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The European Biathlon Championships can draw sizeable crowds: In 2004 in Belarus, they attracted some 80,000 visitors, and given that the World Championship in Germany in February 2012 attracted more than 200'000 visitors over 6 days, you can expect that the Bansko region's ~100,000 beds will be rather well occupied.
The competitors in the Biathlon event ...
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Currently found only this article with "maybe" address:
Lachezar Stanchev Street in the Izgrev borough
And from comments found news about that opening date is September, 16.
This official news also says that this address is right:
Some of the National Art Gallery’s works are to go on travelling exhibitions, while some will go on temporary loan to the ...
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To say that there are mineral water springs in Bulgaria is somewhat of an understatement. According to Wikipedia, there are 225 sites with flow rate of more than 5000 l/s.
Most hot springs are in Southern Bulgaria, south of Stara Planina, particularly in west Rodopi mountain, as well as Struma and Mesta valleys. Note that these are somewhat difficult to ...
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Here's an excerpt from the current Ordinance On Passenger Transport And Terms Of Travel In Sofia’s Public Transport (last revision 01.01.2011) on the official website of the Urban Mobility Center in Sofia. You would usually find the terms also on the back of the driver's cabin (in Bulgarian), on an A2 poster filled with a wall of text.
Art. 9 (1) A ...
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From Wikitravel:
Metro Turizm is a Turkish bus company that runs daily bus service to
and from Istanbul in Turkey. Busses going from Plovdiv to Istanbul
depart from Jug Station daily at 11:00, 14:00, 19:00, 22:30, and 1:00.
The trip costs 40 YTL (as of the summer of 2011) and takes roughly 7
hours, depending upon the vagaries of traffic and the ...
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All the quotes are from my LonelyPlanet:
Bulgaria:
Camping in the wild (ie outside a camping ground) is technically
prohibited but normally accepted if you’re discreet and, most impor-
tantly, do not build wood fires (which attract attention and damage
the environment).
Greece:
Free (wild) camping is illegal, but the law is not always ...
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The address of the church you are talking about is surprisingly hard to find -- you can get all sorts of kinda helpful directions, but no street names are involved. From what I could find, the GPS coordinates are:
43.08208, 25.64125
The street is called "ul. Mitropolit Panaret Rashev" (ул. Митрополит Панарет Рашев). Google knows where to find it, although ...
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What Mark Mayo said is basically correct. Some other tips/notes:
You should have no problems making purchases with a credit card in
any petrol station in Bulgaria. Same applies to international chains
such as McDonalds, Subway, Billa, Metro, Lidl etc.
Coffee shops, bars and restaurants, as well as clothing and apparel
stores will usually accept credit ...
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According to Lonely Planet, a Taxi in Bulgaria costs around 0.70 lv per minute at night in Sofia
"The rates per kilometre may range enormously from one taxi company to
another, but the standard rate is 0.59 lv per minute in the daytime,
0.70 lv per minute at night."
In Romania it should not be more than 2lei/kilometre ...
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There is a post on the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree about Rosa and her place.
It's slightly confusing in that it talks about two addresses, a postal one and a "found" one. There's a slight chance the postal address is for a place where Rosa lives apart from the guest house. The other one seems to have a Polish name rather than Bulgarian and doesn't seem to ...
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Can't advise on Kosovo, never been there.
I like the northern route:
Nis (Serbia)
Kopaonik National Park
Novi Pazar -- several notable monasteries in the vicinity.
Moraca river canyon (Montenegro) -- memorable road, remarkably steep drops
Podgorica
Either proceed directly to Skhoder, Albania (60km) or take a small detour down the Montenegrin coast down ...
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Best I can find is http://www.bulgaria-travel-guide.com/Bulgariantraveltips.html which claims that credit cards are taken in most hotels but must smaller hotels and restaurants won't accept them...
http://wikitravel.org/en/Bulgaria claims that "Bulgaria remains a largely cash economy in the rural areas but in major cities credit cards are ...
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The taxi rates change, now it's about 0.90 BGN (0,45 EUR) - you can check it on the website of 8108 taxi, which is one of the biggest taxi company in Rousse, and almost all of the taxi companies have the same price.
But be very careful, because there are still some taxi drivers, especially at the main station or the Danube bridge, who don't belong to big ...
