© Lonely Planet Publications 323 Index A National Gallery for Foreign Art 92 Lake Srebârna 274-5 accommodation 280-4, see also Nesebâr 235 Rusenski Lom Nature Park 273 individual locations Philipopolis Art Gallery 144 Sinemorets 228 language 310-11 Plovdiv 144-5 Strandzha Nature Park 227-8 activities 75-81, 284, see also Silistra 277 tours 305 individual activities Smolyan 159 birds 70, 71 itineraries 30 Sofia Municipal Gallery of Art 90-1 black market 289 Ahtopol 227 State Gallery of Fine Arts Black Sea coast 212-55, 214 air travel 296-9 (Plovdiv) 144 itineraries 29 air fares 297 Varna Centre for Contemporary Blagoevgrad 124-7, 125 airlines 296-7 Art 242 Blue Rocks 206 airports 296 Varna City Art Gallery 242 boat travel 300-1 to/from Bulgaria 297-9 Vidin 258-9 boat trips travel within Bulgaria 301 Vladimir Dimitrov Art Gallery 112 Burgasko Lake 220 Albena 249-51 Zlatyu Boyadjiev House 144 Golden Sands (Zlatni Pyasâtsi) 248 alcohol 56, see also wine arts 49-54, see also individual arts Lake Srebârna 275 Aleko 109 ATMs 289 Nesebâr 233 animals 70-1, see also individual Ropotamo Nature Reserve 225 animals B Silistra 277 Arbanasi 179-82, 180 Baba Vida Museum-Fortress 257-8 Sozopol 223 INDEX archaeological museums, see also Bachkovo Monastery 153, 11 Sunny Beach (Slânchev Bryag) 235 museums Balchik 251-4, 252 body language 48 Burgas 215 Balkan Range, see Stara Planina books 20 Hisar (Hisarya) 196 Bansko 78-9, 127-31, 128 archaeology 33 Nesebâr 232 bars 57, 7 culture 47, 48, 53 Plovdiv 143 Basarbovo Rock Monastery 274 food 57, 58 Sandanski 132 basketball 103 history 31, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42 Silistra 277 Batak 163 travel 39 Sofia 91 bathrooms 293-4 border crossings 299 Sozopol 222 beaches 215 Borovets 79, 120-2 Varna 240 Ahtopol 227 Botev, Hristo 39, 266 Veliko Târnovo 174 Golden Sands (Zlatni Pyasâtsi) bowling 94 Vidin 258 247-9 Boyana 108-9 architecture 54, see also Bulgarian Kiten 226 Bulgarian National Revival 38-9, 49, National Revival towns Nesebâr 233 50, 51 area codes, see individual locations Primorsko 225 Bulgarian National Revival towns art galleries, see also museums Sinemorets 228 Arbanasi 179-82 Artin 242 Sozopol 223 Bansko 127-31 Atanas Krastev House 144 Sunny Beach (Slânchev Bryag) 235 Etâr 187 Blagoevgrad 125 Sveti Konstantin 246-7 Gabrovo 185-7 Center for Contemporary Art Tsarevo 227 Karlovo 196-8 (Plovdiv) 145 Varna 242 Koprivshtitsa 191-5, 11 Dobrich 278 bears 70 Lovech 188-9 Encho Pironkov City Gallery of Fine begging 98, 286 Melnik 134-7 Arts 144 Belogradchik 261-3, 5 Plovdiv 138-53 Gabrovo 186 Belogradchik Rocks 262 Shiroka Lûka 160 Galeriya Dimitâr Dobrovich 207 bird-watching 70, 79-80 Tryavna 183-5 Lovech 189 Burgas Lakes 220 Veliko Târnovo 170-9 Museum of Christian Art 207 internet resources 78, 79-80 Bulgarian Thrace 138-54 National Art Gallery 90 Kotel 210 Bulgars 36-8 324 Index (B-D) Index (D-H) 325 Burgas 213-20, 216 Cherepish Monastery 267 St John Aliturgetos Church 232 Devin 160-2 Burgas Sea Song Festival 217 Kaleto Fortress 262 accommodation 217-18 Cherven 274 St Michael the Archangel Church 241 diarrhoea 308 Days of Greek Culture Festival 242 Madara Fortress 170 entertainment 219 children, travel with 