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2007/12/11

Bulgarian Village Stake On Wine Tourism

The mayor of Bulgarian Novo selo village (Vidin district, North Western Bulgaria) has complex plan for the tourism development in the region.
Novo selo is famous worldwide with 'Gumza' wine sort. The new strategy focuses straightly to taking samples from home made wine.

The tourists will be welcomed in the farmers' personal cellars, where they will have the chance to taste the heavy elixir.

Kuwaiti businessmen already expressed interest to the village. Six UK families who live in...

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2007/12/11

More German Pensioners Tend To Visit SPA Centres in Bulgaria

Germans obviously rediscovered their liking for the Bulgarian resorts, according to the statistics of the tour operators for the new winter season, said Manol Dimitrov, head of the information centre of the Union of the Tourism Investors seated in Frankfurt, Standart reports.

German tourists' interest has decreased over the last three years and now, the bookings for 2008 have increased by 12%, 16% more of the tourists chose SPA and wellness packages for three to five weeks.

About 29% of...

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2007/12/10

Central Stara Planina Tourism

A need to revitalise regional tourism led to the first Best Touristic Sites in the Region of Central Stara Planina awards six years ago. The tradition has continued annually to 2007, with this year’s ceremony held at Hotel Balkan in Gabrovo on December 2.

Sylvia Hinkova, executive director of Regional Tourist Association (RTA) Stara Planina, which organises the ceremony and confers the awards, and regional political figures bestowed the hand-crafted wooden statues.

Winner of the...

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2007/12/10

Weather on Mountains Suitable for Tourism

On the high parts of the mountains there is danger of avalanches but on the whole the weather is calm and fair, Mountain Rescue Service informed FOCUS News Agency. It is misty only in the region of Cherni Vrah peak. The snow cover on Vitosha mountain is 20 to 80 centimeters. The cabin lift Simeonovo is functioning as well as the open seats lift Dragalevtsi. The temperatures are between 0ºC to –5ºC on Cherni Vrah. The other ski facilities on Vitosha are not working.

In Borovets resort...

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2007/12/10

Bulgaria & France United About the EU's Wine Reform

Bulgaria and France have remarkably similar positions regarding the European commission's reform in the wine sector.

The two countries have a common position regarding the European commission's suggestion for compensation under the vineyards uprooting program, which aims to reduce the maximal percent of the areas from 10 to 8 in three years.

This announced today Nihat Kabil, Minister of agriculture after a meeting with his French colleague Michel Barnier, cited by BNR.

The two countries...

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2007/12/10

Specialists studied the “Tiptseto” cave in the Rodope Mountain

The “Tiptseto” cave in the Rodope Mountain was studied by archaeologies. The project was initiated by Smolyan Municipal and is finalized by PHARE program.

Specialists have found bones from cave bear and prehistoric pottery, which proves that “Tiptseto” was inhabited by the ancient residents of the Rodope Mountain.

Archaeologists found out that the cave is even and dry, suitable for living and was used by the ancient residents for a temporary shelter.

The earliest traces date back from...

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2007/12/10

Bulgaria with three prestige awards on the BAHR congress

“Park Hotel Pirin” – Sandanski, hotel Astraea – Hissar and the Happy bar & grill announced the best on the Balkans.

The prestige rewards were granted to Bulgarian hotels and restaurants during the regular congress of the Balkan Association of Hoteliers and Restaurateurs, which took place from 6-8th December 2007 in Belgrad, Serbia.

The newly...

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2007/12/10

Plovdiv Airport Starts its Charter Program

The winter charter program of the “Plovdiv International Airport” Ltd., started with flights from Dublin on 22 December, announced Mr. Plamen Nikolov, vice president of the airport. Bulgarian and foreign air companies will transport tourists, mainly from Ireland, Great Britain and Russia.
Three Bulgarian, four Russian, four British and one Irish Air Company will transfer tourists. The Bulgarian companies are “Bulgaria Air”, “Balkan Holidays Air” and “Bulgaria Air Charter” will carry tourists to...

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2007/12/10

Big Air Comes to Sofia

Since 2001 the International Ski Federation (FIS) established the tradition for the Big Air snowboard competitions to be staged in the cities of Europe. The organizers of these events would combine them with concerts featuring world famous musicians that would as a rule attract 20,000 to 40,000 teenage fans. Until now, Munich, Berlin, Salzburg, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Milan, Turin and Rotterdam hosted the Big Air World Cup rounds. But this year, for the first time, Sofia will be the second...

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2007/12/10

Romanians Attack Bulgaria for Christmas Shopping

Dozens of thousands Romanians have directed towards Bulgaria and Ukraine on a Christmas shopping.
Inhabitants of Central and Southern Romania regions go shopping in Bulgaria, mainly in Ruse, where prices are much lower than the Romanian's.

Romanian citizen are assisted by the fact, to pass the border they need only to pay a low tax for crossing the Danube River Bridge and to show identity card.

From Bulgaria Romanians buy food goods, shoes, clothes, technique and even building...

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