Bulgaria Sports Activities

Nowadays, most foreign guests in Bulgaria will be really pleased to try its great diversity of suggested spots tours opportunities. The most popular sport activities for the different tourists in our country are

Bulgaria Special Interest Tours

Most towns and cities in this country have their unique national history or ethnographic museum. Pleasant walks to these old historical places and ancient monasteries provide an excellent way to experience the rich cultural traditions in Bulgaria and also to have lots of exciting and interesting moments among its beautiful nature. It could be useful for you to keep in mind that some Bulgarian museum towns, such as Koprivshtitsa and Plovdiv, as well offer interesting painting and photography courses.

Winter Bulgaria Sports Activities

Bulgaria gradually becomes fast-growing and more and more popular skiing destination in Europe today and the three main ski resorts in this east European country have been increasingly improved in recent years. Snowfall in them is constantly heavy from December to April. Probably, the ski areas could not be as extensive as in the Alps, but Bulgaria actually offers excellent conditions for novice and intermediate skiing. Off-piste skiing is good and cross-country skiing already becomes extremely popular, with lots of trails, leading through the picturesque pine forests of most Bulgarian mountains.

Bulgaria Water Sports Activities

The Black sea coast has over 370 km or 232 miles long coastline with a great number of sandy beaches. Due to its comparatively low salt content, it is ideal for swimming. A wide diversity of water sports, including water-skiing, sailing and surfing is available in each Bulgarian seaside resort at recent days. On the other hand, if you are keen on something really extreme, you will be quite pleased to know that whitewater rafting, canoeing and kayaking are possible on the rivers Arda, Ossam, Stackevska and Struma during the spring. The comparatively quieter waters of Danube are suitable for canoeing and kayaking, too.

Bulgaria Sports Activities - Hiking

There are over 35 000 km or 21 749 miles waymarked paths in Bulgaria, which give the foreign cycling lovers lots of opportunities for some exciting and extraordinary one- or two-week trips through the wild Bulgarian mountains. Guides with some useful information and a huge diversity of curious facts for these places are usually provided in different mountain chalets, guest houses or camps.

Bulgaria Outdoor Pursuits

Many Bulgarian tourist companies today are, additionally, specialized in organizing of exciting mountaineering and climbing trips in the areas of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo, Trojan, Maliovitza and Roussenski Lom. The steep rocks of the Pirin, Rhodopi, Rila and Stara Planina mountains are another popular and beloved choice for the foreign expert climbers. Bulgaria has already twice hosted the orientating World championships and a national orientating cup takes place on the Shoumensko Plateau every year. Some of these companies also suggest interesting options for organized caving trips to the numerous caves in the country and to some extraordinary spectacular subterranean rock formations, many of which have ancient cave paintings on them. Other exciting and uncommon opportunity for outdoor pursuits is the horse riding, which is traditionally popular in Bulgaria. Every foreign guest, keen on this sport, could also choose some pleasant one- or two-week tour in different places, including the Danube Valley, the Balkan, Rila mountain and the Valley of Roses. For all mountain biking enthusiasts, the Rhodopi mountains provide a number of excellent trails, while cycling along the Black Sea coast is another popular family way for making a real fun among the beautiful Bulgarian nature. There are also lots of generally good facilities for tennis and mini-golf in the major resorts along the sea coast and in the mountains.

Bulgaria Exciting Cruises

Another unforgettable chance to have your really interesting holiday in Bulgaria and abroad are the luxury cruises along the Danube, sailing through seven countries in two air-conditioned river liners. Each of them could accommodate up to 236 passengers. These pleasant tours includes transit to Passau or Vienna and usually begin as a two- or three-week cruise to Ruse in eastern Bulgaria, with excursions at all interesting points on this water route along Danube. Afterwards, there is also a option of touring Bulgaria by coach, or staying on the Black Sea Riviera, or at a mountain resort inland. The returning trips are usually by air.