Culture

It will be omnipresent in your days with unique finds in the museums, including the world's oldest gold with beautiful collections of works from self-taught old masters to modern painters in the art galleries with classical concerts and folklore song-and-dance festivals. Bulgaria is a country with a very rich cultural treasury. The Bulgarian National Folklore is admired worldwide. The phenomenal Bulgarian folk singers and ensembles made the country popular all over the world. Traditional Bulgarian musical  instruments with original sounding are the bagpipe, the reed pipe, the drums, the Bulgarian Mandolin, bells and similar. The national folk costumes are also very interesting and unique, from the Thracian, Rhodopi and Vidin regions, etc. 

It will be omnipresent in your days with unique finds in the museums, including the world's oldest gold; with beautiful ollections of works from self-taught old masters to modern inters in the art galleries; with classical concerts and folklore song-and-dance festivals. 

You will find them in the beauty of our handcrafts, in the melody and incredible voices of the Bulgarian folk songs, in the numerous myths and legends told all over the country, in the traditional dances and celebrations, in the very names of the regions, cultural monuments and areas in the country.
You will hear them in the unique rhythm, melody and harmony of the Bulgarian folk songs and chants; your heart will sense them in the merry and healthy joy-de-vivre atmosphere of the rites and celebrations. You will discern them in the everlasting beauty of the handicrafts, finely woven in the ceramic vignettes and wood
carvings, colorful rugs and hammered copper-ware. The unique folklore and lifestyle diversity that still astounds the specialists is based on the traditions of Thracians, Slavs and proto-Bulgarians. You will find them in the exquisite taste of Bulgarian cuisine and in the fine aroma of Bulgarian wines.