If you can’t find that, chicken or pork kavarma is similar and also delicious for winter.
For more resources for your trip, check out our pages on traveling in Bulgaria and the Balkans. While the country is safe, accidents can happen anywhere. Perks include a free vegetarian dinner in addition to breakfast included in your stay! For travel insurance, I use World Nomads. Bulgaria is rich in winter holiday activites. You sold me with that one. If it’s running, you can take one of the ski lifts from Dragalevtsi or Simeonovo up to the top of Vitosha, where you can unwind with a short winter hike. It has gorgeous, loft-inspired details like exposed brick, giant windows, and streamlined but modern décor. It’s currently a beautiful snowy winter in Bulgaria, even the Danube may be frozen which doesn’t happen often. It’s that time of the year when families gather together, ancient customs come into play and the holiday spirit is felt everywhere. I have never stayed at the Sofia location but several of my friends have and have always spoken highly of it.
Furthermore, Bulgaria is not the most popular destination so it’s generally not overcrowded with tourists. There are a lot of world class ski resorts like Bansko, Pamporovo and Borovets, not to mention the amazing Spa experiences you can have here. I stayed at the one in Veliko Tarnovo and it was excellent.

We’ve got warm spring weather right now, like most of Europe – so N3 is not really relevant… hopefully this will change next week, cause not only skiing, but winter walking is also nice in BG. Tradition requires that after dinner the table stays untouched until the morning.

It’s more than likely that the roads will be passable. She loves befriending dogs, drinking coffee, geeking out about wine, and cooking food from around the world. During this time, you can relax in the Spa resorts, or mountain resorts of the Sunny country, rich in mineral deposits. How many kilometers ski slopes have in Bulgaria for Winter Sports ? There are a lot of world class ski resorts like Bansko, Pamporovo and Borovets, not to mention the amazing Spa experiences you can have here. Whether it’s for a whole month or just a few days, there are plenty of locations to explore. Normally Christmas involve so much meat, in my country its common to have pork and turkey and lots of plates with meat, not a lot for us vegetarians. Want to save this post for later? Bulgaria lies in the south-east of Europe and is home to an enviable Mediterranean climate which shifts more towards continental as you move toward the interior. For dinner on Christmas Eve tradition requires an odd number of meals – usually 7 or 9, including the ritual pita bread with a coin in it which brings good fortune to the person who finds it. But I think that there is no place more suitable for winter holiday than, This small but charming country in Eastern Europe is the perfect combination of hospitality, quality, comfort and cosiness but is also cheap and affordable. Mount Vitosha is a fantastic place to escape the busy pace (and winter smog) of Sofia in winter. The beautiful Russian church of Shipka is one of Bulgaria’s best-kept secrets — it’s drop-dead beautiful and yet there are hardly ever any tourists at any time of year (and definitely virtually zero in winter). In the centre of Sofia you can find a perfect double room in a nice hotel for just 20-25 euros a night. In the far north of Bulgaria not far from the border with Serbia, Belogradchik Castle doesn’t get nearly that many tourists any point of year – and it certainly gets far fewer in winter.

A good guidebook: While travel blogs are great, we still think a good guidebook is always handy. “Survakane” plays an important role in welcoming in the New Year. Veliko Tarnovo is often considered to be the most charming town in Bulgaria, and that goes double if you’re lucky enough to see it covered in snow! The country has several ski areas which offer excellent conditions for skiing, snowboarding, ski running and other winter sports. In Bulgaria, there are two plains, divided by the chain of the Balkan Mountains (or Stara Planina), which is stretched from west to east.North of the mountains, in the Danube Plain, separated from Romania by the river of the same name, where cities like Ruse and Pleven are found, the average temperature ranges from around 0 °C (32 °F) in January to 23 °C (73.5 °F) in July.