Veneta Nikolova, Author at Neverending Journey

Sound and light – the most spectacular Bulgarian show

Veneta Nikolova23 February, 202223 August, 2022

by Veneta Nikolova23 February, 202223 August, 202202174

If you happen to be in the town of Veliko Tarnovo in a hot summer night you’d most probably witness the most spectacular sound and light show. There are light effects, bell toll, fireworks and captivating music. This is the audio-visual show entitled Sound and Light It has been bringing...

Rhodope’s winter fairytale

Veneta Nikolova26 February, 201825 March, 2020

by Veneta Nikolova26 February, 201825 March, 202002736

The Rhodope Mountain is the perfect place for a small holiday amidst beautiful snowy landscapes, crystal air and… silence! Shiny and puffy snow, hugging deep valleys and high rocks, small houses with smoking chimneys on their white roofs, bright blue sky, with small, cotton-like white clouds and the wind bringing...

The mysteries of St. Anastasia Island

Veneta Nikolova18 May, 201625 March, 2020

by Veneta Nikolova18 May, 201625 March, 202002907

Ninety years ago, terrorists exiled on Bulgarian St. Anastasia island would have found it hard to imagine a future when they would be considered romantic celebrities and their prison had become a tourist haven. Sometimes history plays tricks of its own, which is why it can be good to look...

Free Sofia Tour or getting to know the Bulgarian capital city for 2 hours

Veneta Nikolova6 March, 201525 March, 2020

by Veneta Nikolova6 March, 201525 March, 202001692

Is it possible to see the most interesting sites in Sofia for just 2 hours? It turns out it is possible. You just have to be at the courthouse downtown the city at 11 am or 18 pm. The guys from Free Sofia Tour will be there, waiting for you....

The Seven Most Picturesque Bulgarian Monasteries you absolutely need to visit

Veneta Nikolova13 January, 201525 March, 2020

by Veneta Nikolova13 January, 201525 March, 202002397

According to the Holy Scripture seven is the number of perfection, which rules time and space. Seven are the days in the week, where Saturday is meant for God to rest, in the Old Testament tradition. In Christianity, sanctity is transferred from the sixth to the seventh day, Sunday, when...

Could the Bulgarian village of Gabarevo be the last refuge of the lost Romanov Princess ?

Veneta Nikolova29 December, 20145 January, 2022

by Veneta Nikolova29 December, 20145 January, 202215076

Did the lost Romanov Princess and her brother, the young heir Alexei spend their last days in a remote village in Bulgaria? In 2007 Russian authorities officially stated that they have found the missing remains of the two youngest heirs of the Romanov dynasty. An Investigator of the Bulgarian city of...

Life of prayer in the Samokov convent

Veneta Nikolova30 October, 201425 March, 2020

by Veneta Nikolova30 October, 201425 March, 202002016

In the quiet yard of the Samokov convent, in the Bulgarian Rila mountain, there is an atmosphere of peace and quiet. When visitors step inside, they lower their voices as their souls fill up with calm. On a hot August morning the sun is beating down the monastery buildings...

On the trail of lost time: the submerged church of Zhrebchevo dam

Veneta Nikolova6 May, 201425 March, 2020

by Veneta Nikolova6 May, 201425 March, 202002672

It has been there more than 100 years, its lonely remains rising above the clear waters of the dam. In winter, the wind and the blizzards lash out at the building, ice freezing its foundations. In summer, the blazing sun mercilessly beats down on its age-old walls, the tumbledown roof and...

The mysteries of the Valley of Thracian Kings

Veneta Nikolova24 April, 201425 March, 2020

by Veneta Nikolova24 April, 201425 March, 202002784

The earliest traces of human presence in the environs of the town of Kazanluk in Central Bulgaria date back to the Neolithic age, i.e. 6th-5th millennium B.C. In latter years the Thracians settled permanently in those lands. A vestige of their advanced civilization are the numerous mounds, in which archaeologists discovered...

The 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria – get to know the country to start loving it

Veneta Nikolova9 March, 201425 March, 2020

by Veneta Nikolova9 March, 201425 March, 202003212

Our country has its unique patent in the sphere of tourism. This is the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria, a movement, related to getting to know the top 100 tourists sites in this country. The list includes Thracian tombs, museums, mountaintops, protected areas and others. Among the most famous...