HOTNITSA
Living in rural Bulgaria
restored house at Hotnitsa
 
www.bulgaria.com for business contacts, travel guides, history
and other information.

www.bulgariatravel.org - the official tourist site for
Bulgaria...still a work-in-progress but has some good maps
and lots of excellent info.

www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/bulgaria/ for the
online Lonely Planet guide to Bulgaria - the book is worth
buying as well.  It has some lovely things to say about Veliko
Tarnovo!

www.bulgarianembassy.org.uk - the Bulgarian Embassy in the
UK

www.air.bg - the website of Bulgaria Air - direct from Gatwick
to Sofia.  Some excellent deals when flights booked online.

www.easyjet.com - have now started flights from Gatwick to
Sofia, with some good deals especially if you book ahead.

www.thomsonfly.com - flights to Varna & Bourgas on the Black
Sea coast from UK regional airports.  Can be very cheap
off-peak.

www.wizzair.com - flies from Luton direct to Sofia.  Good deals
available.

Various cheap flight websites (
Expedia, Airline Network, Travel
Supermarket) will offer a range of flight times and prices

www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 to find info about  the World Music
Awards. The audience award was won in 2006 by Ivo
Papasov, the acclaimed Bulgarian clarinet maestro.

www.gen-europe.org for the Global Ecovillage Network
Europe (GEN)

www.constructiveindividuals.co.uk for the website of UK  
architect, Phil Bixby

www.amazonails.org.uk - UK based strawbale building experts