{"id":13678,"date":"2024-03-17T19:10:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T19:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/?page_id=13678"},"modified":"2025-10-12T18:55:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:55:50","slug":"rural-tourism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13678\" class=\"elementor elementor-13678\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d013a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72d013a0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b2b6b25 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b2b6b25\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bc46bf6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3bc46bf6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1080a394 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1080a394\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4648545e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4648545e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"79\" height=\"41\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NatureICON.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13145 lazyload\" alt=\"Nature Category For Visit my Bulgaria\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"79\" height=\"41\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NatureICON.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13145 lazyload\" alt=\"Nature Category For Visit my Bulgaria\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2525cf15 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2525cf15\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b9ff8e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b9ff8e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rural tourism<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-335cbccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"335cbccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By far the best way to acquaint yourself with Bulgaria is by exploring the countless small villages between bigger cities.<\/p><p>Rural living reveals the true traditions, customs and daily habits of quaint Bulgarian life.If you love slow, natural living, you&#8217;ll fall in love with the picturesque villages and local hospitality.<\/p><p>This type of travels open you up to endless cultural exchanges with locals, delicious, homegrown food and a genuine connection to Bulgaria&#8217;s past.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e63f4d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e63f4d6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b506de4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b506de4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-14208 lazyload\" alt=\"Bozhentsi village\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-14208 lazyload\" alt=\"Bozhentsi village\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo by Martin Georgiev<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eaef3d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5eaef3d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-236b1d88 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"236b1d88\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aa2fe0 premium-header-block premium-lq__none premium-box-lq__none elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"4aa2fe0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">Villages in the mountains of <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">RHODOPE<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ae40da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ae40da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Rhodope Mountains have a mystical allure to them, hiding many idyllic villages. It&#8217;s here that you&#8217;ll be enamored by both traditional Bulgarian archicture and the breathtaking views of the mountain side.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f21219 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71f21219\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6971cc6f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6971cc6f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11692307 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"11692307\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kosovo-aerieal.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-7059 lazyload\" alt=\"Kosovo Village\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kosovo-aerieal.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-7059 lazyload\" alt=\"Kosovo Village\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kosovo-aerieal.jpg 440w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kosovo-aerieal-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Kosovo village <\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Small Rhodope village actively working to preserve traditional Bulgarian Revivalist architecture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b07093e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b07093e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68abc8d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"68abc8d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"304\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_4509-e1546100183734.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-45 lazyload\" alt=\"The village of Leshten\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_4509-e1546100183734.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-45 lazyload\" alt=\"The village of Leshten\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_4509-e1546100183734.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_4509-e1546100183734-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_4509-e1546100183734-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_4509-e1546100183734-1024x519.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Leshten village <\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An intriguing mixture of authentic homes and architecture and a modern take on Bulgarian village life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2489ed9d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2489ed9d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79d6cb2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"79d6cb2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fixedw_large_4x.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-400 lazyload\" alt=\"Village of Gela\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fixedw_large_4x.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-400 lazyload\" alt=\"Village of Gela\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fixedw_large_4x.jpg 1224w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fixedw_large_4x-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fixedw_large_4x-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fixedw_large_4x-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Gela village <\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Winding mountain roads lead to this magical village of scattered neighborhoods and open meadows.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-211766bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"211766bd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dd1a2a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"7dd1a2a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_4426.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-156 lazyload\" alt=\"Shiroka Laka Village\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_4426.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-156 lazyload\" alt=\"Shiroka Laka Village\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_4426.jpg 683w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_4426-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Shiroka Laka village <\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A true guardian of tradition, this village has raised Bulgaria&#8217;s most notable folk singers and musicians.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5105748f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5105748f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a55618c elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"1a55618c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1354\" height=\"1010\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kovachevitsa.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15546 lazyload\" alt=\"The village of Kovachevitsa\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1354\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kovachevitsa.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15546 lazyload\" alt=\"The village of Kovachevitsa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kovachevitsa.webp 1354w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kovachevitsa-1024x764.webp 1024w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kovachevitsa-768x573.