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2007/05/03

Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an early Roman town near the village of Gorsko Ablanovo, 30 kilometers south of Russe, Bulgaria's national television reported.
Initial artefact findings include a bronze duck figurine of a previously unfamiliar design and a silver fibula, which is only the fifth documented find of its kind in Bulgaria.

The stone foundations of the houses have been preserved well, despite intensive agricultural activity.

"The town was found no later...

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2007/05/03

Official representatives of “George Washington” University in USA visited Smolyan.
The delegation was represented by doctor Donald Hokins, who is one of the four persons praised with “Orpheus” award for contribution for tourism and the preservation of local communities across the world.

This award is presented annually by the World Tourism Association. Donald Hokins also represents the Alliance of Academic Societies and volunteer organizations supporting the development of tourism...

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2007/05/02

St. Kirik and Iuliata Island, near Sozopol to be developed as an attractive tourism spot.
Bulgarian government decided to grant the Regional Development and Public Works Ministry the management of St St Kirik and Iulita island near the coastal resort of Sozopol.
The island is under state ownership and is connected to the old part of Sozopol. Its total area amounts to 82,589 000 sq m.

St St Kirik and Iulita is part of Sozopol preserve and was named a cultural monument in 1965.

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2007/05/02

Real estate developers in Bulgaria have already woken up to the massive pulling power of top quality golf courses, experts say.

"Five signature courses - from the likes of Ian Woosnam, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player - are planned," says Chris Goodall from English language magazine Quest Bulgaria.

"Developers here have recognised that by setting a course in an excellent location and combining it with additional quality attractions such as spas, wellness centres, horse riding, tennis and so...

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2007/05/02

Turkish entrepreneur Sudi Ozkan plans 2 casino openings in Bulgarian city Svilengrad.

Dnevnik learned that work on one of the new casinos, occupying a former youth center, is almost finished and it should open for business in June. The cost of the renovations came in at around $4 mln.

Ozkan-controlled Trimontium Princess Hotel AD bought the youth center in 2006 for 360,000 levs.

Ozkan has a 20-year lease for the second casino in the Romantica hotel that is under construction. Dnevnik...

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2007/04/29

The coastal resort of Golden Sands expects boom in the number of tourist visits from Romania.
Head of the Golden Sands hotel union Grisha Fidanov said that the increased figures will affect mostly St. Konstantin resort.

Most Romanians come to Bulgaria in order to spend their weekend in the country’s coastal resorts.
A problem that foreign tourists still face in Bulgaria is the work of unlicensed medical centres in the resorts, Fidanov said.

The Varna regional health inspectorate will...

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2007/04/26

The first organised foreign groups arrived to the coastal town of Sozopol on April 25.
The first group to spend its vacation in the Bulgarian coastal resort came from Russia and will remain 14 days in Bulgaria.

Summer season 2007 started earlier than usual and will last until the end of September. The longer duration is expected to aid the success of local tourism companies.

Sozopol expects the visits of tourists from Hungary Slovakia, France, the UK and the Scandinavian countries,...

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2007/04/26

A shooting team of BBC is working all week long in the region around the medieval citadel ‘Baba Vida' (Grandmother Vida), situated in the town of Vidin (Northern-Western Bulgaria).
Vidin's mayor Ivan Tsenov and director of Vidin's History Museum Fionera Filipova will meet the director of the movie production house ‘Bright Ideas' Vladimir Voinovski in the media-informational centre of the municipality.

The movie production is called ‘Attila'. One part of the movie is shoot in the...

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2007/04/26

The land close to the Dam reached 35 Euro per square metre.
Hotels and villas with a capacity of over 3000 beds are now being constructed in close vicinity to the Dospat Dam. Thus a brand new village will emerge town close to the dam, which may be bigger than Dospat town itself. The number of residents in Dospat is 3500 people. Although it is a huge tourism centre now with 1270 beds in hotels, holiday homes and houses, it will soon be transformed into even more attractive tourism...

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2007/04/26

The Bulgarian golf courses, together with the golf villa complexes and the vacation villages, built next to the golf properties have recently been in the very spotlight of all property investors in Bulgaria.

At this point the region of Bansko and Razlog is the leading destination for the largest number of golf projects in Bulgaria. So far there are 7 golf projects planned for this particular mountain area. Some of the projects have already been put in implementation, while the others are...

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