Where to Stay in Bulgaria
Currency: BGNTimezone: Europe/Sofia🇪🇺 EU member
Bulgaria's two main cities are dramatically different. Sofia is the modern capital with Eastern Orthodox cathedrals; Plovdiv is one of Europe's oldest continuously-inhabited cities (Roman amphitheater, Old Town). Stays are among Europe's cheapest.
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Plovdiv's Old Town (Stariya Grad) is one of Europe's oldest continuously-inhabited urban areas — Roman amphitheater, Bulgarian Revival houses. Kapana (the Trap), the artist quarter just below, is the food-and-evening side.
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Sofia's centre around the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is the obvious central stay. Vitosha Boulevard is the pedestrian shopping spine. Skip anywhere outside the central core for short trips.
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