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Bulgaria

Rick Steves' Europe
2024 ж. 20 Мам.
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Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide © 2016 | Bulgaria, so mysterious to most Americans, has a vivid identity as a crossroads of the Balkans. We'll trace the country's complex history, from ancient Thracian tombs to medieval Orthodox Christian monasteries to Soviet monuments. And we'll enjoy an intimate taste of contemporary culture: the yellow brick road of Sofia; the gregarious craftspeople of the medieval capital, Veliko Tarnovo; and the thriving pedestrian zones of cosmopolitan Plovdiv. #ricksteves #ricksteveseurope #bulgaria
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00:00 Intro
01:43 Sofia
04:44 Cathedral
06:18 Communist History
07:49 Rila Monastery
10:11 Veliko Tarnovo
13:27 Shipka Pass
14:09 Buzludzha
14:55 Thracian Plain
16:20 Valley of the Roses
17:24 Kazanlak
18:23 Plovdiv

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  • Hello Everyone, my name is Vesko I'm from Bulgaria. After reading all the comments from everyone, I literally started to cry. Bulgaria loves you all too!!! Rick thank you for the amazing video.

    @invinsible1100@invinsible11003 жыл бұрын

    • I have just got back from sofia ( on the outskirts) I hated my stay there because I didn’t know anyone. I am due to go back in two or three months.. if you are there maybe we can meet up ? You can show me round. I will have to stay in the sofia areas i am having my teeth done

      @Porch.monkey.slayer@Porch.monkey.slayer7 ай бұрын

    • Two very dear, honest, wonderful, ethical men friends of mine are from Bulgaria ( now in the U.S.). You should all be so PROUD of your lovely homeland !!!❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

      @tinadavy3990@tinadavy39904 ай бұрын

    • ❤️👍

      @Indiaworldpower436@Indiaworldpower4362 ай бұрын

  • One of the most beautiful countries in the world! Greetings from neighbouring Romania. We have a bright future brothers!

    @3eeerc@3eeerc4 жыл бұрын

    • @kosmicheskiprah@kosmicheskiprah3 жыл бұрын

    • @@kosmicheskiprah 🇷🇴🇧🇬❤️

      @3eeerc@3eeerc3 жыл бұрын

    • "Светлое" будущее у вас Уже началось и оно есть содомия. Позор.

      @LeeLee-tq6kk@LeeLee-tq6kk Жыл бұрын

    • A great video for Bulgaria 🇧🇬

      @bulgariafunholidays@bulgariafunholidays Жыл бұрын

    • @@LeeLee-tq6kk everything alright with your head pal?

      @dorinmelnic6001@dorinmelnic6001 Жыл бұрын

  • Hello our Bulgarian brothers from Greece.

    @innosanto@innosanto4 жыл бұрын

    • Hi... Greece vs turkey

      @robinoktavian2802@robinoktavian28023 жыл бұрын

    • @@robinoktavian2802 Pagan

      @SAADOFFICIAL436@SAADOFFICIAL4363 жыл бұрын

    • @Melek Nur Sarı Ok

      @SAADOFFICIAL436@SAADOFFICIAL4363 жыл бұрын

    • 👍

      @galimir@galimir3 жыл бұрын

  • Love Bulgaria and Bulgarian people! Greetings from Serbia :)

    @Afghanistan758@Afghanistan7583 жыл бұрын

    • zdravo brate

      @user-tl1pz9cv8z@user-tl1pz9cv8z Жыл бұрын

    • We love you too♥️

      @loniivanova8667@loniivanova8667 Жыл бұрын

    • We love Serbian people too 🤍

      @bdlsbkebs2380@bdlsbkebs2380 Жыл бұрын

    • Хвала теби, буразеру!

      @user-cf3ii1sc4p@user-cf3ii1sc4pАй бұрын

  • My parents once visited Bulgaria. They loved Sofia so much, they named their first daughter after it! 🇦🇷❤️🇧🇬

    @tatinostier@tatinostier3 жыл бұрын

    • Argentina también es una tierra muy hermosa. Impresionantes paisajes y contrastes.

      @kosmicheskiprah@kosmicheskiprah2 жыл бұрын

    • Bruh

      @AyaansCornerYT@AyaansCornerYT2 жыл бұрын

    • That's a cool story Martín, what is her name?

      @jasond869@jasond8692 жыл бұрын

    • ❤️❤️❤️

      @kristinab.8919@kristinab.89192 жыл бұрын

    • @@jasond869 :)))

      @kristinab.8919@kristinab.89192 жыл бұрын

  • Dear neighboring brothers, you really do have a beautiful country and a rich herritage, keep on striving cause we have a bright future ahead of us. 🇷🇴❤🇧🇬

    @fateful2868@fateful28682 жыл бұрын

  • God bless Bulgarian brothers...awesome people, great country, greetings from Romania

    @cata4ardeal@cata4ardeal5 жыл бұрын

    • Hello, South neighbor. We thank you for your greetings, you can come and visit us. Love from Bulgaria❤

      @goldleaf3522@goldleaf35222 жыл бұрын

    • Poor food, history and music compared to ITA. Bulgaria is nobody compared to Italia.

      @hankwilliams5622@hankwilliams56222 жыл бұрын

    • Thanks

      @BolGotronic@BolGotronic2 жыл бұрын

    • @@hankwilliams5622 ok?

      @GlacieraBr1de@GlacieraBr1de2 жыл бұрын

    • I love Bulgaria!💘

      @senihabaharoff1016@senihabaharoff10162 жыл бұрын

  • I've been in Bulgaria 12 times. I love it! Cheers from Romania!

