Featured Destination
Turkey
A Blue Cruise in Turkey's Magic Waters
Poet Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu went on a blue cruise in the 1950s with his literary colleagues, writing afterwards in his account: “The blue cruise is a fairy tale, untold, unwritten, unillustrated…” Full Story
Epicure
Turkey
Sherbet or Sorbet? An East-West Beverage Tradition
Sherbet and sorbet are a pronounced example of the contemporary gastronomic approach to the “Eastern-Western” synthesis. Full Story
News
Turkey
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Dye Production Facilities in South-Western Turkey
25 August 2010 | An archaeological team has unearthed 1,500-year-old dye production facilities during excavations of the ancient city of Myra- Andriake in Turkey’s Mediterranean province of Antalya. Full Story
TurkeyTurkey: Archaeologists Find New Inscriptions in Ancient City of Pompeiopolis
Turkey
Turkey Aims for Guinness Record with Longest, Most Crowded Iftar Table
Routes Less Travelled
Turkey
Turkey: The Troubadours of Allah
The mystical whirling dervishes, which have been hypnotising Europe for centuries with their unearthly dances that lead them into a trance, are nowadays becoming a part of Turkey’s tourist industry. On the Old Continent, it is a little known fact that their Mevlevi Order practices one of Islam’s most liberal forms, based on Neoplatonism, and that their ideas have influences some of the most prominent intellectuals, from Shakespeare through Andersen.
Full Story
Intimations of Byzantium: Hidden History of Turkey’s Caucasus and Eastern Anatolia
Turkey
Ishak Pasha Lived by a Road. The Silk Road
Curiosity Chest
Turkey
Santa Claus Museum in Turkey to Attract Newlyweds and Tourists
4 May 2010 | A Turkish travel agency intends to popularize the birthplace of Santa Claus’s prototype, Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, in present-day Turkey, not just as a tourist but also as a wedding destination. Full Story
Hidden Sofia
Bulgaria
Sklada: The Space that Stores and Showcases Contemporary Design
Its short manifesto, called “The diary of a Sofia neo-nihilist,” reads: “In reference to Sofia, nobody can claim anymore that it is a place of underdeveloped primates isolated from the world. Sklada turned all that around…” Full Story
Bulgaria
Before and After: A Tango Milonga in the Midst of Sofia
Bulgaria
Vlaykova: Sofia’s Old School Cinema
Hidden Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Julian Perry's Walks in Bulgaria's National Parks
Julian Perry, author of Walking in Bulgaria’s National Parks, describes three of his most loved routes through the Bulgarian mountains for the readers of BalkanTravellers.com. His book was published by Cicerone press last month. Full Story
Bulgaria
From Sofia to the Village of Lakatnik in an Old Locomotive
Bulgaria
Go Green in Bulgaria: 23 Eco-Hotels and Guest Houses to Choose From
Balkan Coasts & Mountains
Ararat: The Mountain Where Noah’s Journey Ended
Turkey
Eastern Turkey, 10 kilometres from the Iranian border. The raven-strewn landscape is a barren yellowish red. On one side rises Ararat, the twin-topped dormant volcano that is rightly considered as one of the world’s most impressive sights. Full Story
Ten Things To Do in Pamukkale
Mount Nemrut, Turkey: Guarding the Gardens of Eden
Balkan Towns
Turkey: Stroll Along Istanbul’s Theodosian Walls
Turkey
Visitors to Istanbul usually head straight for the city’s traditional landmarks – the Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Topkapı Palace or the enormous Kapalıçarşı bazaar. Full Story
Urfa: Before the Syrian Desert Begins
Turkey: Panta rhei, Ephesus rhei
-
Photogalleries
-
A Perfect Shot
In Homo Urbanus Europeanus, exhibited May 9-24 in front of the National Theatre in Sofia, Jean-Marc Caracci presents his photographs of people in the urban environment of European capitals.
RED&WHITE SOFIA. On the 1st of March Bulgarians say goodbye to the winter. They buy each other red&white threads to carry around until they see a stork and spring can begin. Photography by Lode Desmet
BULGARIA D'OR: The Bulgarian countryside, patinated with the noble golden dust of the autumn. Photographs by Lode Desmet
360 degrees Bulgaria, an exhibition by photographer Alexandar Ivanov, is on display at the Sea Garden in Varna until August 28. It will be shown at Plovdiv’s Central Square from Sept 5.
The exhibition Photographs of a Trip Through Bulgaria by Hungarian photographer András Balla can be seen in Sofia's Hungarian Cultural Institute, at Aksakov 16 Street, until August 22
Instant Spring in Sofia | Photographs by Lode Desmet
Off-the-season Beauty of Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast | Photographs by Adelina Iliev
Bulgaria's Northern Black Sea Coast
Photographs by Albena Shkodrova
excellent smugs