Places to visit

One of our last trips of the summer was up to north Bulgaria to visit the towns of Lovech, Troyan and Aprilsti. First stop was Lovech which was around 3 …

From down near the Greek border we headed back up north to Bansko. It took us maybe a couple of hours and we arrived around midday and found the small …

We left Rila early in the morning and headed back to the motorway and south towards Sandanski and Melnik. It was around a 2 hour pleasant drive and the scenery …

The small ski area of Osogovo was somewhere I had marked to visit for a while, so as we were heading over in that direction, we decided to head towards …

We had explored the south Bulgarian coast fairly extensively but apart from the odd day trip to Obzor (which we love) and Byala and a trip up to Varna a …

Following our stay near Ruse our next stop was Srebarna nature reserve on the Danube. We followed the road that ran parallel to the Danube and made a quick detour …

After spending quite a few days exploring southern Bulgaria we decided to head north on an extended trip to see the famed rock monasteries near Ruse and then follow the Danube east to the …

Instead of heading back home via the same route, we decided to turn towards Dospat and go and explore Dospat Lake and Batak Lake. We were up fairly early and …

From Devin it was off towards the Trigrad Gorge and the two famous caves en-route. First was Yagodinska Cave, the third (or 4th depending on where you look) longest cave …

Our next trip was also down towards southern Bulgaria to test out the spa waters of Devin, a town famed for its bottled mineral water and spa hotels. The drive …

After leaving the nature reserve at Madzharovo, we journeyed back towards Perperikon, turning south at the village of Chiflik and heading to the large town of Kardzahli, situated close to …

Following our visit to Perperikon, we continued on to the town of Madzharovo, where we had booked a room for the night at the Nature Reserve guest house so we …

I had been saying for ages I would take Pete to visit Perperikon and so back in July we organised a trip to take in the sights around the Kardzhali …

I first read about the abandoned communist railway tunnel on a forum, which directed me to an older blog post, describing the tunnel. We had a rough idea where it …

We have driven down the whole south coast a couple of times before and visited the various resorts and beaches from Sunny Beach right down to the Turkish border. There …

I briefly visited Zheravna many years ago and so after a couple of weeks of getting on top of the gardens, we decided to head out on a day trip …

A few weeks back we took a trip to Hisarya, an old spa resort in central Bulgaria. It was about an hour and half drive from us. It was a …

This is a crazy place we have seen a couple of times when we have been driving south on the main road from Sozopol down to Primorsko, so on our …