    @gillbert2011@gillbert20113 жыл бұрын

  • Am obsessed with Bulgarian folk music

    @m8trxd@m8trxd3 жыл бұрын

  • I have been to Bulgaria twice. A very beautiful and safe country for tourists, very friendly people. I recommend you pay a visit to Bulgaria. Greetings from Greece to our Bulgarian good neighbors.

    @mariosathens1@mariosathens15 жыл бұрын

    • Greetings from Bulgaria to our Greek brothers and sisters.

      @ihalatch@ihalatch5 жыл бұрын

    • Greetings from Romania to our Bulgarian nice neighbours. I have a lot of friends that recommend me to visit Bulgaria. They were all impressed. One day I will.

      @ovidiuhozan1079@ovidiuhozan10795 жыл бұрын

    • I am Greek and visit Bulgaria at least twice per year, once for buisness and a second time for skiing at bansko. I agree it's a very interesting country, it's the first country where you feel what slavic civilization is like

      @giannisb2721@giannisb27215 жыл бұрын

    • ΔΑΙΔΑΛΟΣ / Daedalus I am from Bulgaria and I see you are a great person thank you for the compliment

      @iminlovewiththedamntrain@iminlovewiththedamntrain4 жыл бұрын

    • Greece is awesome!

      @OffshoreCitizen@OffshoreCitizen4 жыл бұрын

  • Long life proud Bulgaria! Greetings from the other side of the world.

    @rlguerrero2263@rlguerrero22634 жыл бұрын

  • I have been in Bulgaria 7 times..I love BG. love from Armenia

    @alexanyanEVN@alexanyanEVN4 жыл бұрын

    • Love to Հայաստան from Bulgaria!!! 🇧🇬💞🇦🇲 It's my dream to visit your amazing country one day!!

      @wakkozDeLaShit@wakkozDeLaShit3 жыл бұрын

    • V⁷

      @marcusdmello3703@marcusdmello37033 жыл бұрын

    • N

      @marcusdmello3703@marcusdmello37033 жыл бұрын

    • U

      @marcusdmello3703@marcusdmello37033 жыл бұрын

    • Love Armenia from Bulgaria also Karabakh is Armenian!

      @yazovgaming@yazovgaming3 жыл бұрын

  • Studied abroad in Sofia for a month, I love Bulgaria so much. The people were very kind, the city was very clean, and it was beautiful. When I would tell people I was going, my fellow Americans, they would be so confused and say “Bulgaria? What’s there?” Because it’s not as common to study abroad there as an American as say France or Spain. They really don’t know what wonders they’re missing out on. So underrated, I can’t wait to go back.

    @GlacierGalx3@GlacierGalx32 жыл бұрын

    • is it a bit poor

      @gigachad5029@gigachad50292 жыл бұрын

    • Greetings to you from Iraq

      @user-bl6bf3ki9n@user-bl6bf3ki9n2 жыл бұрын

    • A bit is an understatement

      @bramblecino@bramblecino Жыл бұрын

    • I hope American tourists don't come to Bulgaria.

      @Nikolov-681@Nikolov-681Ай бұрын

  • I can't wait to visit Bulgaria. So many Polish people visited Bulgaria and some of them buying apartments there. Beautiful country, rich history, wonderful people.

    @hasppl9005@hasppl90054 жыл бұрын

    • Bulgarians love Poland. Best wishes brothers

      @MisterX-uu2yr@MisterX-uu2yr4 жыл бұрын

    • im bulgarian , ive worked 2 years in Germany, and ive had a polish coworker in his 50's, im 30 so everytime he sees me he was saying - Morgen, my son! His name was Andreas, good man i wish him all the best

      @tazzz1783@tazzz17833 жыл бұрын

    • We have mephedrone too😃😃

      @paranxietyoia587@paranxietyoia5872 жыл бұрын

    • You are welcome

      @BolGotronic@BolGotronic2 жыл бұрын

    • @@MisterX-uu2yr since when do we love Poland

      @BolGotronic@BolGotronic2 жыл бұрын

  • GOD BLESS BULGARIA, YOU HAVE A VERY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.

    @nikolaospsillakis9664@nikolaospsillakis96646 жыл бұрын

    • Yeah but the politicians here are the worst

      @tonislavtoniev3160@tonislavtoniev31602 жыл бұрын

  • Minunată prezentare,❤❤❤ salutări de peste Dunăre. Vecinii noștrii bulgari, au clasă în tot ce fac. Au turism de calitate, sunt ospitalieri, oameni serioși, organizați. Avem multe de învățat de la dânșii. ❤ Castelul reginei Maria(a României)de la Balcik și vasta grădină sunt extraordinar de frumos întreținute. O națiune remarcabilă, cu un tezaur uimitor, unic în lume. Bucătăria delicioasă, modul de servire și ambianța, sunt mereu peste așteptări ! Rick Steves you are the best guide .

    @irinamarcovici4689@irinamarcovici46899 ай бұрын

    • Au "clasa", mai ales cand ei spun minciuni de noi, zicand ca noi am fost Bulgari ca ei, dar ne-am "schimbat limba" din Slavonica in Latina si ca "limba Romaneasca e o limba falsa". Bulgarii sunt niste porci ca spurcatii aia de Rusi si Serbi. 🤮🤮

      @BozgorSlayer@BozgorSlayer8 ай бұрын

    • @@BozgorSlayer Stop trolling, hater.

