"Plovdiv Bulgaria's second city" Plovdiv by chbuchie

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Plovdiv

Plovdiv is an ancient and also the 2nd Bulgarian city with its 350000 inhabitants. It is a city upon layers of cities and an epoch upon layers of epochs, with influences from the Thracian and classical Greek, the pride of Philip of Macedon, a centre of Byzantinism, a stronghold of the Bulgarians, a dream of the crusaders leaving all in all a magnificent wealth and history.

Plovdiv is located in the Southern/Central part of Bulgaria, about 130km from Sofia and enjoys a mediterranean climate. The river Maritza runs through it and the city is build around several hills or 'tepes'.

Other than the unique and charming atmosphere when walking around the ancient village with the old Thracian ruins on top of the hill and especially the amfiteater are not to be missed.

Old teatre

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the old town

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Pros and Cons
  • Pros:ancient town, amfiteatre
  • In a nutshell:unique atmosphere
  • Last visit to Plovdiv: Oct 2005
  • Intro Updated Oct 25, 2005
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  • matcrazy1's Profile Photo
    Oct 19, 2006 at 12:14 PM

    The old town looks unique and somewhat mysterious. Thanks for sharing!

  • ellielou's Profile Photo
    Aug 11, 2006 at 8:54 AM

    great page...should be there in about 6 weeks....any tips about eye candy for the female VTer? thanks for building these pages!

  • bugulma's Profile Photo
    Nov 20, 2005 at 9:46 PM

    interesting general tip :-))) views of the old city are a bit less interesting :-)))

  • B_Caro's Profile Photo
    Nov 20, 2005 at 2:34 AM

    It is indeed a nice place.I visited Plovdiv 2 times last year.

  • sieffron's Profile Photo
    Oct 28, 2005 at 4:18 AM

    Quality photos and commentaries. Good to see you enjoyed Plovdiv and Bulgaria. It looks like you got a nice feel for the places you visited.

  • bijo69's Profile Photo
    Oct 25, 2005 at 5:31 AM

    Nice page! Plovdiv is one of my favs in BG.

  • Oct 23, 2005 at 6:12 PM

    mooie plovdid site christan

  • desert_princess's Profile Photo
    Oct 23, 2005 at 5:23 PM

    daugters of Plovdiv? Copycat..heheehe ..It's ok you let me use the lion photo....you are forgiven...

  • hekate's Profile Photo
    Oct 23, 2005 at 1:25 PM

    Nice page :) I especially liked the Daughters of Plovdiv tip and the pictures going aong with it :)

  • hunterV's Profile Photo
    Oct 23, 2005 at 11:33 AM

    Christian, you're right, it is a great place to visit!

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