Bulgaria

The BBC's Wonders of Bulgaria explores Sozopol, a bustling port city where incredible relics from Antiquity are being uncovered just a few metres below the water.

Set scenically at the base of the Pirin Mountains, Bansko has quietly emerged as one of the world's newest remote working hubs in recent years.

Archaeologists uncover the shops and stadium of ancient Philippopolis – modern-day Plovdiv, Bulgaria – a city once governed by the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires.

The Bulgarian city of Plovdiv has an almost untranslatable word – “aylyak” – that manifests as a refusal to get caught up in the rat race and a scepticism about the value of overwork.

Deep beneath the Black Sea, off the coast of Bulgaria, ancient Greek ships are revealing answers to the mystery of the Noah’s Ark flood.

The Buzludzha Monument was built in 1981 to glorify the country's Communist Party and to mark the birthplace of Bulgarian socialism.

Not only is the history of yoghurt tied to Bulgaria, but Bulgaria's history and identity can be traced through its production.

The author gets behind the wheel of a ‘classic’ Soviet car to discover the Bulgarian coast.