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Rousski Square
Hotels: Vitosha New Otani (five star), 100. Anton Ivanov Street — tel. 62-41-51, with a night club — panoramic restaurant on the 19th floor, bowling alley Bulgarian restaurant and Japanese restaurant, Rodina 4, Rousski Square (four star), twenty-storeyed building with 1,053 beds, 42 single rooms, 487 double rooms and seven suites. Large and nine smaller ones, swimming pool, sauna, solarium, shops, underground garage for 220 cars, Novotel £vropay 1.31 Georgi Dimitrov Blvd. — tel. 3-12-61, (four star) sixteen-storey 586 double rooms, seven suites, restaurant, night club, shops (inch Corecom), covered parking, rent-a-car service. Grand Hotel Sofia, Narodno Sobranie Square, (three star) five-storeyed building — tel. 87-88-21. 25 single rooms, 145 double rooms, restaurant, bar, night club, tavern, Corecom shop, parking, exchange bureaux and rent-a-car service.
Park Hotel Moskva, 25 Nezabravka Street — tel. 7-12-61, eighteen-storey building with 34 single rooms, 327 double rooms, 28 suites, restaurant, bar and night club, panoramic restaurant and tavem;
Grand Hotel Balkan, 2 Lenin Square — tel. 87-65-43; Grand Hotel Bulgaria, 2 Rousski Blvd — tel. 87-19-77; Hemus,
31 Georgi Traikov Blvd. — tel. 66-14-15; Serdica, 2 Vladimir Zaimov Blvd. — tel. 44-34-11; Pliska. 87 Lenin Blvd. — tel. 72-37-21; Prostor, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 6548-81; Shtastli- vetsa, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 66-50-24; Kopito, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 57-12-56.
Tourist organizations
— Balkantourist, with the Bulgarian Tourist and Recreation Association, 1 Vitosha Blvd. — tel. 88-3141, telex — 22583, 22584. Balkantourist offers hotels, motels, camping sites, private lodgings, villas, restaurants, bars, night clubs, coffee houses and provides guides and interpreters.
Tourist Service — Balkantourist, 37 Dondukov Blvd., tel. 8844-30, telex — 22488; Shipka — travel agency, Central Council of the Union of Bulgarian Motorists, 6 St. Sophia Street — tel. 87-88-01; Orbita — Bureau for International Youth Tourism, 45a Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. — tel. 87-95-52; Cooptourist — for domestic and foreign tourism with the Central Cooperative Council, 99 Rakovsk? Street — tel. 8441; Pirin — travel agency of the Central Council of the Bulgarian Hikers’ Union, 30 Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. — tel. 87-06-87;
Balkan Airlines (international flights), Narodno Sobranie Square — telephones 8844-33 and 88-44-93 and 19 Legue Street — telephones 8849-89 and 87-54-51;
Motels:
Tihiyat Kut (two star) — on Mount Vitosha on the road leading to Zlatni Mostove 12 kilometres from the centre of Sofia — telephone 57-14-01; Boyana (three star) daily sofia tour, Boyana district—telephone 56-30-35; Goroublyane (three star), Goroublyane district — telephone 72-37-20, two-storey motel with 28 double rooms, restaurant, rent-a-car service and parking.
Camping sites:
Vrana — Goroublyane City District (three star), four bun-galows with one apartment each, telephone 78-12-13; Lebed — Pancharevo lake (one star). Telephone 77-3045;ChermyaKos —eleven kilometres south-west of central Sofia (two star). Te-lephone 57-11-29; Bankya — 17 kilometres west of central Sofia (one star).
Night Clubs: Vitosha New Otani; Grand Hotel Sofia; Park Hotel Moskva; Havana, Vitosha Blvd.
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Rousski Square
Hotels: Vitosha New Otani (five star), 100. Anton Ivanov Street — tel. 62-41-51, with a night club — panoramic restaurant on the 19th floor, bowling alley Bulgarian restaurant and Japanese restaurant, Rodina 4, Rousski Square (four star), twenty-storeyed building with 1,053 beds, 42 single rooms, 487 double rooms and seven suites. Large and nine smaller ones, swimming pool, sauna, solarium, shops, underground garage for 220 cars, Novotel £vropay 1.31 Georgi Dimitrov Blvd. — tel. 3-12-61, (four star) sixteen-storey 586 double rooms, seven suites, restaurant, night club, shops (inch Corecom), covered parking, rent-a-car service. Grand Hotel Sofia, Narodno Sobranie Square, (three star) five-storeyed building — tel. 87-88-21. 25 single rooms, 145 double rooms, restaurant, bar, night club, tavern, Corecom shop, parking, exchange bureaux and rent-a-car service.
Park Hotel Moskva, 25 Nezabravka Street — tel. 7-12-61, eighteen-storey building with 34 single rooms, 327 double rooms, 28 suites, restaurant, bar and night club, panoramic restaurant and tavem;
Grand Hotel Balkan, 2 Lenin Square — tel. 87-65-43; Grand Hotel Bulgaria, 2 Rousski Blvd — tel. 87-19-77; Hemus,
31 Georgi Traikov Blvd. — tel. 66-14-15; Serdica, 2 Vladimir Zaimov Blvd. — tel. 44-34-11; Pliska. 87 Lenin Blvd. — tel. 72-37-21; Prostor, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 6548-81; Shtastli- vetsa, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 66-50-24; Kopito, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 57-12-56.
