If you’ve ever spent time in Turkey or Greece, you’ll surely remember the feeling that you’re constantly being watched. Blue circles in the shape of single, stylised eyes constantly observe from everywhere – dangling from cars’ rear-view mirrors,... Full Story

From Siberian amber and stylish pashmina shawls from Nepal or Kashmir to unimaginable objects such as a ceramic egg, in which King Solomon lies in bed with the Queen of Sheba, tourist souvenirs are one of the major joys available to travellers... Full Story

Upon hearing the church bells ring, all the males from the nobility clan would rush to their marble-roofed towers. After grabbing their arms, they would dash up the stairs to reach their battle positions and fire at the enemy. From the narrow... Full Story

If you thought that tourism under socialism was irreconcilably different from that in developed democratic countries, the latest travellers' mania in Bulgaria will come as a surprise. A popular trend there nowadays is the collecting of special... Full Story

Here is the list of the current 100 Bulgarian Tourist sites, selected by the Get to Know Bulgaria movement and published in the booklet 100 National Tourist Sites: Bulgaria – That is my Homeland.

Some of the list’s entries contain a single... Full Story

The booklet 100 National Tourist Sites: Bulgaria – That is my Homeland is obviously targeted at Bulgarians – as testified by the its name and the fact that it is only issued in Bulgarian. It could, however, be used by any tourist with a taste for... Full Story

All over Bhutan – from the cities, by the roads and in villages, one can see colourful pieces of fabric, imprinted with Buddhist images and texts, blowing in the wind. These are prayer flags, unique to the Himalayan branch of Buddhism. The idea... Full Story

Bulgaria’s Homer perplexed Europe in the nineteenth century with the biggest literary mystification in the peninsula’s history. In hastily put-together verses, he described events from 4,000 years ago, while scientists in London, Paris and... Full Story

The obsession with history is so commonplace on the Balkans that local people do not even notice it. For outsiders, however, it quickly becomes a part of the experience of being precisely in the Balkans and nowhere else. Raymond Detrez, a Belgian... Full Story