      @HeroManNick132@HeroManNick1328 ай бұрын

    • Wonderful

      @gergemall@gergemallАй бұрын

  • Really seem like a great country. I would love to visit. Huge respect from Denmark to Bulgaria and it's people 🇧🇬🇩🇰

    @nielsenn7012@nielsenn70123 жыл бұрын

    • i'm Bulgarian and live in Denmark-

      @vain_abundalakaka@vain_abundalakaka3 жыл бұрын

    • @@vain_abundalakaka Same

      @nancytosheva@nancytosheva2 жыл бұрын

    • Its people and not it's Bulgaria is a nice country It is a nice country or It's a nice country Its people are nice

      @elisabethdakak878@elisabethdakak8782 жыл бұрын

    • @@elisabethdakak878 lol

      @vain_abundalakaka@vain_abundalakaka2 жыл бұрын

  • I had a chance to come to Bulgaria because of my mobility. Peaceful atmostphere, hospitable people and beautiful landscape. I hope to come back this country Highly Recommend from Vietnam

    @thaonongthiminh6185@thaonongthiminh61854 жыл бұрын

    • I'm india God bless you mam nice country

      @sudhakarmathe5172@sudhakarmathe5172 Жыл бұрын

  • Incredibly underrated country!!! Definitely in my top 3... Bulgaria you are stunning ♥️ 🇧🇬 much love from the USA.

    @Plushteddybear69@Plushteddybear694 жыл бұрын

    • In this movie is shown only 20 % from the top Bulgarian places. The really beautiful places are not shown 😔🇧🇬😁

      @bobi94sm1@bobi94sm13 жыл бұрын

    • i dont mean to be so offtopic but does any of you know a way to log back into an Instagram account..? I somehow lost my login password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me!

      @felipejorge3351@felipejorge33512 жыл бұрын

    • @Felipe Jorge instablaster =)

      @adrieltucker4657@adrieltucker46572 жыл бұрын

    • @Adriel Tucker Thanks so much for your reply. I found the site on google and Im in the hacking process atm. Seems to take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

      @felipejorge3351@felipejorge33512 жыл бұрын

    • Bulgaria is very stunning and so is the USA! I really love your many National Parks and i pray i get there some day. Peace, light and positivity to all in the USA and the world.

      @MYLOVEOFIRELAND2303@MYLOVEOFIRELAND23032 жыл бұрын

  • What a beautiful country and people! Much love from Hrvatska!

    @denkodel6516@denkodel65163 жыл бұрын

  • I am Mexican/American so i hope to visit Bulgaria. Amazing country.

    @jesusescamilla6900@jesusescamilla69004 жыл бұрын

    • Lol only mexican

      @ludwigyabut9629@ludwigyabut96293 жыл бұрын

    • @@ludwigyabut9629 You don't know him, if he was born here in America or even a citizen, he is we facto American.

      @nema1218@nema12183 жыл бұрын

    • pick one

      @ahmeddinesh3386@ahmeddinesh33863 жыл бұрын

  • One of the most beautiful countries in Balkans With love from Russia

    @danieleboch3224@danieleboch32245 жыл бұрын

    • We the people of Bulgaria love our brothers Russians .

      @stina051331@stina0513313 жыл бұрын

    • Пацаны, а почему вы по английскому разговорываете?

      @christobalev3246@christobalev32463 жыл бұрын

    • Спасибо

      @plamendimitrov8851@plamendimitrov88512 жыл бұрын

    • I so love Russia also. A stunning country, filled with all that's most amazing! Peace to you and take care.

      @MYLOVEOFIRELAND2303@MYLOVEOFIRELAND23032 жыл бұрын

  • I love bulgaria. From indonesian

    @asvendvangaal7018@asvendvangaal70185 жыл бұрын

    • saya cinta Indonesia

      @bo5268@bo52683 жыл бұрын

  • Lovely documentary. Unlike most documentaries about Bulgaria, that love to film and show only the slums, this one shows the beauty, history and treasures in Bulgaria. Only very few people know that Bulgaria saved all its Jewish people, this is one, and two - Georgi Dimitrov, in 1932, alone defeated Hermann Göring himself in the Leipzig trial....

    @ivst3655@ivst36553 жыл бұрын

  • We have to thank Stefan (the Bulgarian host), who represented our country, traditions and sites so well! Благодарим Стефан!

    @gamergamerov2247@gamergamerov22474 жыл бұрын

  • 😷😁👏👏 hello bulgarian friends ! Your country is phenomenal and wonderful; I love bulgaria. 🌻☘️💙🌎🇧🇷

    @carlosPereira-gx9kz@carlosPereira-gx9kz3 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful Bulgaria! 💜

    @maggiereman@maggiereman6 жыл бұрын

    • Beautiful city I'm sudhakar from india 🙏🙏🙏

      @sudhakarmathe5172@sudhakarmathe5172 Жыл бұрын

  • I love Bulgaria. I spent one summer month there every second year - 1961, than 1963, 1965…1997. I traveled all over and made many friends there.

    @MiladaKaiser@MiladaKaiser Жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful country. Love from India

    @umeshpratapsingh9216@umeshpratapsingh92164 жыл бұрын

  • God bless our Slavic brothers and sisters god bless Bulgaria and god bless everyone

    @chrisyates1088@chrisyates10882 жыл бұрын

    • God bless my beers

      @bramblecino@bramblecino Жыл бұрын

  • Wonderful Bulgarian people !🇷🇴🇧🇬

    @petrurares8300@petrurares83002 жыл бұрын

  • I love Bulgaria! 💕

    @owl-arm7545@owl-arm75456 жыл бұрын

  • I've lived in Plovdiv for 6 months as an Erasmus student. I so much miss Bulgaria, such a lovely country

    @poliglottaperpassione@poliglottaperpassione6 жыл бұрын

    • Greetings from Plovdiv! :)

      @Me250360@Me2503606 жыл бұрын

    • iv been to Plovdiv once on the way to skiing in Bansko, what a vile place it looked!

      @allenjohnson7686@allenjohnson76866 жыл бұрын

    • Plovdiv is one of the 7 most ancient cities in the world and when Bulgaria had been a state all entire Eu had been populated by uncivilized and wild tribes.

