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Zlataritsa is a atown in Northern Bulgaria. It lies in the municipality of Veliko Taarnovo, close to the town of Lyaskovets. It is situated amidst the lowest hills of the Balkan mountain, on the bank of the Zlatarishka River. The names of the town and the river come from the extraction of gold from the waters of the river (as “zlato” in Bulgarian stands for gold). This activity was developed during the later period of the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria, as miners settled here after the Chiprovtsi uprising was suppressed by the Turkish authorities. click here to see photos from Zlataritsa The first settlement in tahe place of Zlataritsa emerged already in the 14th century, while the avillages in the Zlataritsa municipality were established even earlier, during the Second Bulgarian State. Nevertheless, traces of human presence in the municipality date back 6,000-7,000 years ago. Remains of a fortress can be found in the Gradishteto area, while to the south of Zlataritsa, archeologists have uncovered an old Roman road to Tsarigrad (present-day Istanbul). Location of Zlataritsa Source: http://www.picturesofbulgaria.com/article/zlataritsa.html ShareThis

Albena is one of the major resorts (45 km) North of Varna and occupies a pretty stretch of the coast, just South of Cape Kavarna. During medieval times the bay had two large fresh water wells and residents earned a living by selling drinking water to Nessebar, which had none of its own. Started back in 1958, Albena resort has gradually become one of Bulgaria s largest summer resorts. The wide, six-kilometers-long beach is protected by natural dunes and touted as the best on the coast, with an average water temperature of 24 degrees C (75F) and loads of sunny days. With more than 43 (2 to 4 stars) hotels capable of accommodating some 20,000 visitors, the resort can get pretty crowded during peak season but most of the hotels are set back from the beach, in numerous small shaded parks and gardens. Albena lives up to its motto of Where families come first! Children and toddlers are kept occupied with the likes of kiddie trains, well-equipped playgrounds, and organized festivals. But not only kids have all the fun. Adult sports include: windsurfing, sailing, parasailing, speedboating, scooter-driven parachuting, pedalboating, waterskiing, horseback riding, archery, mini-golf, roller and in-line skating, bowling, tennis, bicycling, beach volleyball and wall climbing (for the truly bored). To soothe sore muscles after all that physical exertion there are balneo-therapy treatment centers. Night Life is as equally varied and includes casinos, discos and nightclubs with live cabaret acts and colorful floor shows. Some 130 restaurants and taverns are accustomed to catering to foreign tastes so there s something for everyone. Albena is ecologically clean spa resort with fresh air, crystal clear sea, mineral water and perfectly organized medical and spa centers with highly qualified professionals. The combination of natural factors: specific sea climate – clean air, ozone, calcium, iodine with optimal air humidity – 63-65% and the mineral water – hypothermal with 30C temperature, slightly mineralised, hydrocarbonate with calcium and magnesium, all work in perfect symbiosis for the successful treatment of disturbances of the locomotive system – arthritic and rheumatic complaints, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, post-traumatic states, gout diseases of the muscles and tendons, etc. Photo Gallery of Albena - click here source: http://orienttravel-bg.com Be FIRST, get all the latest NEWS about Bulgaria Property Market! Enter your E-mail to receive our Weekly Reports Enter your E-mail to receive our Daily Reports ShareThis

