Bulgaria Dos and Don'ts

stayed in golden sands.. soo cheap to shop, eat and drink! fun in the sun

Don't miss the small local restaurants with live music! Stay at a small old house, better than a hotel if you want to feel the real spirit of the country... Great for a snow Christmas! And if you like skiing, has that too!

This is one of the most beautiful Eastern Orthodox Monasteries you can think of, and is considered one of the top 5 attractions in Bulgaria. There are some risks however. Forget about sleeping there unless you have a tent and don't mind moving a couple of kilometers up in the mountain to pitch it. There is a hotel next to the monastery but it is the very symbol of misery, run by a gang of total jerks (sorry). You may get some small stomach problems if you deside to try the famous local combination of mekitsi and boza (the formar is food, the later is a drink). It is indeed an incredibly tasty thing byt the mekici are fried and if you have a sensitive stomach...

Nice place. The greatest attraction is the Dospat Dam which is 17 km in length and at places 3 km wide. It is surrounded by tall mountains. The bus connections are poor. No rail road. Hotels are small, family owned and cheap.

The best city on Earth that I've visited. Lived for five years there. Hot girls, low prices, nice clubs, relatively good infrastructure, good weather and a lot of things to do. It is especially nice during the spring and autumn. The city hosts several elite secondary schools, as well as, the largest university in Southwest Bulgaria and the only American university in Southeast Europe. Actually the students run the city.