Bulgaria
This art museum is housed in an elegant former military club on the southern edge of the city's riverside park. On display are some 1300 works of famous…
Must-see attractions in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
This small museum, arranged across a pretty courtyard, is divided between archaeological displays from Neolithic tools to late-Thracian jewellery, and a…
Bulgaria
Affiliated with Belogradchik's history museum, the nature department displays unusual local flora and fauna. To get here, proceed from the large, modern…
Permanent Exhibition of Dimitar Kirov
Plovdiv
Housed in a grand old-town mansion where Plovdiv's budding artists worked in the 1960s, this special place celebrates the life and works of Dimitar Kirov,…
Sofia
Set in a leafy garden, this church dedicated to Sts Cyril and Methodius and their five disciples was originally built as a mosque in 1528; it later became…
Tsar Aleksander II House Museum
Bulgaria
Sitting in a city-centre park, this modest cottage was where the Russian tsar Alexander II accepted the surrender of the Turkish general Osman Pasha after…
Black Sea Coast
Typical of the characteristic Nesebâr construction is this well-preserved church, built in the mid-14th century. An unusual feature at the eastern end of…
Bulgaria
Guzzle down some beer history at this brewery museum. You can peruse barley-processing equipment and a 1902 bottle, and admire photos of the good old days…
Pirin Mountains
Learn the history and tools of Melnik's winemaking trade; ogle 400-plus bottles of wine; and work your way through a tasting menu at this fun museum…
Bulgaria
It's impossible to miss the dark wooden building with a steeply overhanging upper floor along ul Angel Kânchev. Now housing the Angel Kânchev House-Museum…
Varna
Housed in a powder-blue art deco building, the city aquarium is worth a look to see the tanks filled with seahorses, piranhas and conger eels, as well as…
Varna
Varna's retro planetarium is a beautiful building in its own right, though the nightly presentations (shows start at 5pm Monday to Saturday) are in…
Black Sea Coast
With only one nave and one apse, the Sveta Paraskeva Church is a fine example of 13th-century architecture. The church now houses a small exhibition of…
Bulgaria
The Art Gallery is in a grand yellow-and-white Viennese-style building on the central square. Inside you can view hundreds of 19th-century and…
Sveti Konstantin & Elena Monastery
Black Sea Coast
This tiny church and monastery was built in the early 18th century on the site of a holy healing spring, though it has been rebuilt and remodelled since…
Bulgaria
Shumen’s Tombul Mosque was built in 1744 in a fusion of oriental and French baroque styles. At 1730 sq metres, it's the largest mosque still in use in…
Black Sea Coast
Pomorie Lake has been an important source of salt, via salt panning, through the ages. Visitors learn the techniques of panning as well as the history of…
Bulgaria
Within the mighty Freedom Monument, this small museum illustrates the hardships endured by soldiers during the Russo-Turkish War, defending Shipka Pass in…
Ruse
Built in 1632 below ground level – according to the Turkish stipulation that churches should be as unobtrusive as possible – Sveta Troitsa has a fine gilt…
Bulgaria
A few blocks south of central pl Vazrazhdane, the huge town museum houses 24 galleries of exhibits, including neolithic pottery, polychrome Roman mosaic…
Catholic Church of St Paul the Crucified
Ruse
This church just off ul Pridunavski was completed in 1892. Its original murals, stained-glass windows, chandeliers and icons survive. St Paul’s was the…
Black Sea Coast
The Church of St John the Baptist was built in the 10th century and features some of the best-preserved murals from the 14th and 17th centuries. The…
Varna
Varna’s ivy-clad city history museum covers the post-independence period from 1878 to 1939, with mock-ups of long-gone 1920s shops and offices,…
Tsanko Lavrenov & Mexican Art Exhibitions
Plovdiv
For something completely different, this time-warp 1846 house has displays of 1970s Mexican woodcuts, serigraphs and copies of pre-Columbian art…
Plovdiv
Visible through floor-to-ceiling windows in the Tsar Obedinitel underpass, Cultural Center Thrakart contains extensive Roman floor mosaics and various…
Veliko Târnovo
This church, probably built in 1612 on medieval church ruins, was destroyed by Ottoman invaders, but restored during their rule in the early 18th century…
Bulgaria
Along the mall in a candy-pink building, the History Museum's three floors of displays feature Thracian silverwork, 4th-century urns and other…
Bulgaria
Vidin’s cathedral is considered to be the country's second biggest, after the Aleksander Nevski Cathedral in Sofia, and dates from the late 19th century…
Church of Sveti Arhangeli Mikhail & Gavril
Bulgaria
Dark-eyed saints with gold haloes glower down from every painted arch inside this 16th-century church, built over a ruined medieval building. The wooden…
Burgas
Old-fashioned but informative displays on local flora, fauna and geology are on view here. Exhibits of rocks, seashells, butterflies and beetles occupy…
Veliko Târnovo Archaeological Museum
Veliko Târnovo
Housed in a grand old building with a courtyard full of Roman sculptures, the museum contains Roman artefacts and medieval Bulgarian exhibits, including a…
Sofia University Botanical Garden
Sofia
Sofia's small botanical garden includes a glasshouse filled with palms and cacti, a rose garden, and various trees and flowers (labelled in Bulgarian and…
Plovdiv
'Milyo the idiot', as he's affectionately known, was a local prankster and mimic, fondly remembered in Plovdiv's shopping precinct in the form of a statue…
Veliko Târnovo
Faded frescoes are the principal draw at the Church of Sveta Bogoroditsa, the town’s main cathedral. Located just off ul Ivan Vazov, the church’s large…
Bulgaria
Housed in a former chapel, Tryavna’s Museum of Icons contains more than 160 religious icons from the erstwhile collections of famous local families. The…
Plovdiv
Built in the mid-17th century, Sveta Nedelya Church hovers on the eastern edge of the old town. Most noticeable is its elegant 16m tower. Inside, discover…
Bulgaria
This romantic park on Shumen’s western edge has walking trails in the shade of sycamore and maple trees. You’ll see and hear the humming of the city’s…
Plovdiv
This butterscotch-coloured 1863 mansion has a leafy courtyard and a marble fountain. Its interior design showcases the European classical and baroque…
Sveti Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church
Varna
This elegant church was built in 1842 and features a barrelled wooden ceiling and a wonderful collection of naive icons. It’s normally closed, but the…
Museum Complex of Pancho Vladigerov
Bulgaria
One of several National Revival and early 20th-century baroque houses dotted along ul Tsar Osvoboditel's cobblestoned western section, this house-museum…
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