The Rough Guide to Bulgaria
The Rough Guide to Bulgaria is the definitive handbook to one of Europe's most fascinating countries. Features include:
• Full-colour section introducing Bulgaria's highlights.
• Detailed accounts of all the sights, from Sofia's magnificent Aleksandar Nevksi church to the beautiful white-sand beaches of the Black Sea coast and the spectacular Trigrad Gorge in the Rhodope mountains.
• Critical reviews of the best places to stay, eat and drink, for every budget.
• Practical tips on a wide range of activities, from hiking and skiing to cycling and caving, as well as how to get the most out of the country's many folk festivals.
• Maps and plans for every region.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

COLOUR SECTION
Colour map of the country
Introduction to Bulgaria
Where to go and when
Things not to miss


BASICS
Getting there
Red tape and visas
Health
Insurance
Costs, money and banks
Information, maps and websites
Getting around
Accommodation
Eating and drinking
Communications
Holidays, festivals and entertainment
Outdoor activities and eco-tourism
Museums, churches and mosques
Police, trouble and sexual harassment
Directory


GUIDE

1 SOFIA
Arrival
Information
City transport
Accommodation
Around Sveta Nedelya
Vitosha
The Largo
North of the Largo: the Banya Bashi mosque and the mineral baths
East of the Largo: the National Archeological Museum
Aleksandâr Batenberg
Tsar Osvoboditel
Aleksandâr Nevski
G. S. Rakovski and around
The inner ring road and beyond
Boyana
Mount Vitosha
Aleko
Kremikovtsi
Eating
Drinking
Entertainment
Listings
Travel details


2 THE SOUTHWEST
Pernik and Radomir
Zemen Monastery
Kyustendil
The Rila mountains
Dupnitsa and around
Rila Monastery
Samokov, Borovets and Malyovitsa
The Pirin range and the far south
Blagoevgrad
Bansko and the mountains
Gotse Delchev and around
Sandanski
Melnik and Rozhen Monastery
Rupite
Petrich and around
Travel details


3 THE BALKAN RANGE AND THE DANUBIAN PLAIN
The Iskâr Gorge
Vratsa
The Petrohan Pass and Berkovitsa
Montana, Chiprovtsi and around
Lopushanski Monastery and around
Belogradchik and around
The Magura Cave and Midzhur
Vidin
Ruse and around
The Rusenski Lom
Silistra
Dobrich
Botevgrad, Pravets and Etropole
Teteven and around
Pleven
Lovech
Troyan and around
Veliko Târnovo
Arbanasi and around
Elena
Tryavna
Gabrovo and around
Shumen
The Ludogorie
Travel details


4 THE SREDNA GORA AND THE VALLEY OF THE ROSES
Koprivshtitsa
Panagyurishte
Hisar
Kazanlâk
The Shipka Pass
Stara Zagora and around
Sliven and the Blue Rocks
Kotel
Zheravna
Travel details


5 THE RHODOPES AND THE PLAIN OF THRACE
Pazardzhik
Plovdiv
Haskovo
Bachkovo Monastery and around
Smolyan
Shiroka Lâka and around
Trigrad
Velingrad and around
Kârdzhali and around
The Madsharovo nature reserve
Travel details


6 THE BLACK SEA COAST
Varna and around
Golden Sands
Kranevo
Albena and around
Balchik
Rusalka and the coastal steppe
Sunny Beach
Nesebâr
Burgas and around
Sozopol
Sinemorets
The Strandzha
Travel details


CONTEXTS
The historical framework
The Macedonian question
Bulgaria’s minorities
Books
Bulgarian music


LANGUAGE
The Cyrillic alphabet
Bulgarian words and phrases
Bulgarian food and drink terms
Glossary
Acronyms

INDEX AND SMALL PRINT
Full index
Rough guides credits
Publishing information
Help us update
Acknowledgements
Readers’ letters
Photo credits
sofia golden sands sunny beach Nessebar Sveti Vlas Burgas Albena Elenite

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