The town of Ahtopol has population of about 1,500 people and is situated over a sharply jutted cape 87km southeast of Burgas. It has two long and beautiful beaches, the second one (further to the north of the town) being used mostly by nudists. The town occupies the place of a Thracian settlement. It was probably colonized in the 6th century BC. The Romans called it Peronticus while the Byzantine leader Agaton reconstructed the town after barbarian invasions and gave it his own name, Agatopolis. The town frequently changed hands between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian state. With the arrival of the Ottoman troops at the end of the 14th century, it was called Ahtenbolu. It was burnt down and devastated by sea pirates many times with the most recent fire being in 1918 when the town was completely destroyed. Google Map of Ahtopol Remains of the town s fortress and a fountain with a carved horseman are the only traces left from old times. Assumption Church and the St. Yani Monastery are interesting sights for tourists. In the afternoon and evenings, romantic visitors enjoy walking to the town s lighthouse and crawling over the nearby rocks next to the quay, beneath which one can see a lot of crabs and fish. Five kilometers south of Ahtopol is the mouth of Veleka River, one of the most beautiful rivers, which flow into the Black Sea, together with Kamchiya and Ropotamo. The mouth of the river is barred by a strip of sand stretching from one shore to the other, where some holidaymakers prefer to sunbathe and take turns in swimming in the river (which traditionally has much colder water) and the sea. The village of Kosti, famous for its nestinarski dances (barefoot dances on glowing embers) is situated nearby the river mouth. Further south to the border, holidaymakers can sunbathe at the beautiful beaches of Sinemoretz, Silistar and Rezovo (the latter though being a rather small one). Prices in Ahtopol are rather low due to the plenty of private lodgings and bungalows outside the downtown. While some of the bungalows fall in the lowest category, others are luxurious family villas, hidden among flowers and trees. Yet the latter class usually has to be booked beforehand. Besides, one of its key assets is the highest number of sunny and hot days during the season. The resort is preferred by young people (with the most dominant group being hard rock and heavy metal fans due to the few specialized rock cafes in the town such as Tsunami and Durvenoto - the latter literally meaning The Wooden One ) and Bulgarian families with children and pets for the plenty of low-price accommodation in bungalows and villas. There are a large number of pubs down the two main streets in the town and close to the quay, offering fish specialties and traditional Bulgarian cuisine. Prices are generally low. Fishermen also sell freshly caught fish around the quay, while one can buy fruit and vegetables from local growers with improvised stalls all over the town.   There is regular bus and minibus transport to Burgas (passing through most of the towns and villages in the southern part of the coast) and the nearby towns of Sinemoretz and Rezovo (the latter being already a part of the border area) to the south. click here to view photos of Ahtopol source: http://bulgariansearesorts.com Be FIRST, get all the latest NEWS about Bulgaria Property Market! Enter your E-mail to receive our Weekly Reports Enter your E-mail to receive our Daily Reports ShareThis

The city of humor and satire Internationally known as a centre of humour and satire, Gabrovo has two theatres, the Racho Stoyanov Drama Theatre and the puppet theatre, a House of Humour and Satire that serves as a cultural institute, a centre, museum and gallery to popularise comic art. There is also a cinema, Aleko Cinema, and a number of museums and memorial houses both in the town and around it, most notably the Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex and the Museum of Education at the Aprilov Gymnasium. A planetarium is also in operation. Gabrovo is twinned with the Belgian town of Aalst and Mogilev in Belarus. Residents Gabrovians are considered to be industrious, sparing and inventive. The collection of Gabrovian jokes is being published and translated in 23 different languages in more than 40 editions. It contains funny stories from everyday life of local people, filled with wit and inner charge. It is not an accident that Gabrovo is called the International Capital of Humor. History On May 6th 1860 a sultan’s Decree declared Gabrovo a town. The City Day is celebrated every third Saturday of May. Traditionally on this day a church service for the prosperity of Gabrovo and the City Council grand session are held. The Humour The Day of Gabrovo is celebrated with many events: the International Festival of Humor and Satire, the International Biannial of Humor and Satire in Arts, the National Meeting of Joke-Tellers “Blagolazh”, the International Festival of Comedy Theater, the National Kids Festival “Little Smehourko”, the Kids Mini Carnival, the International Dixieland Parade, the Brass Orchestras Parade and of course the unforgettable Gabrovian Carnival. The International Festival of Humor and Satire was first celebrated in 1973 and ever since unites different manifestations of the Gabrovian spirit. Source: http://www.en.gabrovo.bg/Read.php?id=538 & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrovo#History Photos ShareThis

