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The lake in the park in Razlog with two green topiary figures of a man and a woman in a long dress standing in the middle of the water, weeping willows along the shore and an apartment block in the distance

Razlog, Bulgaria: The Town of Running Water Between Three Mountains

Razlog is the town of running water between three mountains — a lake with topiary figures, channels and cascades through the park, a wide square and the museum in the Parapunov house, six kilometres from Bansko.

Sunset seen from a terrace in the upper part of Gorna Oryahovitsa, looking over wooded hills, tiled roofs, blossoming trees and power lines above the plain

Places in Bulgaria

Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria: The Railway Town Below Kamaka

Gorna Oryahovitsa is the railway town below Kamaka — the largest rail junction in northern Bulgaria, a wide centre with a pedestrian zone, the Ryahovets fortress on the hill above, and the sudzhuk that earned it a place in the EU register.

Aerial view of Tsarevets hill with the patriarchal church, the fortress walls, the Bulgarian flag and the river below

Places in Bulgaria

Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria: The Old Capital Beneath Tsarevets

Veliko Tarnovo is Bulgaria’s medieval capital beneath Tsarevets — a fortress hill above the bend of the Yantra, steep old-town streets with houses dated to the 1700s, and panoramas across the ravine.

The American University in Bulgaria building and the large pedestrian square in Blagoevgrad

Places in Bulgaria

Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria: The University Town on the Struma

Blagoevgrad is the university town on the Struma — a vast pedestrian square, the National Revival quarter of Varosha above the centre, and direct access to south-western Rila.

The main square in Dupnitsa with the municipality building and the mountains on the horizon

Places in Bulgaria

Dupnitsa, Bulgaria: A Crossroads Town at the Foot of Rila

Dupnitsa is a crossroads town at the foot of Rila — a compact centre, Rila Park with thirty-eight bridges over the Bistritsa river, and the trail to the waterfall above Bistritsa village.

People walking through the central square of Ruse

Places in Bulgaria

Ruse, Bulgaria: The Danube City Known as Little Vienna

Discover Ruse, Bulgaria’s elegant Danube city known as Little Vienna, with its historic architecture, riverfront, cultural life and cosmopolitan past.