      @Me250360@Me2503606 жыл бұрын

    • You mean Phillipoupolis. It is a greek city 100%!

      @willtherealgeorgemichaelpl5879@willtherealgeorgemichaelpl58796 жыл бұрын

    • Nope It has been part of the Ancient Macedonian Empire as mentioned Phillip father of Alexander, and by the way the thracians became Macedonian Like the other tribes of the Balkans

      @OG96932@OG969325 жыл бұрын

  • I love bulgarian culture , music , history from iran 😘😘😘

    @paries1014@paries10144 жыл бұрын

    • right back at ya, love iranian culture, music and history, from a bulgarian admirer.

      @hopeprevails3213@hopeprevails32133 жыл бұрын

    • I love Persian food and sweets 🍬 💕

      @EvApo27@EvApo273 жыл бұрын

    • Brothers from day. Our Persian brothers 😎

      @todorvranchev2091@todorvranchev20913 жыл бұрын

    • @@todorvranchev2091 Виж пропагандата още от 2сек как сме били славяни...

      @miroserbezov6450@miroserbezov64503 жыл бұрын

    • @@miroserbezov6450 kakvo?

      @todorvranchev2091@todorvranchev20913 жыл бұрын

  • beautifull people, beautifull country. Greetings from Romania

    @ionscarlat3836@ionscarlat38365 жыл бұрын

    • When will the Bulgarian senjen be from the European Union?

      @abdullahalmorshed9213@abdullahalmorshed92135 жыл бұрын

    • Abdullah Al Morshed yes Bulgaria is in European Union but it s the poorest country in EU

      @nodeal170@nodeal1704 жыл бұрын

    • @@abdullahalmorshed9213 you mean Schengen? They're not thinking of using it soon.

      @nora4981@nora49814 жыл бұрын

    • @@abdullahalmorshed9213 , what do you mean by " senjen " ?

      @marietamccune84@marietamccune844 жыл бұрын

    • buna prieteni ;]

      @user-ie6tv1mn2u@user-ie6tv1mn2u3 жыл бұрын

  • Привет из Новосибирска . Моя любимая страна !!!

    @natalyataranova2826@natalyataranova28263 жыл бұрын

    • привет и да сте живи и здрави🧡

      @ivkuasenov@ivkuasenov2 жыл бұрын

    • 🇧🇬❤️🇷🇺

      @user-jx3pz6pv6x@user-jx3pz6pv6xАй бұрын

  • I was in Bulgaria so many times because I live in Constanța Romania and it’s kinda easy . I really liked it ! Much love from Romania 🇧🇬🇷🇴

    @noricx6037@noricx60375 жыл бұрын

    • I had a Romanian girlfriend,still cant forget her ;) I love Rimanians and I want to visit your country❤

      @galimir@galimir3 жыл бұрын

    • Respect from Varna. Constantsa and Vama Veche are places where I love to spend time!🤝

      @pavelpenev3669@pavelpenev36693 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful haunting country, beautiful art! Love from Croatia ❤️❤️❤️

    @solobano570@solobano5703 жыл бұрын

    • Croatia is amazing too :-)

      @simplynuts5327@simplynuts53272 жыл бұрын

    • India

      @host1076@host1076 Жыл бұрын

    • 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

      @host1076@host1076 Жыл бұрын

  • Love Bulgaria. Alongside the Baltic trio of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, it's my favorite country in Europe to visit.

    @tally1604@tally16044 жыл бұрын

    • I love Lithuania.. took some getting used to but I did it !

      @Porch.monkey.slayer@Porch.monkey.slayer7 ай бұрын

  • I spent 10 days in Bulgaria: Velliko Turnovo & Ethara were insanely beautiful

    @hlca143pr@hlca143pr6 жыл бұрын

    • That's a nice place to smoke ganja. 😊

      @maharishi9111@maharishi91114 жыл бұрын

    • You got that wright

      @bozhidarkolev5901@bozhidarkolev59013 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful country. .greetings from indonesia

    @riainrain@riainrain4 жыл бұрын

  • Bulgaria turns out much more beautiful than I expected. The alleyways are very charming. Greetings from the United States!

    @nema1218@nema12183 жыл бұрын

  • I love Bulgaria, been there many times and used to own a house in the countryside! The people are warm, welcoming and the food is the best!!!

    @chrisrea7347@chrisrea73474 жыл бұрын

    • why you sold it? I think its a very good investment for the coming times ;)

      @galimir@galimir3 жыл бұрын

    • Meet the poor people, they will tell you how it feels to be hungry, living in dark and cold houses

      @josefnagy1697@josefnagy16972 жыл бұрын

    • @@josefnagy1697 There are poor people throughout the world, sadly but this doesn’t take anything away from the positive aspects of Bulgaria. As you should know systemic corruption a hangover from the Soviet era and a huge wealth gap are contributing factors.

      @chrisrea7347@chrisrea73472 жыл бұрын

  • I love BG! Was able to spend a month honeymooning there. The whole country is beautiful, history everywhere and I would love to live there. My kind of lifestyle.

    @chakkachewy8905@chakkachewy89055 жыл бұрын

  • Returns me back to my 20s when I spent summer vacation crossing Rila. I was just little surprised that Vitosha mountain was not mentioned here during visit to Sofia. It is absolutely gorgeous to be up there and look down on the city as lights in streets starts to shine...

    @Jarda48@Jarda484 жыл бұрын

  • Had my breakfast. Coffee's in front of me, and ready to learn about another beautiful part of the world before my shower! Thanks, Rick Steve!

