Determined to save themselves from a “vanilla life,” Maureen Thomson and Jeremy Myers relocated from the US to Mexico, then to Ecuador, before settling in Bulgaria.

On the southeastern fringes of Europe, Bulgaria is only just gaining a reputation tourist destination with huge potential. But while it’s already pulling in visitors to its Black Sea beaches, its ...

while the Pirin Public Park and the Seven Rila Lakes entice the brave traveler with their alarm call. Furthermore, we should not fail to remember the Dark Ocean coast, a stretch of brilliant sands and ...

The Seven Lakes of the snow-capped Rila mountains of south-western Bulgaria lie nestled in a valley just below Musala, the highest peak in the country. The ancient name of the mountains refers to an ...

Their 10-year draft management plans remove construction protection regimes Sofia - The coalition of NGOs and civil groups "For the Nature in Bulgaria” -- that WWF is part of -- warns that the draft ...

A city with Roman ruins in its subway, communist architecture built to hide ancient Orthodox chapels, and its very own mountain playground, Sofia knows how to surprise and delight. A few hours outside ...

As we drove along the narrow, mountainous road to Rila Monastery, my co-passenger mused, “I suppose the gods all over the world choose to manifest in mountains, caves, or places away from humanity.” ...