TOP 10 REASONS TO VISIT BULGARIA:
Cradle of civilizations
Land of golden treasures
Meeting point of civilizations
Homeland of powerful kingdoms
Sofia - town from the dawn of history
Culture and wildlife with recognition
Native land of Orpheus and Spartacus
Wine - tradition carried through millennia
Homeland of the attar of roses
Country of yoghurt - the food of centenarians

Why Bulgaria

HIGH PRIORITY TOURIST DESTINATION - 7,000 YEARS OF HISTORY


Culture and wildlife with recognition

The UNESCO World Cultural and Wildlife Heritage List includes 9 Bulgarian landmarks - 7 cultural and 2 natural wonders:

The Madara Horseman - a monumental bas-relief hewn into the sheer rock, the only one of its kind in Europe!

The Madara Horseman

The two unique monuments of Thracian art - the tombs near Kazanluk and Sveshtari; Boyana Church - marking the beginnings of portrait painting in European art; the majestic Rila Monastery - largest in the Balkans; the ancient museum town of Nessebur - situated on a rocky peninsula, linked with mainland by a narrow isthmus; Ivanovo Rock Monasteries - a natural museum of mediaeval Bulgarian painting; Pirin National Park and Sreburna Wildlife Reserve. . . PREV | NEXT | ALL

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