Tourist organizations
— Balkantourist, with the Bulgarian Tourist and Recreation Association, 1 Vitosha Blvd. — tel. 88-3141, telex — 22583, 22584. Balkantourist offers hotels, motels, camping sites, private lodgings, villas, restaurants, bars, night clubs, coffee houses and provides guides and interpreters.
Tourist Service — Balkantourist, 37 Dondukov Blvd., tel. 8844-30, telex — 22488; Shipka — travel agency, Central Council of the Union of Bulgarian Motorists, 6 St. Sophia Street — tel. 87-88-01; Orbita — Bureau for International Youth Tourism, 45a Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. — tel. 87-95-52; Cooptourist — for domestic and foreign tourism with the Central Cooperative Council, 99 Rakovsk? Street — tel. 8441; Pirin — travel agency of the Central Council of the Bulgarian Hikers’ Union, 30 Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. — tel. 87-06-87;
Balkan Airlines (international flights), Narodno Sobranie Square — telephones 8844-33 and 88-44-93 and 19 Legue Street — telephones 8849-89 and 87-54-51;
Motels:
Tihiyat Kut (two star) — on Mount Vitosha on the road leading to Zlatni Mostove 12 kilometres from the centre of Sofia — telephone 57-14-01; Boyana (three star) daily sofia tour, Boyana district—telephone 56-30-35; Goroublyane (three star), Goroublyane district — telephone 72-37-20, two-storey motel with 28 double rooms, restaurant, rent-a-car service and parking.
Camping sites:
Vrana — Goroublyane City District (three star), four bun-galows with one apartment each, telephone 78-12-13; Lebed — Pancharevo lake (one star). Telephone 77-3045;ChermyaKos —eleven kilometres south-west of central Sofia (two star). Te-lephone 57-11-29; Bankya — 17 kilometres west of central Sofia (one star).
Night Clubs: Vitosha New Otani; Grand Hotel Sofia; Park Hotel Moskva; Havana, Vitosha Blvd.
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Rousski Square
Hotels: Vitosha New Otani (five star), 100. Anton Ivanov Street — tel. 62-41-51, with a night club — panoramic restaurant on the 19th floor, bowling alley Bulgarian restaurant and Japanese restaurant, Rodina 4, Rousski Square (four star), twenty-storeyed building with 1,053 beds, 42 single rooms, 487 double rooms and seven suites. Large and nine smaller ones, swimming pool, sauna, solarium, shops, underground garage for 220 cars, Novotel £vropay 1.31 Georgi Dimitrov Blvd. — tel. 3-12-61, (four star) sixteen-storey 586 double rooms, seven suites, restaurant, night club, shops (inch Corecom), covered parking, rent-a-car service. Grand Hotel Sofia, Narodno Sobranie Square, (three star) five-storeyed building — tel. 87-88-21. 25 single rooms, 145 double rooms, restaurant, bar, night club, tavern, Corecom shop, parking, exchange bureaux and rent-a-car service.
Park Hotel Moskva, 25 Nezabravka Street — tel. 7-12-61, eighteen-storey building with 34 single rooms, 327 double rooms, 28 suites, restaurant, bar and night club, panoramic restaurant and tavem;
Grand Hotel Balkan, 2 Lenin Square — tel. 87-65-43; Grand Hotel Bulgaria, 2 Rousski Blvd — tel. 87-19-77; Hemus,
31 Georgi Traikov Blvd. — tel. 66-14-15; Serdica, 2 Vladimir Zaimov Blvd. — tel. 44-34-11; Pliska. 87 Lenin Blvd. — tel. 72-37-21; Prostor, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 6548-81; Shtastli- vetsa, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 66-50-24; Kopito, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 57-12-56.
Tourist organizations
— Balkantourist, with the Bulgarian Tourist and Recreation Association, 1 Vitosha Blvd. — tel. 88-3141, telex — 22583, 22584. Balkantourist offers hotels, motels, camping sites, private lodgings, villas, restaurants, bars, night clubs, coffee houses and provides guides and interpreters.
Tourist Service — Balkantourist, 37 Dondukov Blvd., tel. 8844-30, telex — 22488; Shipka — travel agency, Central Council of the Union of Bulgarian Motorists, 6 St. Sophia Street — tel. 87-88-01; Orbita — Bureau for International Youth Tourism, 45a Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. — tel. 87-95-52; Cooptourist — for domestic and foreign tourism with the Central Cooperative Council, 99 Rakovsk? Street — tel. 8441; Pirin — travel agency of the Central Council of the Bulgarian Hikers’ Union, 30 Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. — tel. 87-06-87;
Balkan Airlines (international flights), Narodno Sobranie Square — telephones 8844-33 and 88-44-93 and 19 Legue Street — telephones 8849-89 and 87-54-51;
Motels:
Tihiyat Kut (two star) — on Mount Vitosha on the road leading to Zlatni Mostove 12 kilometres from the centre of Sofia — telephone 57-14-01; Boyana (three star) daily sofia tour, Boyana district—telephone 56-30-35; Goroublyane (three star), Goroublyane district — telephone 72-37-20, two-storey motel with 28 double rooms, restaurant, rent-a-car service and parking.
