getting low blood sugar, we headed...
8th stage "Burgas, Bulgaria"
Today's stage was very relaxed. The 70 km to Burgas were quickly completed. First of all, I had to stock up on supplies for the ferry and sort out the exact departure point and...
16 Sofia - another rain break
Today, for a change, it's cold and damp. I have a very nice hotel and (if it's dry from above) I want to go on a sightseeing tour by bike and take some nice photos.I don't like...
16 Negotin - Vidin (Bulgaria) 40 km - continue by train to Sofia
7:00 AM - finally back on the saddle. The waiting was quite annoying. 40 km across the border to Bulgaria, 5 hours by train to Sofia. There were interesting train stations along...
Bulgaria, castles and balloons
Surprise in the early morning, next to us a balloonist has set up his aircraft. Great scenery for a ride! Great goodbye from Bulgaria, which has surprised us very positively.
Bulgaria Nessebar on the Black Sea
Small country with a lot of different faces. Hiking in the forest, drinking beer and eating schnitzel. Nessebar with a beautiful old town but unfortunately very touristy.
Zug Wien-Bukarest-Istanbul
Auf dem Weg nach Tadschikistan. Zumindest den Anfang machte der Zug. Funfact: in Rumänien und Bulgarien tuckerten wir so zwischen 30 und 50 km/h durch due Gegend. Und Bulgarien...
Day 36 in Nessebar
Free restaurant for dogs
Bulgaria, from the Black Sea to Veliko Tarnovo
Found wonderful places by the sea. Veliko was once the capital, has a very beautiful old town. Unfortunately, a lot has already decayed.
Bulgaria, Pirin Mountain
We have never seen so many and so close chamois before. Pirin is the second highest mountain in Bulgaria, with a height of 2917m, the highest one is only 12m higher.
Sofia
The days in Sofia are lovely and I've done a 'Free Food Tour' for Bulgarian cuisine and the 'Free Walking Tour'. In addition, we went out to a couple of bars in the evenings with...
20 Dimitrovgrad 85 km 460 hm
Partly adventurous through small villages, sometimes the right way can only be recognized by my navigator - through grassy paths, holey, deep furrows, 2 dog attacks successfully...
17 Sofia
Got up in the cold and then strolling through Sofia in sunshine. The pictures give a little impression.
4th week, Day 21 Dimitrovgrad - Swilengrad by train
Worst breakfast so far and today it's supposed to rain again - and quite a lot. That's a great start to the day. Dimitrovgrad doesn't invite me to stay. I'm taking the train to...
19 Plovdiv
Walk with a few impressions from Plovdiv.
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Bulgaria day 1
Schwarzmeerküste? Forget it quickly 😬
Well, the day started off so well. I cycled almost 60 kilometers through the Bulgarian forest from the start. Only one village in 60 Km. The road started off quite bumpy but got...