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Kovachevitsa village <\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fruitful land, clear spring water and warm hospitality make Kovachevitsa a village beloved by Bulgarians.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7774a118 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7774a118\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1826d2a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"1826d2a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1794\" height=\"1410\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dolen-Village-From-the-Air.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15547 lazyload\" alt=\"Dolen Village From the Air\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1794\" height=\"1410\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dolen-Village-From-the-Air.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15547 lazyload\" alt=\"Dolen Village From the Air\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dolen-Village-From-the-Air.webp 1794w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dolen-Village-From-the-Air-1024x805.webp 1024w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dolen-Village-From-the-Air-768x604.webp 768w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dolen-Village-From-the-Air-1536x1207.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1794px) 100vw, 1794px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Dolen village <\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Take a historic walk through time and absorb the atmosphere of nostalgia and Bulgarian rural living.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dee47d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2dee47d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d2a92 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"27d2a92\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9123580 premium-header-block premium-lq__none premium-box-lq__none elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"9123580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">More villages around <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">BULGARIA<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9874cbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9874cbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Villages with typical Bulgarian architecture can be found in the central region of the country, close to the old Bulgarian capital. There are a couple of exceptions which are located in other areas of the country. Check them out!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01ec8f9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"01ec8f9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6877d31 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6877d31\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9f36d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"a9f36d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Village-of-Pirin-600x600.webp\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-15551 lazyload\" alt=\"Village of Pirin\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Village-of-Pirin-600x600.webp\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-15551 lazyload\" alt=\"Village of Pirin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Village-of-Pirin-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Village-of-Pirin-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Village-of-Pirin-100x100.webp 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Pirin village<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Celebrate the village rituals of <em>Babinden<\/em> and <em>Duhovden\u00a0<\/em>with the locals of this charming village.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de2c33 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de2c33\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c6cbdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"2c6cbdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Arbanasi-imagesfrombulgaria.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-398 lazyload\" alt=\"The village of Arbanasi\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Arbanasi-imagesfrombulgaria.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-398 lazyload\" alt=\"The village of Arbanasi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Arbanasi-imagesfrombulgaria.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Arbanasi-imagesfrombulgaria-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Arbanasi-imagesfrombulgaria-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Arbanasi-imagesfrombulgaria-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Arbanasi village <\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Discover medieval forts and castles with ancient frescoes in lively Arbanasi, close to Veliko Tarnovo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-210eb4a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"210eb4a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7df9e8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"7df9e8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-14208 lazyload\" alt=\"Bozhentsi village\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-m size-ocean-thumb-m wp-image-14208 lazyload\" alt=\"Bozhentsi village\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bozhentsi-1-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Bozhentsi village<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Declared an open-air museum, this village is filled with fascinating houses, customary to the region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88f713a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"88f713a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d250de4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"d250de4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a8d179fc2afda4835675e1dd3dea7e6c.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-399 lazyload\" alt=\"Zheravna\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a8d179fc2afda4835675e1dd3dea7e6c.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-399 lazyload\" alt=\"Zheravna\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a8d179fc2afda4835675e1dd3dea7e6c.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a8d179fc2afda4835675e1dd3dea7e6c-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a8d179fc2afda4835675e1dd3dea7e6c-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a8d179fc2afda4835675e1dd3dea7e6c-1024x682.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Zheravna village <\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The patriotic spirit is still strong in Zheravna, home to many Bulgarian writers and revolutionaries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2a2e51 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d2a2e51\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a191b94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"a191b94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1488\" height=\"996\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Village-of-Ichera.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15548 lazyload\" alt=\"Village of Ichera\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1488\" height=\"996\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Village-of-Ichera.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15548 lazyload\" alt=\"Village of Ichera\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Village-of-Ichera.webp 1488w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Village-of-Ichera-1024x685.webp 1024w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Village-of-Ichera-768x514.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1488px) 100vw, 1488px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Ichera village <\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Old-fashioned cobbled streets and wooden Revivalist houses line the streets of gorgeous Ichera.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95ebadc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"95ebadc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7df5549 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"7df5549\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1728\" height=\"1318\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oreshak-village.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15549 lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1728\" height=\"1318\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oreshak-village.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15549 lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oreshak-village.webp 1728w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oreshak-village-1024x781.webp 1024w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oreshak-village-768x586.webp 768w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oreshak-village-1536x1172.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1728px) 100vw, 1728px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Oreshak village<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the villages where the infamous Bulgarian clay craft and patterning originates from.