Country Info
- Sofia
- Capital
- Lev (BGL)
- Currency
- 7,707,495
- Population
- BG
- Country Code
Bulgaria Slideshow
Top Hotels in Bulgaria
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Bohemi Hotel Sunny Beach
20 reviews -
Green Fort Sunny Beach
5 reviews -
Sokol Hotel Sunny Beach
2 reviews
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mOdus Hotel Varna
59 reviews -
Rovno Hotel Vidin
2 reviews
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Hotel Les Fleurs Sofia
70 reviews
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Hotel Time Out Sandanski
9 reviews
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Hotel Lion Sofia
66 reviews
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Hotel Burgas
20 reviews
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Laguna Beach Resort & Spa Sozopol
12 reviews
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Grand Hotel Oasis Sunny Beach
27 reviews
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Spa Hotel Dvoretsa Velingrad
10 reviews
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Hotel Pamporovo
72 reviews -
Hotel The House Sofia
45 reviews
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Danube Plaza Hotel Rousse
4 reviews
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The Valeo Hotel Balchik
7 reviews
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Hotel Bourgas Burgas
1 review
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Hotel Royal Victoria Sofia
6 reviews
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Luna Hotel Golden Sands
32 reviews
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Royal Towers Resort Apartments Bansko
34 reviews
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Jupiter Sunny Beach
17 reviews
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Central Hotel Sofia
30 reviews
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Flora Hotel Borovets
43 reviews
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Kiparisite Hotel Sunny Beach
4 reviews
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Hotel Flamingo Grand Albena
22 reviews
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Iceberg Borovets
22 reviews
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Gloria Palace Hotel Sofia
7 reviews
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Samokov
2 reviews
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Hotel Light Sofia
21 reviews
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Park Hotel Persey Varna
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Hotel Yastrebets Wellness & Spa Borovets
21 reviews
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Trakia Plaza Hotel Sunny Beach
39 reviews
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Trakia Garden Hotel Sunny Beach
60 reviews
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Hotel Atol Sunny Beach
6 reviews
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Wela Hotel Sunny Beach
88 reviews
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Nessebar Beach Sunny Beach
30 reviews
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Splendid Boutique Varna
44 reviews
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Hotel Magnolia Albena
30 reviews -
Palm Beach Golden Sands
6 reviews
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BEST WESTERN PLUS City Hotel Sofia
46 reviews
Bulgaria
Travel Blogs from Bulgaria
Bulgarian Sleeping Flu & Change of Plans
... until 9 am the next morning. I have no idea what that was about but by mid-day I felt perfectly fine. More interesting than anything in Bulgaria is my change of plans for the rest of my travel. On September 22 I will be going to Cape Town to be part of a ...
Sofia, Capital of Bulgaria
Hallo zusammen, von Rila bin ich zurueck nach Sofia, in die Hauptstadt Bulgariens, gefahren. Der 22.09 ist hier Nationalfeiertag, einige Museen hatten auch an diesem Tag zu... Bin zunaechst nach Boyana gefahren, einem Vorort von Sofia, mit ...
Flies and old women
Today started and finished with glorious sunshine, an unsual ocurrence in the last few weeks. The ride went by quite quick, I downloaded a load of podcasts onto my i-Pod, so today's listning ranged from American foreign policy to canny observtions about ...
Into the Eastern Block
... the border took about 5 hrs to pass. After the entrance we cleared the customs and one more check quickly and were off. Bulgaria has some pretty countryside at times, but other times its rather flat. Its an interesting place. The history here is quite ...
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda ...
... Nesebar, where there was what appeared to be a decent little hostel available. But having put off the decision until I got to Bulgaria, that decent little hostel was no longer available, and I ended up at in Sunny Beach, where the hostel seems to be ...
Pomorie, Burgas + zakrecony Martin.
Rano wstalismy troche pozno (jak zwykle) i ruszylismy w droge na poludnie (w strone Turcji). Mielismy juz zaklepanego hosta w Pomorie, ktory pisal na swoim profilu, ze lubi imprezowac, a jako ze to byla sobota, liczylismy ze wieczor bedzie ciekawy. Po ...
Speaking Wongolian
... heads or tails of the street signs in Cyrillic. But in hindsight, navigating Sofia was easy compared to everywhere else in Bulgaria ... at least some of the street signs here are in English! And after a few weeks traveling here, you start to ...
Bulgaria: clean, cold, cheap, better than expected
... ending up with a bullet in your head. (No I haven't actually ended up with chicken necks yet.) Despite the language difficulties, Bulgaria has been a pleasant surprise. I was expecting it to be a lot like Romania, but it is much more modern. Sofia, the ...
Time for some new scenery
... a fan of getting yelled at when I'm paying money to stay at a place...so don't stay at Internet Hostel... The lovely part of Bulgaria and Sofia are the cheap eats...and the signs which are more or less only in Cyrillic of course... For 5 euro you can ...
Balcik, Bulgaria
... concert in the world," then he listed several bands including Deep Purple and Megadeath. "Many people have long hair and guitars here. Bulgaria really is number one for hard rock." So there is was. We had reached the Black Sea, in a land where hard ...