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According to Seat61.com, you can take the train from Sofia to Istanbul in a sleeping-car, leaving Sofia at 18:55 and arriving Istanbul at 07:50 next morning.
Looking at a Bulgarian rail map, it would seem likely that the train would pass through Plovdiv, so it might be worth going to the station to ask. Otherwise you could always nip up to Sofia for the ...
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Both of ships Gagravar have mentioned are from UkrFerry company. And yes, they are currently ships accross the Black Sea:
Poti September 12, 2011 Ilyichevsk September 15, 2011 "Geroi Sevastopolya"
Poti September 12, 2011 Varna September 21, 2011 "Geroi Sevastopolya"
Ilyichevsk September 19, 2011 Varna September 21, 2011 "Geroi ...
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I think you just need to dig a bit deaper into the NavBul website!
From their Ferry page:
Two identical ferryboat vessels operated by NAVIBULGAR ("Geroite na Sevastopol" and "Geroite na Odesa") each with total carrying capacity of 108 waggons/900 cars/100 motor trucks up to 16m length operate the regular lines:
Varna - Ilichevsk - Varna
Varna ...
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I don't think it's possible. The Center for City Mobility (Център за градска мобилност) in Sofia which is responsible for the rapid transit system in the city has this to say on SMS parking (emphasis mine):
Customers of Bulgaria’s mobile operators may park on public streets and squares in the municipality, which are within the limits of the Blue Zone ...
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria doesn't mention anything on their website about a relaxed visa regime for holders of Schengen visas or resident permits, so it's safe to assume this doesn't provide any additional benefits.
However, a holder of a Schengen visa can stay up to two days in Bulgaria provided that the arrival and departure countries ...
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I checked two other guide books and found this:
DK Eyewitness Travel Bulgaria:
This rule is, however, only really enforced to and from the airport.
Within the city it is widely ignored.
The Rough Guide to Bulgaria:
Officially, you’re supposed to buy an extra ticket for each large item
of baggage, but in practice this is rarely enforced - ...
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I have camped in Montenegro in the mountains without any problems.
I have also heard a second-hand story of a group of tourists camping in the Durmitor National Park and being approached by rangers in the evening. They told them to move to another place a few hounded meters away to have a better view on the valley :)
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I live in Turkey and travel to Bulgaria regularly. (~20 times now). My general idea would be that this might be easier to find in Bulgaria as long as you were in one of the major cities. Turkey doesn't seem to have this stuff just anywhere.
That being said, it's cheap-ish generic gear can be found at some major markets in Turkey, so I'd be inclined to hit ...
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I just can add a small piece of information. Again I quote my LonelyPlanet from 2009:
Because Serbia doesn't consider Kosovo's entry and exit points to be
official international borders, attempts to enter Serbia from Kosovo
may be futile unless you initially entered Kosovo from Serbia.
Additionally if you plan to hitchhike into Kosovo, I wouldn't ...
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When in transit at Ataturk international airport, you do not pass through passport controls. Therefore, you would not need a transit visa.
However, if you have to pick up your bags and re-check your bags, or if you have to move from Ataturk to Sahiba Gokcen (or vice versa), you will go through passport control and will need a transit visa.
I don't see how ...
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It seems that there are no direct buses to Perperikon.
I could find only a daily busline from Haskovo (Хасково) to Kardzali (Кърджали) via Stremtsi (Стремци), but the Problem is that Stremtsi is 8km from Perperikon (1-2 hours walking)
Onother way to visit Perperikon is to take a taxi from Kardzali. At the moment the taxi rate is about 0.60 BGN/km (about ...
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I have been researching Romanian visas about 1.5 years ago, and I also inquired at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at that time (which, by the way, gave me some unclear and contradicting information...). I took another look at their website now and the following may be relevant for your case:
People with a valid Schengen visa can transit through Romania ...
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We took a bus operated by Metro from Plovdiv at 22:30 to Istanbul today - arriving in record? time at 5:14.
The border took 1:05h, but we were lucky that our bus was not baggage-checked in detail. Price was 40 leva at 1.95 to the Euro.
Recommendable!
Watch out for the right bus station in the south of Plovdiv (next to the hospital at the roundabout on ...
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