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The Rough Guide to Bulgaria 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

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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 visit
Anyway 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

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.

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!

This book was useful for our trip to Bulgaria. There is quite a lot of historical information which is useful. But what I appreciated is that they make clear that there in NO problem with the water in Bulgaria. I hate having to buy lots of bottles of water in a place. So we drank the water based on their advice. Despite the fact that the Kempinski Sofia had a little sign on the sink saying you should not drink. But many high end hotels are eager to sell bottled water. It was only because the guide was so clear about the safety of the water that I was saved having to order a lot to drink, or go out to find a store to buy it in. The book saved me a lot of effort. The proof of the advice is that I did not have any stomach problems. As a side observation, it is interesting that Bulgaria seems to have the water situation more together than Russia. Lugging water bottles back to our hotels in Russia a few years ago was not fun.

This book is really useful and gives you, along with the travel information, some history for each main city. According to my Bulgarian friend, the information in this book is really accurate, except for the bus line numbers...! The book even gives you the Cyrillic names of the city.

If you plan to visit a lot of Bulgaria, it's a must!

The book is ok--it leaves out an important issue---atm's and credit cards--you may not be able to use them in Bulgaria. Also, the book says it is ok to drink the water in Bulgaria. I did drink the water --and then spent a day on Cipro. Becasue there are not a lot of books out there on Bulgaria--this one will do in a pinch.