Bulgaria’s Plovdiv remains relatively unknown to most travelers, but it’s beginning to appear on more and more Balkan itineraries – and for good reason. Situated between two vast mountain ranges along ...

By Alex Lefkowitz SOFIA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Six people were found dead in the mountains of western Bulgaria over the past week, in a case marked by conflicting accounts and strange circumstances that ...

A visit to the Bulgarian Rhodopes is a chance to explore one of Europe’s lesser-known mountain ranges - getty I realise that I’m on a very different kind of travel assignment when the entire tour ...

On a warm day in Plovdiv (Philippopolis in Roman times, or the City of Seven Hills to those who walk them today), I took respite in a park where a chunk of ancient colonnade served as a bench on which ...

Humanity has long been fascinated by the ancient remains of former civilizations. Archaeological ruins around the world give ...

2006-07-16 04:00:00 PDT Plovdiv, Bulgaria-- "We must inform the police about you," said the desk clerk at my hotel. For a moment I was gripped with long-dormant, behind-the-Iron-Curtain paranoia. Then ...

Situated between two vast mountain ranges along what in centuries past was a crucial inland route from Western Europe to Constantinople (Istanbul) and Asia Minor, Bulgaria’s second city has been held ...

Bulgaria's Plovdiv remains relatively unknown to most travelers, but it's beginning to appear on more and more Balkan itineraries -- and for good reason. Situated between two vast mountain ranges ...