    @JulesThePsion@JulesThePsion4 жыл бұрын

  • Bulgaria is so beautiful Love from turkey

    @ummugulsumdemir5826@ummugulsumdemir58266 жыл бұрын

    • I have travelled to Bulgaria only once Stayed at Joel Metropole, This was thirty years ago I yearn To go back again Would go to Golden Sands.

      @elizabethspence3662@elizabethspence36624 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you my friend

      @HZTV1@HZTV13 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful country

    @mazharmusafir@mazharmusafir6 жыл бұрын

  • In 1995 i came to the US and befriended a student from Bulgaria in he ESL class. It still makes me smile and feel nostalgic because his H sound sounded exactly like steve's Bulgarian friend. One day i will visit Bulgaria.

    @jasonNguyen618@jasonNguyen6184 жыл бұрын

  • Болгария - красивая и замечательная страна, которую я очень люблю. Я модель и часто имею обязанности в Болгарии. Я провожу много времени в Болгарии, и у меня действительно есть хорошие друзья там. Мне нравится музыка и вечеринки в Болгарии, и там действительно замечательные летние курорты.

    @Tatiana-Miroshina@Tatiana-Miroshina Жыл бұрын

    • ❤

      @martinivanov1686@martinivanov16869 ай бұрын

  • Wonderful country, excellent presentation! We were in Sofia back in 2000, also visited Ruse and Silistra - can't wait to go back again. The people, food, music, and sights are worth the long trip from the U.S. Don't forget to get some rose-oil products too :)

    @jdance3689@jdance36896 жыл бұрын

  • Bulgaria and Bulgarians are beautiful

    @livewithapurpose5651@livewithapurpose56513 жыл бұрын

  • As a U.S. Marine, I trained alongside an Army special forces guy who immigrated from Bulgaria. We had a great time and I hope to visit there someday.

    @usmc9543@usmc95436 жыл бұрын

    • I stumbled upon your comment by chance, wanting to show a video of Bulgaria to people who don't know a thing about it, and I got curious. Were there a lot of differences in your training and his?

      @huskytail@huskytail3 жыл бұрын

    • Sounds good, where were you based ?

      @VWApachey@VWApachey2 жыл бұрын

  • Wow, I didnt know that Bulgaria was influenced by so many cultures. Beautiful country, wish you all the success 🙂. Greetings from India

    @AS-sb1by@AS-sb1by2 жыл бұрын

    • More precisely, Bulgaria influenced many cultures, for example Russia and other Slavic countries adopted the Bulgarian language and Christianity. Bulgaria used to be a great empire that spread its culture.

      @user-hb5dp4tc2x@user-hb5dp4tc2x Жыл бұрын

  • This is one of my favorite places to be in Europe. I truly fell in love with BG. There is so much to enjoy and the people are incredible.

    @johnb9679@johnb96793 жыл бұрын

  • BULGARIA IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.

    @nikolaospsillakis9664@nikolaospsillakis96646 жыл бұрын

    • I am surprised how many greeks are saying nice comments about us. I thought that you hate Bulgaria. Maybe just rumours 🤭

      @magdalenahristova6698@magdalenahristova66983 жыл бұрын

    • No they do hate the Bulgars. Believe me

      @bramblecino@bramblecino Жыл бұрын

  • I love Bulgaria and I would like to visit it as a very nice country. I love you very much. I'm not the only one who encourages tourism in Bulgaria. Thank you.

    @mustaphasadoun@mustaphasadoun6 жыл бұрын

  • I'm from Romania, can't wait to watch this, need to know more about my neighbours

    @raducujohnson@raducujohnson2 жыл бұрын

    • I love Romania! Your cities, your food, your culture - can't wait to go back there! Greetings, neighbor!

      @danielapavlova3040@danielapavlova3040 Жыл бұрын

  • I truly love Bulgaria. Amazing country with beautiful people. And I consider it a peaceful country like Romania: never invaded anyone, but invaded by many. 🤗

    @monstabitta@monstabitta3 жыл бұрын

  • Bulgaria is a beautiful country I love its folklore 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

    @jacquelineanghelov692@jacquelineanghelov6924 жыл бұрын

    • Nice City mam I'm india 💐💐💐

      @sudhakarmathe5172@sudhakarmathe5172 Жыл бұрын

  • #RESPECT from a Romanian-American in Florida!

    @michaelfilimon980@michaelfilimon9806 жыл бұрын

    • Michael Filimon cu no Mi vr by

      @user-ts5zy7xl8q@user-ts5zy7xl8q5 жыл бұрын

    • on tha

      @PUMAPBP@PUMAPBP4 жыл бұрын

  • I love Bulgaria its so pretty and awsome thank you rick Steves!

    @yourmom.com176@yourmom.com176 Жыл бұрын

  • I love my homeland.I'm Bulgarian.My homeland is very beautiful.

    @mitakooo95@mitakooo955 жыл бұрын

    • Еми върни се бе your homeland...

      @paranxietyoia587@paranxietyoia5872 жыл бұрын

    • @@paranxietyoia587 Докато се върне след някое и друго десетилетие ще намери само цигани и турци в Булгаристан...

      @classy_dweller@classy_dweller Жыл бұрын

    • Go back

      @bramblecino@bramblecino Жыл бұрын

  • Thank you for featuring Bulgaria. Lovely show for a great country.

    @vassyas2854@vassyas28547 жыл бұрын

  • I love Bulgaria and it's culture I come to love it after watching Bulgarian movies I will travel to there especially rhodope valley

    @jamesmicheal4814@jamesmicheal48145 жыл бұрын

  • Благодаря ти за видеото! Това е моята красива страна България!