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2552b069 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2552b069\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47bfd0e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47bfd0e2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-669dcc4 premium-header-block premium-lq__none premium-box-lq__none elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"669dcc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">Selected <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">EXPERIENCES<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7856cbc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7856cbc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By far, one of the best ways to discover Bulgarian village life is through experiencing it first-hand. We&#8217;ve selected a handful of local rituals and regional traditions to fully immerse you in the history and magic of Bulgarian rural tourism.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f5493fe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f5493fe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4719f37e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4719f37e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e64c7d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"6e64c7d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur active\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Yoga.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-17172 lazyload\" alt=\"Yoga\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Yoga.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-17172 lazyload\" alt=\"Yoga\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">... Retreat<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We will soon provide this experience, which you can book through our site.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61c33b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61c33b8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7f9e52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"c7f9e52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur active\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/colin-lloyd-gDU1vWoIDGQ-unsplash.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14088 lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/colin-lloyd-gDU1vWoIDGQ-unsplash.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14088 lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/colin-lloyd-gDU1vWoIDGQ-unsplash.jpg 640w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/colin-lloyd-gDU1vWoIDGQ-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Trail ...<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We will soon provide this experience, which you can book through our site.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50cfbae2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50cfbae2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de22f01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"6de22f01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-min-height premium-banner-animation2 blur active\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/NIM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-l size-ocean-thumb-l wp-image-7781 lazyload\" alt=\"National museum of History\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/NIM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-l size-ocean-thumb-l wp-image-7781 lazyload\" alt=\"National museum of History\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/NIM.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/NIM-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/NIM-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">... Entrances<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-content premium_banner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We will soon provide this experience, which you can book through our site.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rural tourism By far the best way to acquaint yourself with Bulgaria is by exploring the countless small villages between bigger cities. Rural living reveals the true traditions, customs and daily habits of quaint Bulgarian life.If you love slow, natural living, you&#8217;ll fall in love with the picturesque villages and local hospitality. This type of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6117,"parent":0,"menu_order":67,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13678","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","has-media","owp-thumbs-layout-horizontal","owp-btn-normal","owp-tabs-layout-horizontal","has-no-thumbnails","has-product-nav"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>13 The Best Villages in Bulgaria: Ultimate Guide for Rural Tourism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Bulgaria&#039;s villages: charming and steeped in cultural heritage. Rural tourism offers breathtaking natural landscapes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"13 The Best Villages in Bulgaria: Ultimate Guide for Rural Tourism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover Bulgaria&#039;s villages: charming and steeped in cultural heritage. Rural tourism offers breathtaking natural landscapes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bulgariaguide.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-12T18:55:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_4423-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/\",\"name\":\"13 The Best Villages in Bulgaria: Ultimate Guide for Rural Tourism\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_4423-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-17T19:10:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-12T18:55:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover Bulgaria's villages: charming and steeped in cultural heritage. Rural tourism offers breathtaking natural landscapes.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_4423-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_4423-1.jpg\",\"width\":\"2000\",\"height\":\"1333\",\"caption\":\"Best Villages in Bulgaria\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rural Tourism\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Bulgaria Guide\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Logo-Colour.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Logo-Colour.png\",\"width\":446,\"height\":312,\"caption\":\"Bulgaria Guide\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bulgariaguide.net\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bulgariaguide\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC82nY74mmwhdVN9Nejl5aDw\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"13 The Best Villages in Bulgaria: Ultimate Guide for Rural Tourism","description":"Discover Bulgaria's villages: charming and steeped in cultural heritage. Rural tourism offers breathtaking natural landscapes.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"13 The Best Villages in Bulgaria: Ultimate Guide for Rural Tourism","og_description":"Discover Bulgaria's villages: charming and steeped in cultural heritage. Rural tourism offers breathtaking natural landscapes.","og_url":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bulgariaguide.net","article_modified_time":"2025-10-12T18:55:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1333,"url":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_4423-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/","url":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/","name":"13 The Best Villages in Bulgaria: Ultimate Guide for Rural Tourism","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_4423-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-17T19:10:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-12T18:55:50+00:00","description":"Discover Bulgaria's villages: charming and steeped in cultural heritage. Rural tourism offers breathtaking natural landscapes.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_4423-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_4423-1.jpg","width":"2000","height":"1333","caption":"Best Villages in Bulgaria"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/rural-tourism\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rural Tourism"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/","name":"","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/#organization","name":"Bulgaria Guide","url":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Logo-Colour.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Logo-Colour.png","width":446,"height":312,"caption":"Bulgaria Guide"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bulgariaguide.net","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bulgariaguide\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC82nY74mmwhdVN9Nejl5aDw"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitmybulgaria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}