Historical Region of Dobrudza Dobrich is a town in northeastern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Dobrich Province. Dobrich is the eighth most populated town in Bulgaria, being the centre of the historical region of Southern Dobrudza, and is located 30 km west of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, not far from resorts such as Albena, Balchik, and Golden Sands. “The first evidence of settlement in what is now Dobrich date from 4th-3rd century BC. Ruins from 2nd-4th century and 7th-11th century have also been found, including a Bulgar necropolis featuring pagan graves in the centre of the town.” History During the 11th century, Pecheneg invasions devastated the interior of Dobruja, leaving many settlements in the region uninhabited at the time of the Second Bulgarian Empire. The settlement was founded for a second time in the 16th century by the Turkish merchant Hacıoğlu Pazarcık, whose name it bore until 1882. According to Turkish data from 1646–1650, there were over 1000 houses in the town, about 100 shops, 3 inns, 3 Turkish baths, twelve mosques and twelve schools. From the 17th to the 19th century, the town developed as a handicraft, trade and agricultural centre, being famous for its weaving, homespun tailoring, coppersmith s trade, leather-work and agricultural products, such as wheat, linseed, wool and cheese. At the beginning of the 19th century, the town s population reached 12,000, many of whom refugees from eastern Bulgaria after the Russo-Turkish Wars. The cultural appearance of the town was also formed. The first Orthodox church was built in 1843. The town was liberated from the Ottoman Empire on 27 January 1878 and renamed Dobrich on 19 February 1882 after Dobrotitsa, a medieval ruler of Dobruja. This was done by means of a decree issued by knyaz Alexander I. After the Treaty of Bucharest of 1913 (confirmed by the Treaty of Neuilly of 1919), Dobrich and the whole of Southern Dobruja were incorporated in Romania for a period until 1940. During that time, the city bore the name Bazargic and was centre of Caliacra County (judeţ for Romanian). On 25 September 1940, the Bulgarian army marched into the town after signing Treaty of Craiova in September 7, 1940; that date is celebrated as the town s holiday. During the period of Communist rule, Dobrich was renamed Tolbukhin after Russian military commander Fyodor Tolbukhin. On 19 September 1990, a presidential decree restored the town s old name of Dobrich. Photos ShareThis

Coming from the past - going to the future Yambol is a city in southeastern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Yambol Province. It lies on both banks of the Tundzha in the historical region of Thrace. Today, the town has 85,966 inhabitants as of 2006. Although the surrounding area has been inhabited since the Neolithic and was the location of the Thracian royal city of Cabyle (later conquered by Philip II of Macedon and the Romans, but destroyed by the Avars in 583), what is today Yambol was founded by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293 as Diospolis (’city of Zeus’). The name later evolved through Diampolis and Diamboli to become Yambol. History As the Slavs and Bulgars arrived in the Balkans in the Middle Ages, the fortress was contested by the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantines until 1373, when it fell to the Ottomans after a prolonged siege. Yambol (Ottoman Turkish Yanbolu) was an important centre of the Ottoman Empire until liberated by Russian forces in January 1878 to become part of Eastern Rumelia and later Bulgaria after the Unification in 1886. The predominant religion is Eastern Orthodoxy with a number of churches being present (among them one of the Holy Trinity, one of St George and one of St Nicholas), but there also exist Eastern Rite Catholic and Protestant religious buildings, as well as a 15th-century mosque. Yambol in pictures ShareThis

Background The generosity of nature toward Sliven is incontestable. The rocky massif “Sinite Kamani” (The blue stones), the fresh air, the abundance of water, the temperate climate, the mineral springs, the fruitful valley of the Tundja river and the plain of Sliven are only a small part of her gifts. The area of the town has been inhabited for many centuries. History takes us back to the time of Thracians and then layer after layer we discover the presence of Romans, Slavs, ancient Greeks and we feel the spirit of the First and the Second Bulgarian kingdoms. Our ancestors have established the town on a crossroads and this is one of the biggest advantages of Sliven, which has played a major role in the past and the present development of the town. Economy Sliven plays an important role in the economic life of Bulgaria. The first steps toward the industrialization of Bulgaria were made here, due to the geographic and historic circumstances in combination with the enterprise of the resident of Sliven called Dobri Jeliaskov. In 1834 he established the first factory for textiles on the Balkan Peninsula. It had a strong influence on the future development and the contemporary aspect of Sliven. History Unalterable mark of the ancient history of the town is also its spirituality. A cultural centre since high antiquity, the town has added a new sense to these functions during the early Christianity and the Middle Ages. Sliven was amongst the most significant spiritual centers in Bulgaria in the Renaissance. It is the birth place of the first Bulgarian poet Dobri Chintulov, the first Bulgarian artist who graduated academic education, Dimitar Dobrovich, of many notable Bulgarians whose names are related to the development of Bulgarian and the European science and culture, of the enlightenment activities and the economic development. In 1827, in Sliven was founded a school and in 1860 was established the community center “Zora”. Today’s contribution of Sliven to the cultural treasury of Bulgaria is remarkable. Many names of contemporary eminent artists and scientists are related to our town. Since the early centuries of the Ottoman rule, Sliven and its region has become a centre of the haidouck movement – the most common form of resistance against the Ottoman yoke. Thus Sliven attained the fame of the town of a hundred voivodas. It is also known as the birth place of the national heroes Hadji Dimitar and Panaiot Hitov. Information Contemporary Sliven combines both the functions of an economic and spiritual centre with these of a regional and municipal administrative centre. With its 112 103 /2006/ residents Sliven is the 8th biggest town in the country. Source: http://sliven.net Photos from Sliven ShareThis