    @anishamlian7256@anishamlian72566 жыл бұрын

    • Е точно

      @iminlovewiththedamntrain@iminlovewiththedamntrain4 жыл бұрын

    • No

      @galyapavlova2667@galyapavlova26674 жыл бұрын

    • @Svetla Nikolova hi

      @rrajan5476@rrajan54764 жыл бұрын

    • 🇧🇬❤🇧🇬

      @ValyaA@ValyaA3 жыл бұрын

    • ❤❤❤

      @hellohuman5662@hellohuman56623 жыл бұрын

  • A great country and people. God bless them!

    @alexn5109@alexn51093 жыл бұрын

  • I went to Bulgaria in 2017 it is one of the most beautiful places I've ever visited.(from Lebanon)

    @francoisseif2814@francoisseif28143 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you for a great video that shares the history, tradition, art and the spirit of these wonderful people. I bow down to the people of Bulgaria for saving Jewish population of their country. Peace, Health and Prosperity to all people of this great country that survived the communism and enjoying the Freedom.

    @adasamoilovich6496@adasamoilovich64962 жыл бұрын

  • I actually like the fact that they keep their historical monuments and don’t feel offended by them! A country that treasures its own history and culture deserves respect! Bulgaria is very beautiful! Thanks for sharing this video with us!

    @gaylapawloski8710@gaylapawloski87106 жыл бұрын

    • Historical monuments - good. Preserving tradition - good. Keeping monuments of occupational forces and genocidal political system - not good.

      @Vasil_Hristov@Vasil_Hristov6 жыл бұрын

    • Finally, someone else who thinks this way. There are monuments of the fight for freedom, and then there are those of the fight against freedom...

      @42carlos@42carlos Жыл бұрын

  • Thank you for making me discover this beautiful country. Defenitely added on my to visit list

    @Eazy712@Eazy7126 жыл бұрын

    • Eazy J You are welcome! :) But be careful though, keep your eyes opened.

      @undefinedanvas2574@undefinedanvas25746 жыл бұрын

    • Why?

      @stef4i3@stef4i36 жыл бұрын

    • Please visit sandanski!

      @nancytosheva@nancytosheva2 жыл бұрын

  • This is my beautiful Bulgaria! Thank you so much for that nice video😊

    @mariq-viktoriqstaneva2800@mariq-viktoriqstaneva28006 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful streets and architecture ! Thanks Rick

    @pjg8831@pjg88316 жыл бұрын

  • I wish I could visit those rose fields. Bulgarian rose is a great perfume.

    @mirkhwand@mirkhwand3 жыл бұрын

  • Vielen dank für das video! Много благодаря за това видео! 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

    @julietadimitrova7396@julietadimitrova73963 жыл бұрын

  • The city planners of Bulgaria should be very proud. Their cities invoke artistic inspiration. Simply beautiful

    @mirandapillsbury7885@mirandapillsbury78854 жыл бұрын

  • Great video. There is only one clarification - Cyrillic originated in Bulgaria. It was created by St. Kliment Ohridski based on the Glagolitic, which was created by the brothers Cyril and Methodius.

    @stef4i3@stef4i36 жыл бұрын

  • Love for Bulgaria. From Pakistan

    @mahtabkhan6340@mahtabkhan63403 жыл бұрын

  • Рильские горы просто божественны)))

    @robingood4014@robingood40144 жыл бұрын

    • Нали?

      @lmao1660@lmao16603 жыл бұрын

    • @@lmao1660 не понял

      @robingood4014@robingood40143 жыл бұрын

  • Beautifull Country , beautifull people, beautifull food . Greeting from Vietnam..

    @oanhhoang8582@oanhhoang85823 жыл бұрын

  • In my opinion Sophia is one of the most underrated city around the globe. I have been there almost an year ago, it was a gift for my birthday and I couldn't have choose a better city for a such important day. Incredible churches, delicious and inexpensive food, beautiful architecture. I am sure that I'll go there again one day.

    @unstoppableb5760@unstoppableb57603 жыл бұрын

    • Go to Plovdiv next time. At least. Maybe you will like it even better like me, and I live in Sofia.

      @jordan9339@jordan93393 жыл бұрын

    • @@jordan9339 I have heard beautiful things about Plovdiv. If I remember correctly is one of the most ancients cities in Europe. Unfortunately we didn't have time but next time I will visit Plovdiv for sure. Is already in my bucket list.

      @unstoppableb5760@unstoppableb57603 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you for the nice comment for our capital. It is so common for Bulgaria to be underestimated, underrated. Unfortunately. But I am happy that more and more people like you discover its worth and beauty.

      @magdalenahristova6698@magdalenahristova66983 жыл бұрын

    • @@unstoppableb5760 It is in fact the oldest city in Europe, and European Captial of culture 2018. It's history dates back 5000 years before christ.

      @nip.6112@nip.61123 жыл бұрын

  • Thanks Rick, Bulgaria is one of those places which needed a light to be shone on.Beautiful and fascinating but very little Is known about it , it's people,culture ,cities and towns.

    @rext8949@rext89496 жыл бұрын

  • I love Bulgaria!

    @elsakristina2689@elsakristina26896 жыл бұрын

  • Wow! Beautiful.... my next destination.

    @telegnes4500@telegnes45003 жыл бұрын

  • 🌹🌹🌹Благодаря,че харесвате България 🌹🌹🌹🙋

    @radkadimitrova6073@radkadimitrova60733 жыл бұрын

  • Bulgaria is Romania best friend! Love you bro's

    @user-mi4yc7pr3x@user-mi4yc7pr3x3 жыл бұрын

    • Serbia actually is, but bulgaria is our friend too

      @vw7q8e.51@vw7q8e.513 жыл бұрын

    • @@vw7q8e.51 Bulgaria and Serbia are not friends politically , thats why you have to choose .

