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 Madonna and the Horseman. The Belogradchik fortress, built by the Romans and extended by the Ottomans, uses the rocks as part of its walls; climb to the top for the view.
Nearby, the Magura Cave has prehistoric paintings made with bat guano. It's about 3 hours from Sofia.
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 …
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.
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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