I spent a couple of weeks travelling around Bulgaria in October 2003, and returned for another three weeks in June/July 2005. I have organised the photos in four (rather arbitrary) galleries:

• #1   Plovdiv, Bachkovo Monastery, and the foothills of the Rhodope Mountains near Asenovgrad.
• #2   Sofia and some nearby mountains - Vitosha to the south and the Balkans (Stara Planina) to the north.
• #3   Melnik, Bansko, the Pirin Mountains, and the narrow gauge railway from Bansko to Septemvri.
• #4   Veliko Tarnovo, Tryavna, Koprivshtitsa, and Varna.

My mini guide to travel in Bulgaria