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Places to visit Bulgaria+

  • Bulgaria

  • Sunny Beach

    Sunny Beach (or Slantchev Briag) is the largest and most popular of Bulgaria's seaside resorts, along with Golden Sands. As a new town, bursting with recently built hotels, shops, bars and restaurants,

    Explore Sunny Beach

  • Varna and its surrounding area

    Located on the north-east coast of Bulgaria, some 11 mi from the city of Varna (the country's 3rd largest city and the most significant on the east coast in terms of culture, economy and tourism) lies

    Explore Varna and its surrounding area

In brief+

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Time difference
Summer/Winter
Visa
No
Vaccinations
No
Currency
Lev
Language(s)
bulgarian

Overview

Bulgaria

This is called the côte d'Azur of the Eastern countries. Bulgaria is now considered as a first-rate tourist attraction, and actually does have attractive beaches. 
It combines cultural and leisure interest during the discovery of magnificent monasteries, Greek fortified towns, and natural parks.
You should not miss Sofia, or Tryavna, a pretty town with little streets, old houses, and museums. The centre of Bulgaria is also rich in towns and villages with authentic architecture.

pros

  •  The sun and the sea are at more affordable prices than on the côte d'Azur, and the beaches less packed that on the Mediterranean.
  •  The unusual atmosphere, very "Mitteleuropa", of a country where East and West, the Slavic and the Mediterranean worlds, meet.
  •  The richness of the heritage and traditions, the variety of landscapes, the quality of the gastronomy and the craftwork.

cons

  •  The weight of the socialist heritage: concrete buildings in a Stalinist style, open cut factories that disfigure the landscape, bleak public buildings with a bureaucratic staff.
  •  The evils of unchecked capitalism: unemployment, begging, corruption, theft, delinquency.
  •  Mass tourism in the large seaside resorts.

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Our Editorial team's advice

The type of stay and activities vary considerably with the season: 
- In winter, you go and use one of the three ski stations in the country: Borovets and Vitosha, near to Sofia, or Pamporovo, near to Plovdiv. Although the downhill skiing runs are not as good as they are in the Alps, Bulgaria nevertheless has magnificent cross country skiing.
- In the Springtime, the countryside is ideal for a cultural tour to discover the monasteries, combined with an excursion in the valley of the Roses.
- Finally, in summer, the Black Sea's sand beaches await holidaymakers in search of relaxation.
In the three cases, travellers will do well to choose accommodation locally or in private lodgings. This is a much nicer package with better value for money than in large hotels.

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