      @hristoivanov8665@hristoivanov86653 жыл бұрын

    • @@hristoivanov8665 I love both. I cant choose

      @vw7q8e.51@vw7q8e.513 жыл бұрын

    • @@vw7q8e.51 It is up to you . I love Romanians , but not serbians. .

      @hristoivanov8665@hristoivanov86653 жыл бұрын

  • Love Bulgaria from Pakistan 🇵🇰

    @Razadhariwal@Razadhariwal3 жыл бұрын

  • I have a great friend from Bulgaria, hope to meet her soon , love from india🇮🇳

    @sunvilshukla7584@sunvilshukla75843 жыл бұрын

  • I'm Bulgarian and enjoyed watching every bit of it. Thank you for the lovely video.

    @elenaelena9242@elenaelena9242 Жыл бұрын

    • It seems a wonderful place to live.

      @GreatCityAttractions@GreatCityAttractions9 ай бұрын

  • Bulgaria ... one of the most beautiful, mysterious countries in the world! With history Also the oldest in Europe! Founded more than 1300 years ago! And this is only in their present lands. Before that there were many other countries with the same name.

    @radkomladich9727@radkomladich97276 жыл бұрын

    • Radko Mladich What ethnicity are the people? Or a lot of them Jewish? Italian?

      @BlakeBarbieDoll@BlakeBarbieDoll4 жыл бұрын

    • @M G Why?? Bulgarians came from Mongolia??

      @SAADOFFICIAL436@SAADOFFICIAL4363 жыл бұрын

    • @@SAADOFFICIAL436 no they did not, the Bulgar tribes came from the territory of modern Ukraine and helped the Slavic tribes to liberate themselves from the Byzantine empire in 681. The Bulgar language was lost soon after due to the sheer amount of Slavic people in the country. MG is probably from Serbia or Macedonia where they get brainwashed to believe that our history is theirs.

      @VividReads@VividReads3 жыл бұрын

    • @@VividReads They were Turkic who came from Volga region of Russia..... Modern Bulgarians are all slavics....

      @SAADOFFICIAL436@SAADOFFICIAL4363 жыл бұрын

    • By turkic people

      @wankawanka3053@wankawanka30532 жыл бұрын

  • Да има много красиви места в България, които си заслужава да посетите! Заповядайте при нас винаги, когато имате възможност!

    @user-ue7qh1kd2r@user-ue7qh1kd2r3 жыл бұрын

  • Bulgaria's shape is quite lovely. It almost looks like a lion. Quite an amazing coincidence given the country's lion theme they have going on.

    @0deadx21@0deadx216 жыл бұрын

    • 0deadx21 I know but it’s not a miracle that Bulgaria survived a though time I actually wanna tell you in Bulgaria everything is cheap everything they sell is awesome quality and friends there is not a problem also I am from Bulgaria and DONT SPEND MONEY FOR LUCK cuz you are already lucky to find Bulgaria as Bulgaria never wanted bad to anyone and will accept anyone as who they are :)

      @iminlovewiththedamntrain@iminlovewiththedamntrain4 жыл бұрын

    • I also recommend try the food it’s awesome also terracota plates and vases and cups and thing from terracota in general

      @iminlovewiththedamntrain@iminlovewiththedamntrain4 жыл бұрын

  • Greetings from oud town jakarta and Tokyo

    @meylie2329@meylie23293 жыл бұрын

  • I went last year to visit a friend, all I can say is that the food is great, it's cheap, and I was surprised at how many people spoke English and how fluently they spoke it

    @jonsonkie@jonsonkie6 жыл бұрын

  • It seems that the likes of Bulgaria and Romania are the "dark horses" of Europe, so much to offer, but little known; but thankfully not inundated with bus loads of tourists. Bulgaria is one of the places I have wanted to visit. As a young man, I visited Germany and the Netherlands, and did what most young guys do in the Netherlands, but I have not had an opportunity to go back to Europe, it is costly and time consuming to do that from New Zealand, where I live. I'm planning on going next year for my 50th, and Bulgaria is on my to visit list.

    @gsf67@gsf676 жыл бұрын

    • You are welcome !

      @milenemilovpavlov6802@milenemilovpavlov68026 жыл бұрын

    • The thing you got wrong is that Bulgaria is a country full of tourists. Tourism is one of main factors in the economy, more people visit Bulgaria than more known countries like Australia, Brazil, Argentina. Around 10 million foreign tourists visit the country annually with numbers rising each year. During summer you hardly can find rooms in hotels at the coast. Same goes for the ski resorts during winter. Walking around downtown Sofia you will always see groups of tourists and on the main pedestrian streets you can hardly hear Bulgarian language spoken in the cafes and restaurants. Bulgaria is the most visited country in the Balkans and one of the most visited countries in Europe in the last 10 years. Not only that but the country is full and popular for expats, British elders retire there and buy houses, also the oldest American institutions outside its borders are located in Bulgaria, so there is a large amount of Americans living there. My best friends are from Australia and they study here in the Medical University. Universities in Bulgaria have hundreds of thousands of foreign students coming from all around the world since education here is either of better quality or cheaper for them to afford. They say that Bulgaria has better equipment and base than what the places like the universities in Australia can offer. Its mostly that media presents the country in a bad and obscure way for some unknown reasons. Crime here is one of the lowest in the world, my friends feel safer here than in Australia, most of their friends came to visit the country and also said they wish they would live here than in Canberra or Sydney. The country isnt what you may think it is. Also Ive met a lot of Kiwis in the country , mostly visiting for their gap year or were on school trips. Im not saying its the greatest country in the world but media always portrays the country in a bad way.

