Archive for the ‘Bulgaria’ Category
Barcelo Hotels & Resorts Open Their First Hotel in Bulgaria – Barcelo Festa Sofia
This opening makes Barceló the first Spanish hotel chain to expand into the Bulgarian capital. The incorporation of Barceló Festa Sofia, which will form part of the exclusive Barceló Premium hotels, confirms the group’s commitment to expanding into the main Eastern European destinations:
November 16, 2005
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Bulgaria, Romania may align Cold War tourist trail
The European Parliament has backed a German MEP’s idea to create a tourist trail stretching almost 7,000 km from the Arctic to the Black Sea, to reach Bulgaria and Romania.
September 12, 2005
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Congress Centre-Sofia, National Palace of Culture in Bulgaria is 2005 AIPC Apex Award Winner
The Board of Directors of the International Association of Congress Centres (AIPC) is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2005 AIPC Apex Award for “World’s Best Congress Centre” is the Congress Centre-Sofia, National Palace of Culture of Bulgaria. The presentation was made at this year’s AIPC General Assembly in Québec City, Canada, from [...]
July 27, 2005
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DISTINCTIVE DESTINATIONS EXPLORES BULGARIA
The Fall issue of Distinctive Destinations, Newsletter for Sophisticated Travelers, travels to Eastern Europe and former Soviet bloc countries Bulgaria and Romania and here at home to Philadelphia. Also included are special savings offered by hotels and cruise lines in regular feature Luxury for Less and Communiqué that quotes travel excerpts from leading national and [...]
July 26, 2005
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Bulgaria’s hot archaeological summer
This year, Bulgaria has again been blessed with spectacular archaeological discoveries of the ancient Thracian civilization. The Thracians lived in what are now parts of Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Turkey and Greece from 4,000 BC to the 4th century AD.
November 17, 2004
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Bulgaria Emerges as A new Tourist Destination
Bulgaria is emerging as a rapidly growing year-round tourist destination for British holidaymakers, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Economy. The government in Sofia is keen to celebrate this progress as Bulgaria is on the list of countries applying for membership of the European Union in the next round of accession.
August 27, 2004
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Getting to know the lovely town of Pomorie in Bulgaria
The town of Pomorie is one of the most beautiful towns on the sea shore,a unique and attractive healing center and resort. The ancient village Anhialo was formed in VI-V century BC, as a Hellenic colony on the Black Sea coast. Its strategic location near important roads determined its prosperity, and its proximity to a [...]
July 9, 2004
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Bulgaria – A land before time
They come here not only for the vest green pastures on which they can raised sheep, horses and cattle, but also for the agreeable climate, pure water wealth of forest in the mountain. From 803 to 814, under the reign of Khan Kroum, the boundaries of the Bulgarian Empire ran through the Rhodope labyrinth from [...]
February 4, 2004
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Bulgaria Experiences Growth in Tourism
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Economy reports that over 3.5 million foreigners visited in 2003, a growth of 18 percent from last year’s figure. Last year, excluding ‘shuttle traders’ (one-day-trade travelers to a neighboring county), Greek tourists were the number one visitors, up 40 percent; followed by Germans (+11.26%), British (+43.68), Russians (+22.08%), and Sweden (+28.35%). Furthermore, [...]
January 27, 2004
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Bulgaria is Ready to Sign “Open Sky”
Bulgarian aviation authorities are beginning to carry out sudden checks of foreign airplanes, landing in Bulgaria. No such practice has been employed so far. Its purpose is to monitor the safety of the airplanes, the way it’s being done in a number of European airports. An airline company will also be checked whether it has [...]
January 21, 2004
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