Plan a trip to Bulgaria

Places to see in Bulgaria

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

• 

  NesebarUNESCO

  Несебър

  Town · Burgas

  Nesebar is an ancient city and one of the major seaside resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located in Burgas Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Nesebar Municipality.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Chrumps (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

• 

  Rila MonasteryUNESCO

  Рилски манастир

  Religious · Kyustendil

  The Monastery of Saint John of Rila, also known as Rila Monastery ("Sveti Ivan Rilski", is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Raggatt2000 (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

• 

  Madara RiderUNESCO

  Мадарски конник

  Landmark · Shumen

  The Madara Rider or Madara Horseman is a large early medieval rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara. The monument is dated to the very late 7th or more often the very early 8th century, during the reign of the Bulgar Khan Tervel.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: JEŹDZIEC Z MADARY.JPG (Public domain). Map

• 

  Boyana ChurchUNESCO

  Боянска църква

  Museum · Sofia City

  The Boyana Church is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, in the Boyana quarter. In 1979, the building was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Todor Bozhinov / Тодор Божинов (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

• 

  Pirin National ParkUNESCO

  Пирин

  Park & nature · Blagoevgrad

  Pirin National Park, originally named Vihren National Park, covering the larger part of the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, spanning an area of 403.56 square kilometers (155.82 mi2).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: kallerna (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

• 

  Thracian Tomb of KazanlakUNESCO

  Тракийска гробница

  Ruins · Stara Zagora

  The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak is a vaulted-brickwork "beehive" (tholos) tomb that is located near the town of Kazanlak in central Bulgaria.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Roweromaniak (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

• 

  Thracian Tomb of SveshtariUNESCO

  Тракийска гробница Свещари

  Park & nature · Razgrad

  The Thracian Tomb of Svestari is 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi) southwest of the village of Sveshtari, Razgrad Province, which is 42 kilometers (26 mi) northeast of Razgrad, in northeast Bulgaria.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Sveshtari Thracian tomb Bulgaria IFB.JPG (CC BY 2.5). Map

• 

  Rock-hewn Churches of IvanovoUNESCO

  Ивановски скални манастири

  Park & nature · Ruse

  The Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo are a group of monolithic churches, chapels and monasteries hewn out of solid rock and completely different from other monastery complexes in Bulgaria, located near the village of Ivanovo, 20 kilometers (12 mi) south of Rousse, on the high rocky banks of the…

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Hans A. Rosbach (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

• 

  Srebarna Nature ReserveUNESCO

  Природен резерват Сребърна

  Park & nature · Silistra

  The Srebarna Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of the same name, 18 kilometers (11 mi) west of Silistra and two kilometers (1.2 mi) south of the Danube.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Zhivko77 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

• 

  Sofia

  София

  City · Sofia City

  Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Deensel (CC BY 2.0). Map

• 

  Veliko Tarnovo

  Велико Търново

  City · Veliko Tarnovo

  Veliko Tarnovo is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. It is the historical and spiritual capital of Bulgaria.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Mark Ahsmann (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

• 

  Plovdiv

  Пловдив

  City · Plovdiv

  Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria and the most populous city in the Bulgarian part of the historic region of Thrace, located 144 km southeast of the capital Sofia. It is considered the oldest European continually inhabited city, having been inhabited since c. 6,000 BCE.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ilia Markov from Sofia, Bulgaria (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map