eSIM for Bulgaria
Covered by our Europe plan, from $10.00.
What the network is actually like
Cities and the Black Sea coast are fine. Mountain regions, particularly the Rhodopes, have real gaps. Bulgaria uses Cyrillic script, so offline maps with Latin transliteration are worth setting up in advance.
Networks: A1, Yettel, Vivacom
How much data you'll need
5GB for a week in the cities. The mountains want more, and offline maps.
Where people go
Sofia
A mountain at the end of the metro line. Vitosha is skiable.
Plovdiv
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe.
Varna
Black Sea coast, and the base for the northern beaches.
What's on
Timings are month-level, because most of these move year to year.
Rose Festival
Early June
Kazanlak
The Valley of the Roses harvest, which supplies much of the world’s rose oil.
Kukeri
January
Pernik and villages
Masked ritual dancers in enormous bells. Old, and not a revival.