courtesy of the author Cristina Rocchi
published on THERE STATO.IT
Introduction
Bulgaria is a country unknown to more, but that is definitely worth a trip. The lush and exuberant, the timeless charm of the village museum, history, folklore, you will be enchanted. The mountains are beautiful, and especially the Balkans and the Rhodopes, more rugged, with dense forests of pine Bulgarian rents.
Moving
to turn Bulgaria is advisable to rent a car, armed with patience and drive very carefully. The roads are rather narrow, their highways are more like freeways, and are not without holes! The mountain roads of the South are to experience adventure.
Never drink before driving, the law is very strict about it. And if you flash with motorists fari, rallentate! Davanti alle pattuglie della polizia è bene passare a passo d'uomo.
Per il resto, è sicuramente il modo migliore di girarla, l'unico che vi permetterà di godervi la natura eccezionale che quello splendido Paese vi offre.
Dove alloggiare
La Bulgaria è un paese ospitale che negli ultimi anni si è molto aperto al turismo. Non tutti gli alloggi però rispettano lo standard a cui un turista occidentale (pur non troppo esigente) è abituato. Visto che i prezzi sono ancora molto accessibili, consigliamo di non scegliere strutture troppo economiche.
Stanno fiorendo i centri benessere, che sfruttano le innumerevoli fonti termali ed iniziano a svilupparsi anche gli agriturismi.
In the kitchen
In Bulgaria the food is good! The Bulgarians love to eat well and drink with friends. No corner of Bulgaria without a restaurant, even in the remotest places in the mountains, not risk for us to stay hungry. You'll love the Banica (read banitza), the Šopska salata (salad with cucumbers, tomatoes and sirens) and kebapceta (a sort of sausages). What about french fries with sirens (cheese)? Will not want to eat them without.
As for drinks, local beers are not bad: Zagorka, Kamenitza, and Šumenska Burgarska. For the sweet
Kozunak, and do not forget to taste the Ajran, yoghurt drinks: they invented them!
Route
30 July to 15 August 2005
We followed a route a bit 'crazy because we wanted to be Koprivstica for the folklore festival held every five years. However
from Sofia to the south we went visiting the monastery of Rila, through to Melnik.
From here we cut to the inside for the Rodopi, and we visited the caves and the main centers.
then north, passing through Plovdiv to the Monastery Trojan.
A short step back to go to Koprivstica and then straight up to Veliko Tarnovo.
several days to visit all the monasteries and small villages around the museum, so we moved to the Black Sea in Nesebar. A few days of sea \u200b\u200band return to Sofia through the cave monastery of Alade and ¾ of the Madara Horseman. Do not miss
SOFIA
It 's a fairly small capital, visited in one day. The downtown is cute, with its distinctive yellow pavement. There are several churches worth visiting, all concentrated within a few hundred meters: the Aleksandar Nevski cathedral with golden domes and the beautiful choir live on Sunday morning, the churches of Sveta Sofia, Sveta Nedelja, Sveti Georgi (a some 'hidden behind the building of the Presidency), Sveta Petka. Out of the city at the foot of Mount Vitosha you can find the monastery of Bojana with its splendid frescoes.
As for museums worth visiting the National Museum of History in Bojana, rich in finds of traces, and the ethnographic museum in the Royal Palace in the center of Sofia.
the journey continues ... "
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