Chapter Details. Previous Chapter. Planning features and itineraries give you the freedom to create your ideal trip Expert authors uncover local secrets and hidden gems to make your visit unique Includes comprehensive colour maps of even the smallest towns Detailed listings on everything from top sights and activities to eating, shopping, nightlife and accommodation Compare Guide Types.
Lonely Planet's Best in Travel India travel guide Guidebook. Almost blending in with the surrounding rocks, the Kaleto Fortress was originally built by the Romans and later expanded by the Byzantines, Bulgarians and Turks. Most of what you see today was completed in the Church in Sofia. A combined ticket includes entry to both the church Top Choice Historic Site in Plovdiv. It once held about spectators. Now largely restored, it's one of Museum in Sofia. Housed in a former mosque built in , this museum displays a wealth of Thracian, Roman and medieval artefacts.
Top Choice Palace in Balchik. At the far western end of the seafront, this palace was completed in by King Ferdinand of Romania for his English wife, Queen Marie, when Balchik was part of Romania.
Size-wise, it's a relatively modest Top Choice Monument in Shumen. Looking for more extensive coverage on Europe? Check out Lonely Planet Europe and Eastern Europe guides for a comprehensive look at all the region has to offer. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.
Get to the heart of the best of Stockholm and begin your journey now! The railways are one of our finest engineering legacies - a web of routes connecting people to each other and to a vast network of world-class attractions. It is also the best route to enjoying the landscape of Great Britain. Within these pages Vicki Pipe and Geoff Marshall from All the Stations YouTube transport experts and survivors of a crowd-funded trip to visit all the stations in the UK help you discover the hidden stories that lie behind branch lines, as well as meeting the people who fix the engines and put the trains to bed.
Embark on unknown routes, disembark at unfamiliar stations, explore new places and get to know the communities who keep small stations and remote lines. Bulgarian inlanders are helplessly drawn to the freshening sea breeze and miles of turquoise water.
Even the coast's two big cities, Varna and Burgas, have attractive beaches within minutes of their urban hearts. And while Sunny Beach, Sozopol and other favourites are thoroughly developed, there are still plenty of undiscovered coves north and south of the major hubs. No visitor to Bulgaria can fail to be impressed by its religious art, from vast gold-domed churches to miniature icon paintings.
But Orthodox churches in even the tiniest villages have much to admire: emotive paintings of saints, often set in carved wooden screens iconostases , appear magical when bathed in flickering candlelight. Almost as spectacular are the settings of many sacred buildings: granite cliffs, thrashing streams and lonely mountain passes.
Between trekking among Rodopi villages, thundering across ski fields in Bansko or birdwatching in Pirin National Park, Bulgaria has much to delight and exhaust lovers of the great outdoors. The mysterious Thracians left behind dazzling hauls of gold and silver, and tombs that can be explored to this day.
The Romans built cities of breathtaking scale, the bathhouses, walls and amphitheatres of which sit nonchalantly in the midst of modern cities such as Varna and Plovdiv. Jump to: Table of contents. These are our favorite local haunts, touristy spots, and hidden gems throughout Bulgaria.
The massive Belogradchik sandstone and limestone rock formations cover an area of around 90 sq km and tower over the town.
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