HOTNITSA
Living in rural Bulgaria
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