Geography

Bulgaria is small on the map but big on the ground. In a single day you can ski in the morning, have lunch in Plovdiv and swim in the Black Sea in the evening. You will be exhausted, but you will have plenty to talk about.

1. Where Bulgaria IsIn the Balkans, on the Black Sea, at a crossroads – and always on the way to somewhere.
2. The MountainsFive mountain ranges, three national parks and around a hundred mountain huts where the tea is better than in any restaurant.
3. Rivers, Lakes and Mineral SpringsThe Danube, the Iskar Gorge and around 200 glacial lakes.
4. The Black Sea Coast378 km of beach, sand, cliffs, lagoons and at least one disco per kilometre.
5. Climate and SeasonsFour real seasons – and sometimes a fifth: “when is this summer going to arrive?”
6. Regions and CitiesTwenty-eight provinces, 265 municipalities and one eternal battle of Sofia versus the provinces.
7. Nature: from Bears to RosesOne of the most biodiverse countries in Europe.

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