Camping sites:
Vrana — Goroublyane City District (three star), four bun-galows with one apartment each, telephone 78-12-13; Lebed — Pancharevo lake (one star). Telephone 77-3045;ChermyaKos —eleven kilometres south-west of central Sofia (two star). Te-lephone 57-11-29; Bankya — 17 kilometres west of central Sofia (one star).
Night Clubs: Vitosha New Otani; Grand Hotel Sofia; Park Hotel Moskva; Havana, Vitosha Blvd.
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SOFIA SAMOKOV GOVED
After a 20 minutes5 drive we reach the Zlatni Mostove area, topping near a cosy restaurant. Only 100 metres from the restaurant is the famous “stone river5 of boulders, dragged down by the once rushing waters of mountain rivers. There is a two-star hotel in the Kopito (hoof) area with 50 beds — tel. 57 -50-51. (From Sofia, take the Number 62 bus.) 1 he Kopito area, commanding a beautiful view of Sofia, is linked with the Knyazhevo City District by cable car.
SOFIA-SAMOKOV-GOVED ARTSI-MALYOVITSA-BOROVETS (72 KM)
After touring Sofia you may go to further afield and familiarise yourself with its surroundings. This route will take you to Bulgaria’s best known winter resort. It leads south of Sofia along the Iskur dam and passes through Pancharevo. Here is a man-made lake offering excellent opportunities for aquatic sports and angling. There are mineral baths with constant water temperature of 47°C, Lebed restaurant on the lake side, many rest homes and camping site. Further on the route passes by the remains of Ourvich fortress dating from the Middle Ages. We then come to the largest dam in Bulgaria, the Iskur dam. Along the road on the left is the Sturkelovo Gnez- do (Stork’s Nest) camping site (two star), with bungalows, restaurant, foods and souvenir kiosks.
The next place to see is Samokov (population 26,000), situated in Samokov valley at the foot of the Rila mountains. The town emerged in the 14th century as a major mining settlement. During the years of the Ottoman rule Samokov was well known throughout the empire as an important handicraft and commercial centre. It was particularly famous for ore. Crafts such as copperware, leather ware home-spun and woollen braiding were well developed here.
The Samokov school of icon painting was founded in Samokov during the Ottoman rule. A school was opened in 1832, and a library club in 1869. The art of icon painting flourished’ in the second half of the 18th and early in the 19th century tours sofia. The icon painter Hristo Dimitrov came from the nearby village of Dospei. He studied on Mount Athos and also worked in Vienna. The most talented pupil was Zahari Zograph, a re-markable icon painter for his time. He painted a large number of religious and secular frescoes in the first half of the 19th century. Among them are the frecsoes at Rila Monastery, Bachkovo Monastery, Troyan Monastery and Preobrazhene Monastery. Samokov master wood-carvers decorated the Metropolitan Church in Samokov and the iconostasis of the church in Rila Monastery.
The local museum, housed in a typically Bulgarian building, traces Samokov’s development over die years. Other points of interest are the Belyova Church which has many murals, by Samokov painters, the Metropolitan Church with its magnificent iconostasis, the Covent where the first school was opened, the Old House of the Obrazopissov, Ivan and Nikola Csenofontow House, Kokoshkov House and Marikin House with their well preserved wooden carved ceilings, as well as Sarafov House, the Synagoguee, the Bairakli Mosque which is very beautiful and the big 18th century fountain in front of the community centre.
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SOFIA SAMOKOV GOVED
After a 20 minutes5 drive we reach the Zlatni Mostove area, topping near a cosy restaurant. Only 100 metres from the restaurant is the famous “stone river5 of boulders, dragged down by the once rushing waters of mountain rivers. There is a two-star hotel in the Kopito (hoof) area with 50 beds — tel. 57 -50-51. (From Sofia, take the Number 62 bus.) 1 he Kopito area, commanding a beautiful view of Sofia, is linked with the Knyazhevo City District by cable car.
SOFIA-SAMOKOV-GOVED ARTSI-MALYOVITSA-BOROVETS (72 KM)
After touring Sofia you may go to further afield and familiarise yourself with its surroundings. This route will take you to Bulgaria’s best known winter resort. It leads south of Sofia along the Iskur dam and passes through Pancharevo. Here is a man-made lake offering excellent opportunities for aquatic sports and angling. There are mineral baths with constant water temperature of 47°C, Lebed restaurant on the lake side, many rest homes and camping site. Further on the route passes by the remains of Ourvich fortress dating from the Middle Ages. We then come to the largest dam in Bulgaria, the Iskur dam. Along the road on the left is the Sturkelovo Gnez- do (Stork’s Nest) camping site (two star), with bungalows, restaurant, foods and souvenir kiosks.
The next place to see is Samokov (population 26,000), situated in Samokov valley at the foot of the Rila mountains. The town emerged in the 14th century as a major mining settlement. During the years of the Ottoman rule Samokov was well known throughout the empire as an important handicraft and commercial centre. It was particularly famous for ore. Crafts such as copperware, leather ware home-spun and woollen braiding were well developed here.