Day 3 update
We didn't actually find the amphitheatre but we did see an old church that was built in 300 ad that had some really cool paintings done in different time periods; we also saw the statute of Sophia. Jacquie walked with her walker for close to 3 ...
Bulgaria part 2
... and feel comfortable finding what I need, and If I can't I can ask where and how to get there. Not the case in Bulgaria. Fortunately, as I said before, many people speak English. We settled on a restaurant called Olives, which had a very American, chain ...
Still friends...in Sofia
... around the entire city. It's actually very small (not much bigger than Canterbury), but the history and the people of Bulgaria make it fascinating. The 'palace' which we expected to be some kind of Russian-influenced architectural gem turned out to be a ...
Snagov to Sofia
You can't get there from here. There was no way to get to the island, as it seemed the tourist season was over. We gave up and drove to Bucharest, turned the car in, and flew to Sofia. In Sofia we took a taxi into downtown and stopped at a ...
What a week.
Today the team bade farewell to Mark and Sue who returned to the UK after an action packed week. we think it's fair to say that they both really enjoyed thier time hear and for Mark here will always be the unforgetable experience of Boychinovtsi (day ...
Drive across Bulgaria
... we had a stop or two at a cafe road stop to stretch legs use restroom an eat. We arived at this cafe and had no Bulgaria money or Euros only Serbian dinar so when we finally figured out this cafe takes dinar all tables were full. We ended up not eatig ...
sofia
Szóval a bulgár határon voltunk hajnalba, aludni nagyon nemtudtunk. gyorsan találtunk egy shell kutat remek angol wcvel. Korán reggelvolt, megtöltöttük az üvegeinket vízzel, megreggeliztünk, vettünkis egy üveg vizet még...hu készleteink ...
Bad Belly....
So just arrived in Bulgaria, again its very very hot and I managed to get the not so good seats at the front of the truck today, they are like sauna's, but I have done my day so hope not to be there again for some time. The campsite we have just arrived ...
Cheese, rain and donkeys
What a difference a goods nights sleep can make, even the early morning sun as it poured in through the open windows was appreciated. An hour later I became very worried when I was awoken to the noise of gurgling and an incessantly ringing bell. I ...
Varna - Nikola (host) poszukiwany na gwalt!!
"Rano" (12tej) wybralismy sie w dalsza droge do Varny, pojechalismy autobusem, zeby sobie troche ulatwic sprawe. Tam zostalwilismy plecaki w przechowlni na dworcu i ruszylismy na miasto. Pierwsze co zrobilismy to kafejka internetowa i sprawdzenie czy ...
What do you give somone who has so little?
As our van loaded with Christmas Boxes arrived in Skravena Roma Community, barefoot children excitedly ran to meet us. With big, inquisitive smiles they welcomed us and waited (almost patiently) to get their Christmas Shoebox. This was the highlight and ...
We made it to the Smith's place
We made it to Bulgaria this afternoon and were greeted by Paul Smith at the airport. Unfortunately one of the suitcases didn't make it, but hopefully it will show up in the next day or two. At least the one with our clothes in it made it OK, ...
El fin de Europa del Este
... el cuerpo para China. En nuestro hostal conocimos a una pareja de Madrid muy simpatica. Han estado un mes viajando por Bulgaria y Rumania y estan encantados. La verdad es que estos dos paises son preciosos y super baratos, asi que hay que darse prisa ...
Sojourn in Sofia
... we saved $10 each by being given free admission. Being old does have some advantages!!!! This museum was fantastic. Bulgaria has a long history starting with Thracian tribes and continuing through Greek and Roman occupation. There were artefacts here ...
Wino Forever
... ; When the two broke up, he infamously had the tattoo changed to read "Wino Forever", something which is also fitting for Bulgaria - staying in this country much longer and continuing to drink the cheap but great locally-produced wines would also turn me ...
Bucharest to Burgas (Bulgaria)
... tower blocks. After the best omelette of the trip we made our way out of town and into the rolling hills of Northern Bulgaria, which despite the blistering heat was a really enjoyable cycle with stunning views awaiting us at every turn. After a few hours ...
The city of Sapareva Banya
Sapareva Banya (Bulgarian: Ńŕďŕđĺâŕ áŕí˙) is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Kyustendil Province. It is located at the north foot of the Rila mountain 15 km east of Dupnitsa. The town is known for its mineral (103°C hot) and clear ...
Ruins aplenty, Kardzhali
We set out from Veliko Tarnovo in our little hire car a 12 year old renault clio, soon realising that our expectations of a road described as a 'highway' were sorely off the mark. The highway varied from dual carriageway where we were overtaken by shiny ...
did you mean no, or no, it was yes?
... and nobody seems to like to open the windows. We took in the downtown of sofia, met some nice iranians (just moved to bulgaria) who have a shwarma shop. Poor little Kimby had to leave so early to get her plane, and I headed off to the north to ...
Haskovo
... breakfast. Met the family, exchanged details. Drove me to Otogar, and bought me some food. His friend was a bus driver who drove to Bulgaria but only to Haskova. Went on the bus and got off after the border. Trying to hitchhike, but no lifts for a couple ...