284-5 Sts Cyril & Methodius Church 215 disabilities, travellers with 286-7 Days of Ruse Festival 270 Roman Fortress of Sexaginta food 218-19 food 58 Sveta Bogoroditsa Church diving 80 Emil Chakarov Music Festival 217 Prista 270 sights 215-17 language 316 (Karlovo) 197 Albena 250 Festival of the Plums & Plum Shumen Fortress 165 travel to/from 219-20 Sofia, activities in 96-7 Sveta Bogoroditsa Church Golden Sands (Zlatni Pyasâtsi) 248 Brandy 191 Slavova Krepost Fortress 136 Burgas Lakes 220 Chiprovtsi 263-4 (Nesebâr) 232 Nesebâr 233 Fire-Dancing Festival (Bulgari) 228 Tsarevets Fortress 171-4 Burgasko Lake 220 Christianity 36, 49 Sveta Nedelya Cathedral 87 Dobrich 277-9, 278 Folklore Days Festival 194 frescoes 50 bus travel Christo 50 Sveta Paraskeva Church 232 Dragalevtsi 109 food 56-7 Arbanasi 180 language 315 churches Sveta Petka Samardjiiska Church 87 drinks 56, see also wine Holiday of Amateur Art Bachkovo Monastery 153 to/from Bulgaria 299, 300 Aleksander Nevski Memorial Sveta Sofia Church 231-2 drugs 286 Activities 175 Boyana Church 108-9 travel within Bulgaria 301-2 Church 91 Sveta Troitsa Church 129 Dryanovo Monastery 182-3 International Festival of Chamber Nesebâr 232 business hours 284, see also inside Archangels Michael & Gabriel’s Sveti Georgi Church 132 Dunovism 123 Music 147 Preobrazhenski Monastery 182 front cover Church 232 Sveti Georgi Rotunda 91 International Festival of Religious Rila Monastery 117-18 buying property 283 Basilica of the Merciful Virgin 232 Sveti Nikolai Russian Church 90 E Music 175 Rozhen Monastery 137-8 Byzantine ruins 132, 233, see Boyana Church 108-9, 10 Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church 93 economy 46-7 International Film Festival 242 Shiroka Lûka 160 also ruins Cathedral of the Assumption of the Sveti Spas 232 ecotrails 161, 163, 182, 183, 220, 225, International Folklore Festival 147, Troyan Monastery 190-1 Byzantines 36-8 Virgin 240 Sveti Todor Church 232 267, 275 175, 217 Veliko Târnovo 174 Catholic Church of St Paul the Sveti Velikomachenik Dimitâr 258 electricity 281 International Jazz Festival (Bansko) frostbite 308 C Crucified 270 Sv Konstantin & Sv Elena embassies 287 130 cafés 57 Christ Pantokrator Church 232 Monastery 246 Emen 182 Jazz Festival (Plovdiv) 147 G camping 281 Church of Rozhdestvo Church of St George (Sofia), see Sveti Emen Canyon 182 Kaliakra Rock Fest 254 Gabrovo 185-7, 186 canyons 182 Bogorodichno 117-18 Georgi Rotunda emergencies, see also inside front cover Kukeri 160 gay travellers 287-8 Cape Kaliakra, see Kaliakra Cape Church of St John the Baptist 232 cinema 53 language 312 Madara Horseman Music Days geography 69 car travel Church of Sveta Arhangeli Mikhail climate 16-17, 213, 285 telephone numbers 85 Festival 170 geology 69 INDEX driving licences 302 & Gavril 180 communism 42, 83 endangered animals 70-1 March Music Days Festival 270 Golden Sands (Zlatni Pyasâtsi) 247-9 hire 302 Church of Sveta Bogoroditsa communist monuments 92-3, 165, environmental issues 15, 72-4, 297 Night of the Galleries 144 Govedartsi 122 INDEX insurance 302 (Plovdiv) 145 216, 258, 270 Etâr 187-8 Pirin Folk National Festival 132 Greeks 33-4 language 315-6 Church of Sveta Bogoroditsa consulates 