One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe, built on seven hills. The Roman theatre, from the 2nd century AD, is still used for concerts and opera. The Old Town has colourful 19th-century Revival houses with overhanging upper floors, many now museums.
The Kapana district is full of cafés and street art. The Roman stadium is partly visible under the main pedestrian street. Plovdiv was European Capital of Culture in 2019. It's about 2 hours from Sofia.
Bulgaria's most famous monastery and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, founded in the 10th century by the hermit St Ivan of Rila and rebuilt after a fire…
A series of seven glacial lakes, one above the other, in the Rila Mountains, one of Bulgaria's most popular walks.
A UNESCO-listed national park of limestone and granite peaks, with more than 100 glacial lakes.
The capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, with houses stacked up the cliffs above the winding Yantra River.
One of the largest Orthodox cathedrals in the world, with gold domes, built in memory of the Russian soldiers who died freeing Bulgaria from Ottoman …
Strange red sandstone pillars and towers up to 200 m high in north-western Bulgaria, shaped by wind and water into figures with names like the Madonn…
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