The Samokov school of icon painting was founded in Samokov during the Ottoman rule. A school was opened in 1832, and a library club in 1869. The art of icon painting flourished’ in the second half of the 18th and early in the 19th century tours sofia. The icon painter Hristo Dimitrov came from the nearby village of Dospei. He studied on Mount Athos and also worked in Vienna. The most talented pupil was Zahari Zograph, a re-markable icon painter for his time. He painted a large number of religious and secular frescoes in the first half of the 19th century. Among them are the frecsoes at Rila Monastery, Bachkovo Monastery, Troyan Monastery and Preobrazhene Monastery. Samokov master wood-carvers decorated the Metropolitan Church in Samokov and the iconostasis of the church in Rila Monastery.
The local museum, housed in a typically Bulgarian building, traces Samokov’s development over die years. Other points of interest are the Belyova Church which has many murals, by Samokov painters, the Metropolitan Church with its magnificent iconostasis, the Covent where the first school was opened, the Old House of the Obrazopissov, Ivan and Nikola Csenofontow House, Kokoshkov House and Marikin House with their well preserved wooden carved ceilings, as well as Sarafov House, the Synagoguee, the Bairakli Mosque which is very beautiful and the big 18th century fountain in front of the community centre.
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SOFIA SAMOKOV GOVED
After a 20 minutes5 drive we reach the Zlatni Mostove area, topping near a cosy restaurant. Only 100 metres from the restaurant is the famous “stone river5 of boulders, dragged down by the once rushing waters of mountain rivers. There is a two-star hotel in the Kopito (hoof) area with 50 beds — tel. 57 -50-51. (From Sofia, take the Number 62 bus.) 1 he Kopito area, commanding a beautiful view of Sofia, is linked with the Knyazhevo City District by cable car.
SOFIA-SAMOKOV-GOVED ARTSI-MALYOVITSA-BOROVETS (72 KM)
After touring Sofia you may go to further afield and familiarise yourself with its surroundings. This route will take you to Bulgaria’s best known winter resort. It leads south of Sofia along the Iskur dam and passes through Pancharevo. Here is a man-made lake offering excellent opportunities for aquatic sports and angling. There are mineral baths with constant water temperature of 47°C, Lebed restaurant on the lake side, many rest homes and camping site. Further on the route passes by the remains of Ourvich fortress dating from the Middle Ages. We then come to the largest dam in Bulgaria, the Iskur dam. Along the road on the left is the Sturkelovo Gnez- do (Stork’s Nest) camping site (two star), with bungalows, restaurant, foods and souvenir kiosks.
The next place to see is Samokov (population 26,000), situated in Samokov valley at the foot of the Rila mountains. The town emerged in the 14th century as a major mining settlement. During the years of the Ottoman rule Samokov was well known throughout the empire as an important handicraft and commercial centre. It was particularly famous for ore. Crafts such as copperware, leather ware home-spun and woollen braiding were well developed here.
The Samokov school of icon painting was founded in Samokov during the Ottoman rule. A school was opened in 1832, and a library club in 1869. The art of icon painting flourished’ in the second half of the 18th and early in the 19th century tours sofia. The icon painter Hristo Dimitrov came from the nearby village of Dospei. He studied on Mount Athos and also worked in Vienna. The most talented pupil was Zahari Zograph, a re-markable icon painter for his time. He painted a large number of religious and secular frescoes in the first half of the 19th century. Among them are the frecsoes at Rila Monastery, Bachkovo Monastery, Troyan Monastery and Preobrazhene Monastery. Samokov master wood-carvers decorated the Metropolitan Church in Samokov and the iconostasis of the church in Rila Monastery.
The local museum, housed in a typically Bulgarian building, traces Samokov’s development over die years. Other points of interest are the Belyova Church which has many murals, by Samokov painters, the Metropolitan Church with its magnificent iconostasis, the Covent where the first school was opened, the Old House of the Obrazopissov, Ivan and Nikola Csenofontow House, Kokoshkov House and Marikin House with their well preserved wooden carved ceilings, as well as Sarafov House, the Synagoguee, the Bairakli Mosque which is very beautiful and the big 18th century fountain in front of the community centre.
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Rousski Square
Hotels: Vitosha New Otani (five star), 100. Anton Ivanov Street — tel. 62-41-51, with a night club — panoramic restaurant on the 19th floor, bowling alley Bulgarian restaurant and Japanese restaurant, Rodina 4, Rousski Square (four star), twenty-storeyed building with 1,053 beds, 42 single rooms, 487 double rooms and seven suites. Large and nine smaller ones, swimming pool, sauna, solarium, shops, underground garage for 220 cars, Novotel £vropay 1.31 Georgi Dimitrov Blvd. — tel. 3-12-61, (four star) sixteen-storey 586 double rooms, seven suites, restaurant, night club, shops (inch Corecom), covered parking, rent-a-car service. Grand Hotel Sofia, Narodno Sobranie Square, (three star) five-storeyed building — tel. 87-88-21. 25 single rooms, 145 double rooms, restaurant, bar, night club, tavern, Corecom shop, parking, exchange bureaux and rent-a-car service.
Park Hotel Moskva, 25 Nezabravka Street — tel. 7-12-61, eighteen-storey building with 34 single rooms, 327 double rooms, 28 suites, restaurant, bar and night club, panoramic restaurant and tavem;
Grand Hotel Balkan, 2 Lenin Square — tel. 87-65-43; Grand Hotel Bulgaria, 2 Rousski Blvd — tel. 87-19-77; Hemus,
31 Georgi Traikov Blvd. — tel. 66-14-15; Serdica, 2 Vladimir Zaimov Blvd. — tel. 44-34-11; Pliska. 87 Lenin Blvd. — tel. 72-37-21; Prostor, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 6548-81; Shtastli- vetsa, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 66-50-24; Kopito, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 57-12-56.
