A CULTURAL HOTBED FOR CENTRAL-ESTERN EUROPE, INFLUENCTED BY THE MANY CIVILISATIONS TO HAVE LEFT THEIR MARK, FROM THE GREEKS TO THE OTTOMANS , HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE MANY A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE AS WELL AS THE DIVERSE LANDSCAPE. FROM MEDIEVAL TOWNS IN TRANSYLVANIA TO FAIRYTALE CASTLE AND THE SPECTACULAR RILA MONASTERY PASS THROUGH REMOTE VILLAGE AND COUNTRYSIDE WHERE FARMERS STILL PLOUGH THE FIELD BY HORSE AND HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES JOSTLE FORE SPACE ON THE ROAD WHIT 4X4s. REMNANTS OF THE INFAMOUS CEAUCESCU ERA ARE PRESENT, MOST NOTABLY WITH THE PEOPLE'S PALACE,(THE 2AD LARGEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD) BUT WANDER DOWN THE WIDE BOULEVARDS AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY BUCHAREST WAS ONCE NICKNAMED 'LITTLE PARIS'. AND BULGARIA IS A FAR CRY FROM THE BUDGET BEACH HOLIDAYS OF YESTERYEAR, AS THE WEALTH OF CULTURAL MONUMENTS WILL TESTIFY.
