Sofia small church

Trip to Bulgaria

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May 24th 2014
A 3-day trip through Bulgaria. The first day was a short drive to Veliko Tarnovo, with a few interesting stops on the way. After drinking coffee in Ruse, the first stop was at the Basarbovo rock churches, followed by the Ivanovo rock churches, the Orlova Chuka Cave and Nicopolis ad Istrum. Ruse is not a very interesting city, but it is quite cheap. The churches were not very impressive, b ... read more

Europe » Bulgaria » Veliko Tarnovo Province » Veliko Tarnovo

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The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, b... ... read more