If you’re into partying as well as skiing, Bansko is the place! Bansko, Bulgaria, is a fantastic budget ski resort, located about 155 km south of the capital, Sofia, in the Pirin Mountains. If you don’t want to have to sell one of your organs to pay for your next skiing trip then Eastern Europe […]
Find a Bulgaria Phone Code or Phone Number
Bulgaria Phone Codes, Phone Numbers and Telephone Directories Finding a phone or mobile phone number in Bulgaria is NOT easy. A residential telephone directory does not seem to exist, or I couldn’t find one. Business phone books fare a little better, but not much really. You can call a Bulgaria number easily enough, though. The […]
Useful facts for travel to Bulgaria
Useful facts to help you plan your visit to Bulgaria Festivals Public Holidays Visas Language Health Time Electricity Weights & Measures Money, Banks etc. Useful Telephone Numbers Festivals Bulgarians love festivals. Christmas and New Year are big, and other major festivals include “Ladouvane” – a festive ritual for young girls on New Year’s Day or […]
Bulgaria, a holiday destination
Bulgaria, a country that’s both old and new: Bulgaria can be said to be a country that’s very old as well as very new. It’s ancient history dates back to the Old Stone Age period of the 1st millenium B.C. and yet it wasn’t until 1989 that it broke away from the Eastern Bloc and […]
Shopping on your Sofia holiday, Bulgaria
The Shopping Scene: Over the past years more multinational companies have been setting up in Sofia and there are now more luxurious hotels, shopping malls, restaurants and entertainment centres in the city centre. Along the big boulevards like Tsarigradsko Shousse and Nikola Vaptsarov, a variety of modern business centres are also being built. The brand […]
St. Sofia Day Celebrations in Sofia, Bulgaria
Helen meets a President on her Bulgarian holidays: It’s not everyday that one meets a President of a country whilst on holiday and it’s certainly not something that you plan for in your travel itinerary. So if by some fluky alignment of the planets, an extraordinary encounter like this happens, it adds to that special […]
Eating out in Bulgaria
What Bulgarians eat: Although Bulgarians love their meats, salads and soups are also important elements of their cuisine. Traditional cuisine combines influences from the Ottoman Empire with peasant cooking styles. Fresh vegetables are plentiful and these are eaten raw, roasted or stewed with meat in terracotta pots. Meat dishes mainly comprise pork, veal and chicken […]
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