Plovdiv is among the most pleasant cities in Bulgaria, located in a plain between the Rhodopes and Balkans mountains. Photo by Emilofero. Check my own picture galleries here. Also check my Journey through Bulgaria to learn more about old Plovdiv, also known as Trimontium.

With the ski season about to start, I thought I would publish some Bansko pictures. Bansko is a ski resort in the Pirin mountain range. For more info about Bansko and other ski resorts in Bulgaria, see White Bulgaria

Nice close up of an inscription on a derelict Communist-era monument near Shipka. This monument is a good hour walk through the mountain from the top of the Shipka pass. Photo by James Michael Hill. Check my own picture galleries here.

Another view of Sofia's Alexander Nevski Cathedral. Photo by Etienne Cazin. Check my own picture galleries here.

Dospat lake is an artificial lake in the Southern Rhodopes mountains close to the Turkish border. Photo by Evgeni Dinev. Check my own picture galleries here.