Sofia, Bulgaria, Europe, Oct 2005

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Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Europe, Oct 2005

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Plovdiv is the second largest city of Bulgaria, very safe and easy to go around. We like walking through the city centre, The Roman Ancient Theatre, and a few museums,. There is a monastry nearby which is the second largest in the country, called Bachkovo. It is actually quite small by international standard but a very good way to spend a morning, it is about 40 mins from Plovdiv central bus station, do go behind the monastry and up the hill to get a much much much better view (tourists usually miss this and get back to the bus straight away, pity!).