Information Shumen is a city in the northeastern part of Bulgaria, capital of Shumen Province. From 1950–1965 it was called Kolarovgrad. The city has a population of 103,016 by permanent address (2006). The city lies 80 km west of Varna and is built within a cluster of hills, northern outliers of the eastern Balkans, which curve round it on the west and north in the shape of a horse-shoe. A rugged ravine intersects the ground longitudinally within the horse-shoe ridge. From Shumen roads radiate northwards to the Danubian cities of Rousse and Silistra and to Dobrich, southwards to the passes of the Balkans, and eastwards to Varna and Balchik. Shumen has, therefore, been one of the most important military positions in the Balkan Peninsula. Background One of the most difficult artistic tasks is to synthesize a great idea, a message to contemporary and future generations. Such was the task of the sculptor who created the rock relief known as the Madara Horseman. He performed his work splendidly. The sculptor carved a relief of a majestic horseman 23 m above ground level in an almost vertical hundred-metre high cliff. The horseman is thrusting a spear into a lion lying at his horse s feet. A dog runs after the horseman. The Madara Horseman was carved at the very beginning of the 8 th Century, about three decades after the foundation of the Bulgarian State (681). The sculpture marks a triumph – the Byzantine Empire had recognized the new state. Furthermore, the Madara horseman marks a new epoch, the beginning of the new European world. Even today the horseman remains unique - nothing like it has ever been made. The work of the unknown sculptor is indeed magnificent. The horseman on the rock inspires admiration and excitement even today - thirteen centuries after its creation. The profound historical meaning of the relief is further clarified by the inscriptions around the figures. These inscriptions were made in three consecutive stages and are related to important events. They are the earliest proto-Bulgarian inscriptions, the earliest written data on Bulgarian history. Landmark  The Madara Plateau is located in the Danube plain; it rises gradually up to its highest point and then suddenly drops like a stone waterfall to fertile fields. The rock cliff is one hundred metres high. The surface of the soft sandstone is furrowed by the stratification of numerous millenia. The hidden tensions have cracked the surface. The wind and rain lash at it. Low down, in the crevices and small caves, man lived in prehistoric times. In antiquity the Thracian tribes inhabited the plain. There was an ancient Thracian sanctuary in the large open cave under the rocks, which is known today as the Nymphs Cave. Succulent plants and trickles of water fill this place with the natural juices of life respected by the Thracians and inhabited by their gods. Picture Galley Watch video Sources: http://www.digsys.bg/books/cultural_heritage/madara/madara-intro.html & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shumen bulgaria, bulgaria maps, bulgaria review, bulgaria travel, bulgaria travel guide ShareThis

Blagoevgrad is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Blagoevgrad Province, with a population of about 76,075 (of 2007). It lies on the banks of the Blagoevgradska Bistritsa River.The city is the economic and cultural centre of southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the valley of the Struma River at the foot of the Rila and Pirin Mountains, 101 km south of Sofia, close to the Greek, Serbian and Republic of Macedonia borders. Blagoevgrad features a pedestrian downtown with preserved 19th century architecture and numerous restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, and boutiques. Blagoevgrad is home to two universities, the South-West University Neofit Rilski and the American University in Bulgaria. The city hosts also the St. Cyril and Methodius National Humanitarian High School , the former Bulgarian Men s High School of Thessaloniki moved from Thessaloniki to Blagoevgrad (then Gorna Dzhumaya) in 1913. Blagoevgrad-BT Inc. is the biggest cigarette producer in Bulgaria. After the modernization performed in 1994, the company has an annual capacity of 13 - 14 billion cigarettes. About 51 - 52% from the cigarettes for the domestic market are produced at this factory. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagoevgrad & http://www.blagoevgrad-bt.com/ ShareThis

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