Bulgaria

Goodbye Bulgaria, hello again to glorious Romania!
Bulgaria has certainly been an 'interesting' experience. I was chatting with Adrian, my friend and driver, about the differences between ...

Bulgarian Retrospective
It has been a fascinating two months in Bulgaria... I decided to do a retrospective, akin to an exhibition of ...

Plovdiv, Asen’s Fortress, Bachovo Monastery Road Trip (4 of 4)
Continuing our drive through the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains... ...and what greets us as we arrive at the Monastery is an ...

Plovdiv, Asen’s Fortress, Bachovo Monastery Road Trip (3 of 4)
Welcome to Restaurant Salasha... and the best food I have had since I arrived in Bulgaria - actully, one of ...

Plovdiv, Asen’s Fortress, Bachovo Monastery Road Trip (2 of 4)
On our way, we drove through a town whose entire reason for being is weddings! This below is a wedding ...

Plovdiv, Asen’s Fortress, Bachovo Monastery Road Trip (1 of 4)
What a marvellous day trip! ...all 13 hours of it... Leaving Tsarevo on the Black Sea coast, we travelled to ...

Sozopol, Bulgaria
"Sozopol is one of the oldest towns on Bulgarian Thrace's Black Sea coast. The first settlement on the site dates back to the Bronze ...

Archaeological Museum of Burgas
The Archaeological Museum of Burgas (or Археологически музей Бургас in Bulgarian) is the oldest museum in Burgas city - and ...

UNESCO Ancient City of Nesebar 2 of 2
...continued.. Yes, that is a 'beware of camel' sign... Despite the heat, it was a truly lovely day! Depending upon ...

UNESCO Ancient City of Nesebar 1 of 2
Friday, I headed about one and a half hours north to the UNESCO world heritage site - the ancient city ...

Happy Bulgarian Journey – Tips and Information!
Bulgaria is an amazing place, and to enoy it to the fullest, here is some information that may help you ...

Exploring Tsarevo and Surrounds… 3 of 3
...continued... ...and a gelato - just what was needed! A snail house? This was once the Communist leader's beach retreat ...

Exploring Tsarevo and Surrounds… 2 of 3
...continued... This is a traditional Bulgaria house - and was built in the 1800s! As we began down this road, ...

Exploring Tsarevo and Surrounds… 1 of 3
On Friday I hired a driver to take me around the local area for a couple of hours, as well ...

Hello from Tsarevo in Bulgaria!
It took over an hour to be admitted into the EU (Bulgaria) from North Macedonia (non-EU) - cars were searched ...

Day trip to rock-hewn monastery in Bulgaria
The day was cloudy, foggy, damp, and quite dreich (Scottish word) when with my driver Elisei, I set out in ...