The Seven Most Picturesque Bulgarian Monasteries you absolutely need to visit

According to the Holy Scripture seven is the number of perfection, which rules time and space. Seven are the days in the week, where Saturday is meant for God to rest, in the Old Testament tradition. In Christianity, sanctity is transferred from the sixth to the seventh day, Sunday, when it is believed Jesus Christ rose from his tomb. 

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Could the Bulgarian village of Gabarevo be the last refuge of the lost Romanov Princess ?

In 2007 Russian authorities officially stated that they have found the missing remains of the two youngest heirs of  the Romanovs dynasty. An Investigator of the Bulgarian city of Kazanlak Blagoj Emanuilov however is adamant that it is a manipulation. The inhabitants of the Bulgarian village of Gabarevo share the same opinion. And they are not the only ones...

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Life of prayer in the Samokov convent

In the quiet yard of the Samokov convent, in the Bulgarian Rila mountain, there is an atmosphere of peace and quiet. When visitors step inside, they lower their voices as their souls fill up with calm. 

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The mysteries of St. Anastasia

Ninety years ago, terrorists exiled on Bulgarian St. Anastasia island would have found it hard to imagine a future when they would be considered romantic celebrities and their prison had become a tourist haven. 



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Being a Rhodope farmer

 

Photo: Veneta Nikolova

It’s worth taking a chance, while pursuing your dreams! The story of farmers Beti and Niki Vassilev proves that. They are the owners of the biggest herd of indigenous cattle in this country.

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I'm in love with my car !

We might not like to admit it, but if they have to chose between their car or their wife, some men would seriously think it over . 

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On the trail of lost time: the submerged church of Zhrebchevo dam

It has been there more than 100 years, its lonely remains rising above the clear waters of the dam. In winter, the wind and the blizzards lash out at the building, ice freezing its foundations. In summer, the blazing sun mercilessly beats down on its age-old walls, the tumbledown roof and the yawning windows and doors. 

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Tutrakan is the exotic Northernmost point of Bulgaria

 A small town located at the endmost point of Bulgaria, to the North facing the Danube and the barren Romanian plains on the other bank. Tourist routes rarely reach this point, perhaps because it is so remote and difficult of access, because of the bad roads leading to it. 

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How a doctor from Poland has been keeping Polish tourists flocking to Bulgaria

Photo: private library

How far can childhood memories, love of nature, of authentic rural cooking and of the small joys of life take us? The answer: to the central Rhodopes and more specifically the small resort town of Chepelare. 

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The mysteries of the Valley of Thracian Kings

The earliest traces of human presence in the environs of the town of Kazanluk in Central Bulgaria date back to the Neolithic age, i.e. 6th-5th millennium B.C. In latter years the Thracians settled permanently in those lands. A vestige of their advanced civilization are the numerous mounds, in which archaeologists discovered ancient sanctuaries or royal burials. The latter artifacts have brought the name of Valley of Thracian Kings. 

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