Bulgaria travel tips and articles

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Best places to have a cathartic breakdown

19 June 2013

My flight to Romania was suddenly cancelled, leaving me stranded in New York’s JFK airport at midnight, without access to...

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Brutal buildings: the architecture of Eastern Europe

29 May 2012

Ugly or visionary? An architectural period to forget, or a legacy worth preserving? Few building styles have made an impact...

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Robert Reid’s travel picks for 2011

30 December 2010

The biggest 2011 travel trend is travel itself, which looks to bounce back from a quiet(er) year or two. Meanwhile,...

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Bulgarian road trip: Sofia to the City of the Tsars

09 November 2010

One of the Balkans’ larger countries, Bulgaria makes an excellent place for road tripping. Despite now being an EU member,...

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Top 10 countries for 2011: Europe’s got the goods

03 November 2010

Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2011 has just come out, and Albania has claimed the number one spot in the...

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Lonely Planet’s top 10 countries for 2011

31 October 2010

Where in the world should you go next year? Our in-house travel experts, including Lonely Planet cofounder Tony Wheeler, have...

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Bulgaria: travel books to read before you go

13 October 2010

This excerpt from Lonely Planet’s Bulgaria guide provides a selection of travel literature to get you in the mood for your...

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The road less travelled: 5 great alternative travel spots

30 June 2010

While in Donegal, Ireland a few years back, my friends and I heard from locals about some impressive cliffs near...

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2000-2010: a decade in travel

08 January 2010

The turn of a new decade leads to inevitable reflection. So we turned to our founders, authors and travel...

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Best-value destinations for 2010

20 November 2009

Looking for the latest buck-stretching destinations? We’ve got the pick of them, fresh from Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2010...

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