Tourist organizations
— Balkantourist, with the Bulgarian Tourist and Recreation Association, 1 Vitosha Blvd. — tel. 88-3141, telex — 22583, 22584. Balkantourist offers hotels, motels, camping sites, private lodgings, villas, restaurants, bars, night clubs, coffee houses and provides guides and interpreters.
Tourist Service — Balkantourist, 37 Dondukov Blvd., tel. 8844-30, telex — 22488; Shipka — travel agency, Central Council of the Union of Bulgarian Motorists, 6 St. Sophia Street — tel. 87-88-01; Orbita — Bureau for International Youth Tourism, 45a Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. — tel. 87-95-52; Cooptourist — for domestic and foreign tourism with the Central Cooperative Council, 99 Rakovsk? Street — tel. 8441; Pirin — travel agency of the Central Council of the Bulgarian Hikers’ Union, 30 Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. — tel. 87-06-87;
Balkan Airlines (international flights), Narodno Sobranie Square — telephones 8844-33 and 88-44-93 and 19 Legue Street — telephones 8849-89 and 87-54-51;
Motels:
Tihiyat Kut (two star) — on Mount Vitosha on the road leading to Zlatni Mostove 12 kilometres from the centre of Sofia — telephone 57-14-01; Boyana (three star) daily sofia tour, Boyana district—telephone 56-30-35; Goroublyane (three star), Goroublyane district — telephone 72-37-20, two-storey motel with 28 double rooms, restaurant, rent-a-car service and parking.
Camping sites:
Vrana — Goroublyane City District (three star), four bun-galows with one apartment each, telephone 78-12-13; Lebed — Pancharevo lake (one star). Telephone 77-3045;ChermyaKos —eleven kilometres south-west of central Sofia (two star). Te-lephone 57-11-29; Bankya — 17 kilometres west of central Sofia (one star).
Night Clubs: Vitosha New Otani; Grand Hotel Sofia; Park Hotel Moskva; Havana, Vitosha Blvd.
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Rousski Square
Hotels: Vitosha New Otani (five star), 100. Anton Ivanov Street — tel. 62-41-51, with a night club — panoramic restaurant on the 19th floor, bowling alley Bulgarian restaurant and Japanese restaurant, Rodina 4, Rousski Square (four star), twenty-storeyed building with 1,053 beds, 42 single rooms, 487 double rooms and seven suites. Large and nine smaller ones, swimming pool, sauna, solarium, shops, underground garage for 220 cars, Novotel £vropay 1.31 Georgi Dimitrov Blvd. — tel. 3-12-61, (four star) sixteen-storey 586 double rooms, seven suites, restaurant, night club, shops (inch Corecom), covered parking, rent-a-car service. Grand Hotel Sofia, Narodno Sobranie Square, (three star) five-storeyed building — tel. 87-88-21. 25 single rooms, 145 double rooms, restaurant, bar, night club, tavern, Corecom shop, parking, exchange bureaux and rent-a-car service.
Park Hotel Moskva, 25 Nezabravka Street — tel. 7-12-61, eighteen-storey building with 34 single rooms, 327 double rooms, 28 suites, restaurant, bar and night club, panoramic restaurant and tavem;
Grand Hotel Balkan, 2 Lenin Square — tel. 87-65-43; Grand Hotel Bulgaria, 2 Rousski Blvd — tel. 87-19-77; Hemus,
31 Georgi Traikov Blvd. — tel. 66-14-15; Serdica, 2 Vladimir Zaimov Blvd. — tel. 44-34-11; Pliska. 87 Lenin Blvd. — tel. 72-37-21; Prostor, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 6548-81; Shtastli- vetsa, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 66-50-24; Kopito, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 57-12-56.
Tourist organizations
— Balkantourist, with the Bulgarian Tourist and Recreation Association, 1 Vitosha Blvd. — tel. 88-3141, telex — 22583, 22584. Balkantourist offers hotels, motels, camping sites, private lodgings, villas, restaurants, bars, night clubs, coffee houses and provides guides and interpreters.
Tourist Service — Balkantourist, 37 Dondukov Blvd., tel. 8844-30, telex — 22488; Shipka — travel agency, Central Council of the Union of Bulgarian Motorists, 6 St. Sophia Street — tel. 87-88-01; Orbita — Bureau for International Youth Tourism, 45a Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. — tel. 87-95-52; Cooptourist — for domestic and foreign tourism with the Central Cooperative Council, 99 Rakovsk? Street — tel. 8441; Pirin — travel agency of the Central Council of the Bulgarian Hikers’ Union, 30 Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. — tel. 87-06-87;
Balkan Airlines (international flights), Narodno Sobranie Square — telephones 8844-33 and 88-44-93 and 19 Legue Street — telephones 8849-89 and 87-54-51;
Motels:
Tihiyat Kut (two star) — on Mount Vitosha on the road leading to Zlatni Mostove 12 kilometres from the centre of Sofia — telephone 57-14-01; Boyana (three star) daily sofia tour, Boyana district—telephone 56-30-35; Goroublyane (three star), Goroublyane district — telephone 72-37-20, two-storey motel with 28 double rooms, restaurant, rent-a-car service and parking.
