Things To Do In Plovdiv, Bulgaria

The 2019 European Capital of Culture and second largest city in Bulgaria, Plovdiv is one of the top tourist destinations in the country and the eastern Balkans.

There’s a huge number of things to do in Plovdiv, mostly thanks to its incredibly long history and rich cultural heritage.

Spread across seven hills in a fertile region in south-central Bulgaria, the area that now makes up Plovdiv has been inhabited for no less than 8,000 years.

The first Neolithic settlements discovered here date back to 6,000 BC. Since Plovdiv still exists, it’s often regarded as one of the world’s oldest still-inhabited cities. While there’s some debate among scientists about that, it’s certain that it’s one of the oldest cities in Europe.

Over the millennia, the city—known in Antiquity as Philippopolis—has been occupied by Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Huns, Bulgars, Slavs, western Crusaders, and Ottomans, among other peoples.

As such, it now has an exceptional wealth of historic…