Old town: Plovdiv's old town, with its winding cobbled streets and elegant revival-era townhouses, is perfect for leisurely evening strolls and people watching. Plovdiv Tourism Board.

More than a tourist town. It is easy to view towns like Plovdiv — with their quaint streets and carefully preserved, achingly charming architecture — as one-dimensional in their beauty. It ...

In Plovdiv’s Old Town, cobbled streets weave between charming 19th-century buildings. These colourfully painted houses date back to the National Revival, a flourishing period for Bulgarian ...

The southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv celebrated its inauguration as a European Capital of Culture with an opening show on January 12. The city shares the honor this year with Matera, Italy.

What have the Romans ever done for us?” quipped my partner, Ed, as we stood on the main street of Nicopolis ad Istrum, formerly a Roman town in Bulgaria that is now a glorious assemblage of ruins.

This city in Bulgaria was originally built on seven hills and is also home to Europe's longest pedestrian street.

An American company specializing in robotic and minimally invasive surgery has launched a new production facility in the ...

Archaeologists from the Regional Archaeological Museum in Plovdiv have uncovered over 500 coins from various historical periods, along with gold ingots likely intended for jewelry production.