{"id":1149,"date":"2009-04-15T00:10:29","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T14:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2009-04-15T00:10:29","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T14:10:29","slug":"bulgaria-a-travel-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/bulgaria\/bulgaria-a-travel-destination","title":{"rendered":"Bulgaria, a travel destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria is not a country that immediately comes to mind as a<strong> travel destination<\/strong>, at least not for travellers who do not live in the European zone.\u00a0 Yet, this country has so much to offer tourists that it&#8217;s a matter of time before it becomes part of mainstream\u00a0 <strong>European tour routes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Since its breakaway from the communist Eastern Bloc, Bulgaria has made great speed in assimilating itself with the European community by firstly becoming a member of <strong>NATO<\/strong> in 2004 and then as a member of the <strong>European Union<\/strong> in 2007.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"St. Sofia, a symbol of Divine Wisdom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/37306-1\/AJP_2938.jpg?resize=180%2C280\" alt=\"St. Sofia, a symbol of Divine Wisdom\" width=\"180\" height=\"280\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Sofia, a symbol of Divine Wisdom<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With <strong>history<\/strong> tracing back to the <strong>1st millenium B.C.<\/strong> and landmarks that are so <strong>unique<\/strong> that several of them have become <strong>UNESCO listed<\/strong>, Bulgaria has lots to offer history buffs as well as tourists interested in sightseeing.\u00a0 The availability of summer and winter sports and activities also make this a <strong>destination for all seasons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The following posts and our photo gallery brings you more on <strong>Bulgaria as a<\/strong> <strong>travel destination<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Bulgaria\/category\/destinations\" target=\"_self\">Destination Bulgaria<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Bulgaria\/category\/sightseeing\" target=\"_self\">Sofia Sightseeing<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Bulgaria\/category\/shopping\" target=\"_self\">Where to Shop in Sofia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Bulgaria\/category\/food\" target=\"_self\">Eating out in Bulgaria<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Bulgaria\" target=\"_self\">Bulgaria Photo Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bulgaria is not a country that immediately comes to mind as a travel destination, at least not for travellers who do not live in the European zone.\u00a0 Yet, this country has so much to offer tourists that it&#8217;s a matter of time before it becomes part of mainstream\u00a0 European tour routes. 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