Featured Destination
Greece
Mastering the Art of the Libation in Greece: A Day in the Life of the Café
If you’re considering heading to Greece this summer holiday season, don’t think that your vacation has to be filled entirely with climbing to ancient ruins, island-hopping on ferries or roasting in the sun on a beach. As Christopher Deliso discovered, a trip to Greece would be incomplete without experiencing the country’s café culture – either by dedicating an entire day (and night!) to the sampling of various sorts of the awakening beverage or by taking relaxing breaks from sight-seeing to enjoy a cool Frappé, a hot espresso or a traditional Greek coffee made in a copper pot.
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Epicure
Balkans
Wine and Rakiya from 6 Balkans Countries Awarded in France
10 March 2009 | Dozens of brands of wine and rakiya, or brandy, from six Balkan countries received gold and silver medals at the 2009 Vinalies Internationales
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News
Greece
Greece to Issue Cheaper Visas to Loyal Tourists
16 March 2010 | Athens is considering a reduction in the visa issue expenses for citizens of countries that have demonstrated a traditional interest in Greek tourism. Full Story
Greece
Greece Continues to Smoke Inspite of Ban
Balkans
Social Media Take Off in the Balkans
Routes Less Travelled
Greece
Five Places in Greece That Are Not To Be Missed in June
June is the “last train” to Greece, before the summer season is in full swing and its coasts cave into the sea, made heavy by the crowds. The summer is already breathing hot air into our necks and the cooling blue of the Mediterranean starts to become irresistible. On the hills of ancient and medieval ruins the wind that blows is still fresh, and, around noon, the octopuses start to wave around their tentacles invitingly, served with a half a litre of chilled Retsina wine. Free hotel rooms are easily found and start from 25 euro per night, and the spaces in front of the tavernas and the ouzerias are still crowd-free. Now is the time to grab the pleasures Greece offers by the handful. Full Story
Greece
Northern Greece: Every Street Has its Own Zorbas
Greece
The Dönmeh: the Judeo-Islamic Mystery of Thessaloniki
Curiosity Chest
Balkans
Churches in Greece and Romania Included in 2010 World Monument Watch
The churches of Lesvos, Greece, and those of southern Transylvania in Romania’s Sibiu are the two cultural heritage sites from the Balkans included in this year’s World Monument Watch of places threatened by neglect, demolition or disaster. Full Story
Hidden Sofia
Bulgaria
The Turkish Café: A Place for Sweet Tea, Salty Snacks and Long Chats
A presence in Sofia’s student city (‘Studentski grad’) for several years, the place is actually called Dilgün - Simit Sarayı. Full Story
Bulgaria
The Flea Market in Malashevtsi: From Communist Rebellion to Memorabilia
Bulgaria
Panta Rei at Adams Bar
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
Meteora, the Second Sky Over Greece
Greece
The unearthly view of the 700-metre high stone pillars, crowned by monasteries, is a James Bond film décor and an inspiration to the musicians of the neo-metal band Linkin Park who named one of their albums after this place. Full Story
Samothrace: Nike Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Balkan Towns
November Weekend in Thessaloniki
Greece
If, on a Saturday morning, you wake up surprisingly early in your Sofia flat and decide that you have nothing to wear; if the thought of greasy meat stew makes you feel sick; and if you have respiratory problems that make you feel like you played alongside Dizzy Gillespie all night long, don’t call your shrink!
Your condition can probably be described in three lines of Latin scribbles, but it has another, less frustrating name: “You’re in need of Thessaloníki!” Full Story
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Photogalleries
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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
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