Plovdiv International Airport (www.plovdivairport.com) is located 10 km southeast from Plovdiv, the second largest city in Bulgaria, and has excellent connections to the capital, Sofia - the distance to Sofia is 130 km and it takes about 1.30h to get to the capital via the highway (E80).
Bourgas Airport (www.bourgas-airport.com) is situated in a bay on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast, 10 km north-east of the town of Bourgas and some 30 km from the tourist centres Sunny Beach, Nessebar, Elenite and Dyuni.
Information about Plovdiv at www.plovdivguide.com.
Information about Bourgas at www.bourgas.net.
Information about Sofia at www.sofiacityguide.com.
Briefly about Bulgaria:
Territory - 110 912 sq. km.
Population - 7 538 000 (2003) (83,9 % ethnic Bulgarians; 9,4% Turks; 4,7% Roma; rest – smaller minorities Russians, Armenians, Vlachs, Jews, Karakachans etc.)
Relligion – 82,6% Orthodox, 12,2% Islam, 0,7% Protestant, 0,5% Catholics, 4,1% Others.
Capital city - Sofia (1 377 531 people in 2006)
Bigest towns - Plovdiv, Varna, Bourgas, Rouse, Stara Zagora, Veliko Tarnovo, Pleven
Mountains - 37 (biggest - Balkan Mountain: length - ~ 550 km.; width ~ 30-60 km.); (highest - Rila Mountain - peak Musala - 2925 m.a.s.l.)
Boundaries - North - Romania; East - Black Sea (coastline 378 km.); West - Serbia, Macedonia; South - Greece, Turkey;
Distribution of the lands - 0 - 400 m.a.s.l. - 59,8 %; 400 - 1000 m.a.s.l. - 27,6 %; 1000 -2000 m.a.s.l. - 11,9 %; over 2000 m.a.s.l. - 0,7 %
Protected areas - 3 national parks, 10 nature parks, 55 reserves, 35 managed reserves, over 350 protected areas and 500 natural monuments.