287 ethnic groups 47-8 Pirin Sings Folk Festival 130 gypsies, see Roma organisations 302 (Sozopol) 222 costs 17-18, 218, see also inside ethnographical museums, see also Re-Enactment of the 1876 April permits 302 Church of Sveta Bogoroditsa front cover museums Uprising 194 H road distance chart 303 (Veliko Târnovo) 175 courses 96, 285 Balchik 253 Ruse Jazz Bluezz Festival 270 haggling 291 road rules 303 Church of Sveta Sofia (Sofia) 91-2 crafts 136, 184 Burgas 215 St Nicholas’ Day 217 haidouks 206 to/from Bulgaria 299, 300 Church of Sveta Troitsa (Ruse) dance 96 Etâr Ethnographic Village Museum Sandanski Celebrations 132 Haskovo 153-4, 154 travel within Bulgaria 302-3 269-70 food 96 187 Srebârna Summer Festival 275 health 307-8 caves Church of Sveti Dimitâr 174 language 96, 285 Kotel 209 Thracia Summer Music Festival 147 insurance 307 Bacho Kiro Cave 183 Church of Sveti Georgi (Sozopol) 222 music 136, 209 Kulata Ethnological Complex 200 Varna Summer International language 312-13 Devil’s Throat Cave 162 Church of Sveti Georgi (Veliko credit cards 290 Lovech 189 Festival 242 services 307 Eagle Cave 210 Târnovo) 175 cultural centres 84, 136, 143 Momchilovtsi 158 Verdi Festival 147 hepatitis A 307 Fairy Cave 210 Church of Sveti Konstantin & culture 46-54 Nesebâr 232 Virgin Mary’s Day 191 high season 17 Golubovitsa Cave 159 Elena 145 ethnic groups 47-8 Plovdiv 141-3 wine 57 hiking 75-6 Ledenika Cave 266-7 Church of Sveti Nedelya 163 identity 46 Rila Monastery 118 fishing 248, 250, 275 Bansko 130 Madara 170 Church of Sveti Petar & Pavel 174 lifestyle 46 Shiroka Lûka 160 food 55-62, 287 Blue Rocks 206, 208 Ropodi Mountains 159, 162-3 Church of the Assumption currency 289-90 Sofia 90 cheese 55 Borovets 121 St Ivan’s Cave 119 (Shiroka Lûka) 160 customs regulations 285 Sozopol 222 customs 58, 59 Etâr 187 Trigrad Cave 162 Church of Vavedenie Presvetiya cycling 80, 301, see also mountain biking Varna 241 festivals 56-7 Malîovitsa 123 Uhlovitsa Cave 159 Bogoroditsi 125 language 315-16 Vratsa 265 language 59-62 maps 75 Yagodina Cave 163 Forty Martyrs Church 174 Cyrillic alphabet 35, 309 events, see festivals restaurants 57 Pamporovo 157 cell phones 293 Metropolitan Church of the exchange rates, see inside front cover street snacks 57-8 Pirin Mountains 133 Central Bulgaria 164-211, 166-7 Assumption 112 D vegetarian food 58 responsible travel 78 Chepelare 155-6 Nativity Church 180 dangers 286 F yoghurt 55, 56 Rodopi Mountains 157 Nativity of the Virgin Church 138 Danube Bridge 271 festivals 22-4 football 54, 103-4 safety tips 75 St Anastasios Orthodox Church Danube River 261 Apollonia Arts Festival 223 fortresses Shumen 167 000 Map pages 240-1 development issues 15, 44-5, 72-3, Biennial Festival of International Baba Vida Museum-Fortress 257-8 Silistra 277 000 Photograph pages St Archangel Michael’s Church 184 283, 286 Humour & Satire 186 Hisar Fortress 189 Sliven 208 326 Index (H-M) Index (M-P) 327 Sredna Gora 194 hitching 303-4 diving 80 Madara Horseman 169-70 motorcycle travel National Naval Museum 241 Stara Planina 188 hizhas, see mountain huts environmental organisations 74 Malîovitsa 122-3 driving licences 302 National Polytechnic Museum Strandzha Nature Park 228 holidays