Camping sites:
Vrana — Goroublyane City District (three star), four bun-galows with one apartment each, telephone 78-12-13; Lebed — Pancharevo lake (one star). Telephone 77-3045;ChermyaKos —eleven kilometres south-west of central Sofia (two star). Te-lephone 57-11-29; Bankya — 17 kilometres west of central Sofia (one star).
Night Clubs: Vitosha New Otani; Grand Hotel Sofia; Park Hotel Moskva; Havana, Vitosha Blvd.
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SOFIA SAMOKOV GOVED
After a 20 minutes5 drive we reach the Zlatni Mostove area, topping near a cosy restaurant. Only 100 metres from the restaurant is the famous “stone river5 of boulders, dragged down by the once rushing waters of mountain rivers. There is a two-star hotel in the Kopito (hoof) area with 50 beds — tel. 57 -50-51. (From Sofia, take the Number 62 bus.) 1 he Kopito area, commanding a beautiful view of Sofia, is linked with the Knyazhevo City District by cable car.
SOFIA-SAMOKOV-GOVED ARTSI-MALYOVITSA-BOROVETS (72 KM)
After touring Sofia you may go to further afield and familiarise yourself with its surroundings. This route will take you to Bulgaria’s best known winter resort. It leads south of Sofia along the Iskur dam and passes through Pancharevo. Here is a man-made lake offering excellent opportunities for aquatic sports and angling. There are mineral baths with constant water temperature of 47°C, Lebed restaurant on the lake side, many rest homes and camping site. Further on the route passes by the remains of Ourvich fortress dating from the Middle Ages. We then come to the largest dam in Bulgaria, the Iskur dam. Along the road on the left is the Sturkelovo Gnez- do (Stork’s Nest) camping site (two star), with bungalows, restaurant, foods and souvenir kiosks.
The next place to see is Samokov (population 26,000), situated in Samokov valley at the foot of the Rila mountains. The town emerged in the 14th century as a major mining settlement. During the years of the Ottoman rule Samokov was well known throughout the empire as an important handicraft and commercial centre. It was particularly famous for ore. Crafts such as copperware, leather ware home-spun and woollen braiding were well developed here.
The Samokov school of icon painting was founded in Samokov during the Ottoman rule. A school was opened in 1832, and a library club in 1869. The art of icon painting flourished’ in the second half of the 18th and early in the 19th century tours sofia. The icon painter Hristo Dimitrov came from the nearby village of Dospei. He studied on Mount Athos and also worked in Vienna. The most talented pupil was Zahari Zograph, a re-markable icon painter for his time. He painted a large number of religious and secular frescoes in the first half of the 19th century. Among them are the frecsoes at Rila Monastery, Bachkovo Monastery, Troyan Monastery and Preobrazhene Monastery. Samokov master wood-carvers decorated the Metropolitan Church in Samokov and the iconostasis of the church in Rila Monastery.
The local museum, housed in a typically Bulgarian building, traces Samokov’s development over die years. Other points of interest are the Belyova Church which has many murals, by Samokov painters, the Metropolitan Church with its magnificent iconostasis, the Covent where the first school was opened, the Old House of the Obrazopissov, Ivan and Nikola Csenofontow House, Kokoshkov House and Marikin House with their well preserved wooden carved ceilings, as well as Sarafov House, the Synagoguee, the Bairakli Mosque which is very beautiful and the big 18th century fountain in front of the community centre.
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Rousski Square
Hotels: Vitosha New Otani (five star), 100. Anton Ivanov Street — tel. 62-41-51, with a night club — panoramic restaurant on the 19th floor, bowling alley Bulgarian restaurant and Japanese restaurant, Rodina 4, Rousski Square (four star), twenty-storeyed building with 1,053 beds, 42 single rooms, 487 double rooms and seven suites. Large and nine smaller ones, swimming pool, sauna, solarium, shops, underground garage for 220 cars, Novotel £vropay 1.31 Georgi Dimitrov Blvd. — tel. 3-12-61, (four star) sixteen-storey 586 double rooms, seven suites, restaurant, night club, shops (inch Corecom), covered parking, rent-a-car service. Grand Hotel Sofia, Narodno Sobranie Square, (three star) five-storeyed building — tel. 87-88-21. 25 single rooms, 145 double rooms, restaurant, bar, night club, tavern, Corecom shop, parking, exchange bureaux and rent-a-car service.
Park Hotel Moskva, 25 Nezabravka Street — tel. 7-12-61, eighteen-storey building with 34 single rooms, 327 double rooms, 28 suites, restaurant, bar and night club, panoramic restaurant and tavem;
Grand Hotel Balkan, 2 Lenin Square — tel. 87-65-43; Grand Hotel Bulgaria, 2 Rousski Blvd — tel. 87-19-77; Hemus,
31 Georgi Traikov Blvd. — tel. 66-14-15; Serdica, 2 Vladimir Zaimov Blvd. — tel. 44-34-11; Pliska. 87 Lenin Blvd. — tel. 72-37-21; Prostor, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 6548-81; Shtastli- vetsa, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 66-50-24; Kopito, in Mount Vitosha — tel. 57-12-56.
