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2008/10/27

The first permanent flight of the low-cost air carrier Wizz connecting Bulgaria's Black Sea city Burgas with the UK capital London was completed Sunday.

There will be Burgas-London flights every Sunday except in December-January, when there will be two flights per week.

The flights between Burgas and London's Luton Airport with Airbus A-320 last about three hours

Until now Wizz Air operated only chartered flights to Burgas during the summer season. It has already transported more than...

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2008/10/27

Bulgaria's mountain resort of Borovets has been ranked the third best deal winter sports destination for British citizens in a report of the UK Post Office travel service cited by the Daily Telegraph.

The report surveyed a total of fourteen winter resorts in Europe and North America of which the Romanian Poiana Brasov was found to offer the best value vacations.

Slovakia's High Tatras is ranked second, which gives the first three spots to three Eastern European ski destinations....

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2008/10/24

Pamporovo mountain resort is ready to welcome tourists for the new skiing season, announced the resort managers. The vice governor of Smolyan – engineer Dimitar Krastanov pointed that all of the important infrastructure projects in the regions are completed. He assured that the new electricity station in the resort is about to start operating before the official start of the season. The draining canal for the refuse waters and the branches of the collector are already operating.
The local...

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2008/10/24

This September the European Golf Course Owners Association welcomed its first member in Bulgaria. Golfclub Ibar, the first Nicklaus design Golf Course in South-Eastern Europe, is a spacious, luxurious vacation place in the foothills of the Rila Mountain, located in Dolna Banya, just few miles away from one of the Bulgaria finest skiing resorts in Bulgaria - Borovets.
Temporary Club House is now open...

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2008/10/23

Sofia region is going to, jointly with Pernik and Kyustendil municipalities, promote their tourist packages on international tourism fairs, to which Bulgaria has been a traditional partner. The aim is to popularize this scenic part of Western Bulgaria, on its own merits, as an attractive destination with its own distinct image on tourist markets across the world.

The establishment of the ”Sofia Tourist Region” organization is the first step towards splitting Bulgaria up into several tourism...

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2008/10/23

The Baba Vida fortress in the town of Vidin, in Northwestern Bulgaria, has become the emblem of the city. The fortress has been used as location for many Bulgarian and foreign film productions, but unfortunately, at present, only a third of its area is accessible to tourists.


Archeologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Science and their counterparts from Vidin have embraced the idea to change the status quo, and present the fortress in its utmost glamour. They have devised a...

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2008/10/23

The British dub ensemble Zion Train will be a special guest to the second edition of UTOPIA World Grooves. The party will take place in party-centre 4KM on October 25, announced the organizers from DS Music.

Zion Train are pioneers of the dub music and have been a major influence in this genre for more than 15 years. Their concerts are a perfect combination of dynamic dub mixing, acoustic instruments and live vocals.

The group was formed in 1990 by Perch...

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2008/10/23

A sensational golden discovery was made in the South of Sakar Mountain by a team of archaeologists under the governance of Ph.D. Borislav Borislavov from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and Nadezhda Ivanova - vice-chief (National Institute Of Archaeology and Museum - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences).

The expedition explored a mound in the surroundings of Izvorovo village, Harmanli Municipality. The mound is 31 m in diameter, 2, 9 m in height. Two stages of heaping were...

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2008/10/23

With a brand new album “Gods and Monsters” and a show that will be remembered! Nine musicians on-stage and spectacular visuals are promising to make us dance till we drop to Juno Reactor’s magnificent music!

Not many bands can claim they can cross so many musical boundaries with the ease that Juno Reactor has. Trance, techno, industrial, pop, rock, dance, and world - Juno Reactor has touched them all. With 6 extremely successful albums issued, two of which by one of the...

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2008/10/22

The official opening of the complex “Episkopska Bazilika” (Bishop’s Basilica) and archaeology exhibition will take place today in Sandanski. The complex with the remains of the early Christianity Basilica is situated right behind the building of the Archaeology Museum in Sandanski. The mayor of the municipal – Mr. Anton Totev invited the vice minister of Culture – Ms Nadedzhda Zaharieva, archaeologists and other guests.

The Bishop’s Basilica was found during excavations performed by...

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