This guide to this little known but deeply rewarding country, includes comprehensive accounts of all the sights from the capital Sofia to the time-warped villiages and wayside monasteries. It includes practical advice on outdoor pursuits - the best hikes, ski centres and Black Sea beaches - plus a run-dwon on all the folk festivals and informed commentaries on Bulgaria's turbulent history.
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ROUGH GUIDES GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION MOST OTHER GUIDES DON'T
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Dan Richardson is one of Rough Guides longest-established authors, and the author or co-author of Rough Guides to Egypt, St Petersburg, Moscow and Hungary. Jon Bousfield has been writing for Rough Guides for more than twelve years - his titles include Croatia, Austria, Europe and Poland.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
oppinion from Bulgarian citizen,
By Vassil Dimitrov (Bend, OR United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Rough Guide to Bulgaria 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
Book is nice-give a lot of info.Unfortunately ,thing are changing really fast so don`t expect everything to be the way it is mention in the book -if you decide to visitAnyway I live in US but my country is really nice to visit and holiday-really cheap ,everything is natural,beautiful women:) I am sure you will love it
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horrible guide,
This review is from: The Rough Guide to Bulgaria 5 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
I bought this book based on the fact that both authors had lived/traveled in the region for many years. I just came back from a trip to Bulgaria and this book was just horrible. In most parts(I haven't read the whole book) they describe towns as a mere array of buildings with their histories and how unworthy a visit they are. Practical information is useless(even taking into account that bus/train schedules can change frequently, the book tells you next to nothing. The section on the Rila monastery for example states something like "try to catch onwarding transportation from there". Try to catch?? Have they been there at all?).
I could go on and on but in short--Do NOT buy this book. This is not the first time a Rough guide has disappointed me, I gave it another try for nothing. Very disappointing and a waste of money.
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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Bulgaria 5 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
I very much liked this guide. It was excellent for history and background as well as how to shop. The ONLY thing that I can really fault this guide for is that all names are in English. If the place names were in Cyrillic as well, it would be helpful in recognizing locations!
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In many ways Bulgaria is one of the success stories of the Balkans; a politically stable democracy on the threshold of EU membership, it also harbours one of the fastest-growing tourist industries in Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
second kingdom, kukeri rites, grilled snacks, nearest weekend, rock monastery, package resorts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black Sea, Stara Zagora, Vasil Levski, Balkan Range, National Revival, Gotse Delchev, Ethnographic Museum, Ivan Vazov, Hristo Botev, Sunny Beach, Rila Monastery, Sea Gardens, Historical Museum, World War, Golden Sands, History Museum, Knyaz Boris, Tsar Osvoboditel, General Gurko, Sveti Konstantin, Archeological Museum, Church of Sveta Bogoroditsa, Sredna Gora, April Rising, Tsar Simeon Browse Sample Pages:
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In many ways Bulgaria is one of the success stories of the Balkans; a politically stable democracy on the threshold of EU membership, it also harbours one of the fastest-growing tourist industries in Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
second kingdom, kukeri rites, grilled snacks, nearest weekend, rock monastery, package resorts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black Sea, Stara Zagora, Vasil Levski, Balkan Range, National Revival, Gotse Delchev, Ethnographic Museum, Ivan Vazov, Hristo Botev, Sunny Beach, Rila Monastery, Sea Gardens, Historical Museum, World War, Golden Sands, History Museum, Knyaz Boris, Tsar Osvoboditel, General Gurko, Sveti Konstantin, Archeological Museum, Church of Sveta Bogoroditsa, Sredna Gora, April Rising, Tsar Simeon Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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