Tourist organizations
— Balkantourist, with the Bulgarian Tourist and Recreation Association, 1 Vitosha Blvd. — tel. 88-3141, telex — 22583, 22584. Balkantourist offers hotels, motels, camping sites, private lodgings, villas, restaurants, bars, night clubs, coffee houses and provides guides and interpreters.
Tourist Service — Balkantourist, 37 Dondukov Blvd., tel. 8844-30, telex — 22488; Shipka — travel agency, Central Council of the Union of Bulgarian Motorists, 6 St. Sophia Street — tel. 87-88-01; Orbita — Bureau for International Youth Tourism, 45a Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. — tel. 87-95-52; Cooptourist — for domestic and foreign tourism with the Central Cooperative Council, 99 Rakovsk? Street — tel. 8441; Pirin — travel agency of the Central Council of the Bulgarian Hikers’ Union, 30 Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. — tel. 87-06-87;
Balkan Airlines (international flights), Narodno Sobranie Square — telephones 8844-33 and 88-44-93 and 19 Legue Street — telephones 8849-89 and 87-54-51;
Motels:
Tihiyat Kut (two star) — on Mount Vitosha on the road leading to Zlatni Mostove 12 kilometres from the centre of Sofia — telephone 57-14-01; Boyana (three star) daily sofia tour, Boyana district—telephone 56-30-35; Goroublyane (three star), Goroublyane district — telephone 72-37-20, two-storey motel with 28 double rooms, restaurant, rent-a-car service and parking.
Camping sites:
Vrana — Goroublyane City District (three star), four bun-galows with one apartment each, telephone 78-12-13; Lebed — Pancharevo lake (one star). Telephone 77-3045;ChermyaKos —eleven kilometres south-west of central Sofia (two star). Te-lephone 57-11-29; Bankya — 17 kilometres west of central Sofia (one star).
Night Clubs: Vitosha New Otani; Grand Hotel Sofia; Park Hotel Moskva; Havana, Vitosha Blvd.
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ANCIENT
Bulgaria is one of the countries where ancient art – the art of the Greeks and Romans, has left many works and exercised a powerful impact on the local inhabitants; – the ancient Thracians. Important centres of ancient and more particularly of Hellenic culture were the settlements of the Greeks from Miletus on the Black Sea coast: Apollonia (today Sozopol), Mesembria (today Nessebur), etc. Let us mention but a few finds: a burial stele, found in Sozopol (Bourgas Museum), an archaic statue of a young man from Shapli Dere, a burial stele of Calicritus, a statue of Pan, a statue of Eros by Praxiteles, a head of Heracles, a head of Apollo, a bronze statuette of Athena, a bronze statuette of Apollo (all in Sofia Archaeological Museum); a bronze head from Vidin (Vidin Museum), head of Emperor Gordian (238-244) (Archaeological Museum, Sofia), a sarcophagus from the village of Archar (Archaeological Museum, Sofia), relief of the eastern deity Mythra (Archaeological Museum, Plovdiv), relief depicting circus shows (Archaeological Museum, Sofia).
Of great interest are the remains of ancient Roman fortresses and towns, scattered over almost all the country: Oescus on the Danube – an ancient town near Pleven, Nicopolis ad Istrum – ruins of an ancient Roman town near Veliko Turnovo, the Church of St George in Sofia, Trimontium in Plovdiv, Hissar — the ancient town of Augusta, where the fortress walls of the ancient town have remained to this day, the tomb in Silistra – with well preserved Roman mosaics, villas in the district of Sofia, near the town of Ivailovgrad, etc.
HISTORICAL RESERVATIONS
of the architecture of the Bulgarian National Revival period: Koprivshtitsa, Zheravna, Arbanassi, Kotel, Bozhentsi, Etura, the old parts of Plovdiv, Veliko Turnovo, Elena tour bulgaria, Karlovo, Tryavna, etc.
SOME TOURING ROUTES
SOFIA SAMOKOV BOROVETS (72 km)
After you have got acquainted with the capital of the country, this route will enable you to see one of the best-known mountain resorts in Bulgaria – Borovets. On your way to the resort you will pass through areas of great scenic beauty, past the Pancharevo and Passarel Lakes, past the Isker Dam and through the old town of Samokov, well-known in the past as an ore-mining centre but also featuring a Metropolitan Church and the Turkish Bairakli mosque. A side road from Samokov will bring you to the resort of Malyovitsa.
SOFIA RILA MONASTERY MELNIK (181 km)
The route makes it possible for you to see the Rila Monastery, the towns of Stanke Dimitrov, Sandanski, Blagoevgrad and the picturesque little town of Melnik with the famous earth pyramids near it. The road is asphalted.
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KAMCHlYA
Some 30 km south of Varna, near the mouth of the Kamchiya River, in a dense forest entwined in lianas, lies the resortof Kamchiya. In the high season there is a regular bus service between Varna and the resort. Here there is Kamchiya Hotel (with restaurant), lst-B class with 130 beds in two and three-bed rooms plus shower; Longoza Hotel, 1st class, with 100 double bedrooms plus showers. There is a night bar at the hotel. Two restaurants with a total of 350 places have been built close to the beach. Two camp sites, Pirin and Rai offer 4,900 places in bungalows and tents. Boats and pedaloes can be hired at the water sports centre.The Pirin Bureau organizes excursions from the resort to many points on the coast, to Shoumen, Pliska and Preslav, Madara, Veliko Tumovo, Sofia, Odessa and Istanbul.