      @dwartbg1@dwartbg16 жыл бұрын

    • Yasen Well, I have learnt something, thank you, but as a Kiwi, I am bombarded with images of Western Europe, not so much of Central and Eastern Europe. I would quite like to live in Sofia. Auckland, Canberra and Sydney are quite violent cities, despite our clean green image.

      @gsf67@gsf676 жыл бұрын

    • Popular media portray former "Socialist" countries as dour and with uninspiring architecture and all buildings coloured in a drab "communist" grey. It is true that countries like Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria, which have had difficult twentieth centuries have much to offer and have a rich history and sense of culture. I have since met a couple of Kiwis who have purchased property in Bulgaria, far far cheaper than in New Zealand.

      @gsf67@gsf676 жыл бұрын

    • Ts ts ts ....

      @trancegirl7453@trancegirl74536 жыл бұрын

  • Im Turkish and i love Bulgaria

    @tuncaycakici118@tuncaycakici1183 жыл бұрын

  • i didnt know about Plovdiv being that old Great history It is honour to be your neighbour country Greetings from Greece

    @user-pc7ju8ss1u@user-pc7ju8ss1u6 жыл бұрын

    • Ancient name of Plovdiv is Philipopolis actually ;-)

      @petiakoceva7251@petiakoceva72514 жыл бұрын

    • @@petiakoceva7251Philipopolis is the greek name of the city. The original Thracian name of the city is Pulpudeva!

      @mrazimusheta1899@mrazimusheta18994 жыл бұрын

    • @@mrazimusheta1899 and the city of Varna was called Odessos

      @demorelax6420@demorelax64203 жыл бұрын

    • @@mrazimusheta1899 Pupludeva??? lol Evmolpias. Funny how the Thracian king Evmolpos, who founded Evmolpias (Philippoupolis, Plovdiv), had a Greek name lol Another famous Thracian was the Greek mathematician and astronomer Demokritos

      @issavisisland9870@issavisisland98703 жыл бұрын

    • @@issavisisland9870 Philip 2 macedon named the city Philippopolis, before that it was Pulpudeva. The town has been inhabitet for more than 8 millenia, long before the greeks came.

      @mrazimusheta1899@mrazimusheta18993 жыл бұрын

  • I'm from Bulgaria! This video is a Great! Thank you, Rick.

    @dobromirpetrov-goodpeace-t9046@dobromirpetrov-goodpeace-t90466 жыл бұрын

    • Hi ,WE can be freind ? Im coming to Bulgarie next motch

      @mimikouki811@mimikouki8115 жыл бұрын

  • I lived in Sofia for a while, really miss it, I can't wait to be back there, such an amazing place.

    @FrameFreakStudio@FrameFreakStudio6 жыл бұрын

    • Why do you think so?

      @ralitsapetrova4431@ralitsapetrova44315 жыл бұрын

  • I'm from Romania, and me and my friends were going climbing in Bulgaria at least once a month. I miss Vratsa or Veliko as much as I miss Bucegi mountains. Too bad that so many villages are deserted and I hope they will understand how much potential that country has. Unfortunately communism has its claws still deep inside our politics.

    @unknownboulder1205@unknownboulder12056 жыл бұрын

    • istrati claudiu i'm from Romania too

      @Maria-sy4vm@Maria-sy4vm6 жыл бұрын

    • MAI BAIETE, DE TREIZECI DE ANI NU MAI EXISTA ASA-NUMITUL COMUNISM! NU BAGI DE SEAMA, CATE PAGUBE SI RAVAGII A PRICINUIT IMPUTITUL ALA DE CAPITALISM NEOLIBERAL? IA NU MAI FLECARI ATATA SI INCEARCA SA SI GANDESTI! AM PRIETENA BULGAROAICA CARE SE GANDESTE LA FEL CA SI MINE

      @jozsefimbrea9473@jozsefimbrea94735 жыл бұрын

    • @@alexsamu3478 ITZI DORESC DIN TOATA INIMA SA FII SOMER, SAU ANGAJAT LA O FIRMA CARE NU-SI PLATESTE PERSONALUL DE VRE-UN AN, SAU SA AI PENSIE MINIMA DE 175 LEVA. ATUNCI AI SA SIMTI PE PROPRIA-TI PIELE CARE SUNT "BENEFICIILE" ACESTIU CAPITALISM SCARBOS!!

      @jozsefimbrea9473@jozsefimbrea94735 жыл бұрын

    • @@jozsefimbrea9473 daca atunci cand ai fost tanar ai fi muncit acest capitalism iti dadea pensie in randul celorlalti . Bunicul meu ia pensi 1400 de lei tu dece nu iei . El a muncit in fabrica 40 de ani tu unde ai fost ....A.... ti era lene să muncești ca munca era pentru fraieri....inteleg. Acum fraierii iau pensie si deștepții ca tine acuza fara drept sistemul

      @alexsamu3478@alexsamu34785 жыл бұрын

    • @@alexsamu3478 SE VEDE CAT DE INOCULAT ESTI! SI REPETI CA UN PAPAGAL FRAZEOLOGIA BURGHEZA-INDIVIDUALISTA ! TREZESTE-TE, OMULE! TOATA EUROPA DE EST A FOST DUSA LA PIERZANIE DE CATRE O BANDA DE ESCROCI SI TALHARI MANATA DE SERVICIILE SECRETE OCCIDENTALE. AU DITRUS UNA DINTRE CELE MAI PITORESI TARI DIN REGIUNE, CARE E BULGARIA. DACA CONSIDERI O FEMEIE CA LENESA, CARE A MUNCIT INTR-UN POST CU MARI RASPUNDERI, DAR A SI CRESCUT TREI COPII, ATUNCI DACA TI-AI AVUT CEI SAPTE ANI DE ACASA!!!!

      @jozsefimbrea9473@jozsefimbrea94735 жыл бұрын
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