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 rule in 1878. The crypt holds a museum of Orthodox icons.
In Sofia, also see the Rotunda of St George, the oldest building in the city, the Boyana Church, with UNESCO-listed frescoes from 1259, and Vitosha mountain on the edge of the city, for walking and skiing.
A series of seven glacial lakes, one above the other, in the Rila Mountains, one of Bulgaria's most popular walks.
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 UNESCO-listed national park of limestone and granite peaks, with more than 100 glacial lakes.
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…
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe, built on seven hills.
The capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, with houses stacked up the cliffs above the winding Yantra River.
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