MOUNTAIN RESORTS
Besides the magnificent seaside resorts on the Black Sea coast, there are also high-mountain resorts in Bulgaria, which offer tourists ideal opportunities for holidaying and entertainment. Situated in the picturesque Rila local ephesus tour guides, Rhodope and Vitosha mountains, these resorts are connected by modern roads and can be visited in all seasons of the year.
BOROVETS
Situated at an altitude of 1,300 m above sea level in the northern folds of the pine-covered Rila Mountains, it has an excellent climate for holidaymaking both in summer and in winter, low humidity, intensive ultraviolet radiation and mean temperatures ranging from +21.0°C in summer to -1.1°C in winter.
As a winter sports centre, Borovets boasts a great many ski runs: the longest one – Yastrebets (3,100 m with a drop of 860m), a downhill run (2,400 m with 450 m drop), a slalom track (450 m, drop 120 m), a ski-jump of 80 m, training tracks, etc.
The Balkantourist hotels are in the centre of the resort: Bor Hotel, lst-A class, with 100 beds in 48 rooms and three de luxe suites. The restaurant at the hotel has a banqueting hall for 50, an orchestra, bar and folklore corner; Edelweiss Hotel, lst-A class, with 200 beds in 102 rooms and two suites. There is a restaurant-bar in the hotel. In winter skis, sleds, skates and other equipment are for hire.
Near the big ski-track stands Iglika Hotel run by the Pirin Tourist Bureau; 17 twin-bed rooms with private baths, 22 twin- bed rooms and 48 rooms with 4 and 8 beds each. Near the hotel there is a small restaurant catering for 100 guests at a time.
Interesting excursions and hikes can be undertaken from Borovets to the picturesque environs of the resort: to Mount Moussala (2,925 m, the highest peak on the Balkans), to Malyovitsa Peak (2,729 m, with a chalet for 100 tourists), to the Black Rock, to the former palaces of Sitnyakovo, Bistritsa and Sarugyol, to Sokolets, to Zavrachitsa Peak (2,178 m) – a 6-hour walk from Borovets with a chalet for 800 and excellent ski- tracks, to Yastrebets Peak (2,350 m) – 3 hours away with ski- track.
At the resort there is a post office, a clinic, currency exchange and tourist information bureau, souvenir stands. Chronic inflammations of the respiratory ducts, light bronchitis, laryngitis, hypertonia, atherosclerosis, diabetes and silicosis are treated in the resort.
A first-class road leads from Sofia to the resort, passing Pancharevo, several lakes, the Isker Dam and Samokov. There is a regular 40-minute bus service to Samokov.
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ANCIENT
Bulgaria is one of the countries where ancient art – the art of the Greeks and Romans, has left many works and exercised a powerful impact on the local inhabitants; – the ancient Thracians. Important centres of ancient and more particularly of Hellenic culture were the settlements of the Greeks from Miletus on the Black Sea coast: Apollonia (today Sozopol), Mesembria (today Nessebur), etc. Let us mention but a few finds: a burial stele, found in Sozopol (Bourgas Museum), an archaic statue of a young man from Shapli Dere, a burial stele of Calicritus, a statue of Pan, a statue of Eros by Praxiteles, a head of Heracles, a head of Apollo, a bronze statuette of Athena, a bronze statuette of Apollo (all in Sofia Archaeological Museum); a bronze head from Vidin (Vidin Museum), head of Emperor Gordian (238-244) (Archaeological Museum, Sofia), a sarcophagus from the village of Archar (Archaeological Museum, Sofia), relief of the eastern deity Mythra (Archaeological Museum, Plovdiv), relief depicting circus shows (Archaeological Museum, Sofia).
Of great interest are the remains of ancient Roman fortresses and towns, scattered over almost all the country: Oescus on the Danube – an ancient town near Pleven, Nicopolis ad Istrum – ruins of an ancient Roman town near Veliko Turnovo, the Church of St George in Sofia, Trimontium in Plovdiv, Hissar — the ancient town of Augusta, where the fortress walls of the ancient town have remained to this day, the tomb in Silistra – with well preserved Roman mosaics, villas in the district of Sofia, near the town of Ivailovgrad, etc.
HISTORICAL RESERVATIONS
of the architecture of the Bulgarian National Revival period: Koprivshtitsa, Zheravna, Arbanassi, Kotel, Bozhentsi, Etura, the old parts of Plovdiv, Veliko Turnovo, Elena tour bulgaria, Karlovo, Tryavna, etc.
SOME TOURING ROUTES
SOFIA SAMOKOV BOROVETS (72 km)
After you have got acquainted with the capital of the country, this route will enable you to see one of the best-known mountain resorts in Bulgaria – Borovets. On your way to the resort you will pass through areas of great scenic beauty, past the Pancharevo and Passarel Lakes, past the Isker Dam and through the old town of Samokov, well-known in the past as an ore-mining centre but also featuring a Metropolitan Church and the Turkish Bairakli mosque. A side road from Samokov will bring you to the resort of Malyovitsa.
SOFIA RILA MONASTERY MELNIK (181 km)
The route makes it possible for you to see the Rila Monastery, the towns of Stanke Dimitrov, Sandanski, Blagoevgrad and the picturesque little town of Melnik with the famous earth pyramids near it. The road is asphalted.
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