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News October, 2011

2011/10/09 18:40:06

Bulgaria Top Destination for Red Deer Hunting

Bulgaria has proved to be one of the most popular international destinations for red deer hunting among "hunting tourists," according to the State Forestry Agency.

A total of 73 foreign hunters arrived to hunt red deer only for the past month, the Agency said in a statement, adding that the red deer population in Bulgaria numbers between 18 000 and 21 000 animals.

The trophies from red deer's horns that are obtained by the hunters in Bulgaria usually weigh between 7 kg and 14 kg.

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2011/10/07 10:12:30

Archaeologists discovered unique mosaic in Stara Zagora

Unique mosaic was discovered by archaeologists in Stara Zagora cit in Bulgaria.
The mosaic depicts the three figures of Bacchus and two bacchantes, all companions form the suite of God Dionysus, and is an unique finding for Bulgaria. It is believed that the mosaic dates back to the III rd century AC.

"The complicated shapes of dancing women are a proof of the great mastership of the artists who created it," said Dimitar Yankov, head of the excavation works and chief curator of the...

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2011/10/05 11:01:05

The first rope park in Bulgaria

The first rope park outside forest was opened in Simitli. The park was created by Stanimir Stanimirov, professional kayak and rafting trainer in an extreme sports club.

Stanimir explained that the first idea of the project was to own e terrain nearby the river in order to extend the opportunities for sport activities in the region. Later on they decided to build a rope park. They used iron poles, due to the lack of enough threes in the region. The attraction is the first artificial park in...

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2011/10/03 10:17:57

Bulgaria is a health tourism destination

Bulgaria is ranked among the countries with the best chance for development of health tourism.

Bulgaria is among the countries, that combine excellent quality of medicine service at very competitive prices. Thus the country hold a high chance to transform into a preferred destination for health tourism.

This was pointed by Reuters and the Independent daily, based on a study by the Economist Intelligence Unit based in France.

More recently, cross-border travel for fertility...

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2011/10/03 11:31:34

3 million BGN will be invested in the tourism industry of Veliki Preslav

The main goal of the project is to transform the town into an attractive tourism destination.

Three million BGN will be invested in the development of culture-history tourism in Veliki Preslav.

This was announced by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works – Lilyana Pavlova opened a brand new station for waste waters in Veliki Preslav.

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