Tag: Balkans
7 Bulgarian wines to taste (and what to eat with them)
Which Bulgarian wines and grape varietals should you know and what traditional dishes should you add to them for a perfect local gourmet experience? F ...
7 unique and unusual things to do in Sibiu, Romania (+map)
Sibiu is one of the most idyllic places to live according to a 2008 Forbes publication, and while I haven't lived there myself, I can at least swear i ...
5 Balkan towns for history and sea lovers
Nothing delights the soul as much as an evening walk through the narrow, romantically lit cobbled streets of an old town with a view over the sea. Thi ...
Turkish cuisine – menu ideas for beginners
Seeing as travel and food always go hand-in-hand, let’s set off on a mouthwatering adventure through a country known for its curious and diverse natio ...
Secret places in Sofia: 10 travel challenges for true explorers (+map)
Maybe you have already spent some time hanging around Sofia, or maybe you want to skip the main attractions and plunge straight into the secrets and a ...
Go trail running on a route full of Macedonian legends
If you love running and haven't visited the tiny Balkan state of Macedonia yet, here is the perfect chance to enrich your life with a new destination, ...
Heads up: DroneUp film fest in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
It's the innate, ancient dream of flying that makes you hold your breath when you're watching a drone movie and wish you were somehow attached to that ...
Get your adrenaline pumping at Adventure Outdoor Fest in Jerma Canyon
Тhere are a handful of rivers on the Balkan Peninsula that deserve your special attention. The Jerma (or Erma in Bulgarian) is one of them, with its g ...
How to practice aylyak in Bulgaria and be happy
Aylyak is an untranslatable Bulgarian word* that could roughly be defined as:
“The art of not giving a sh*t, doing everything at a relaxed pace and n ...
Exit Festival, Serbia: Party on a medieval fortress
We challenge you: Visit Serbia and be a part of the Exit festival!
It’s summer. You feel like you want to go somewhere and have a great time but you ...