A pearl of Renaissance art, Boyana church is a monument of the European medieval architecture and religious pictorial art.

The Boyana Church is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of Sofia in the foothills of Vitosha mountain.  It is famous around the world for its mural paintings from 1259, genuine masterpieces with a flawless technique, complexity and realism. They are extraordinary example of the Bulgarian medieval art. Most of the images (89 scenes and over 240 figures) in the wall frescoes impress with vitality, psychological features and distinctiveness. 

Spiritual stronghold of Bulgaria, the largest and most renowned monastery in the country is situated in the Southwest Bulgaria, 117 km from Sofia. It emerges abruptly out of a forested picturesque valley in the Rila Mountains. This is the most outstanding monument of Bulgarian culture and architecture of the Bulgarian Renaissance. Rila monastery was established in the 10th century by the hermit Saint John of Rila (Ivan Rilski). The shrine has been reconstructed, destroyed and rebuilt during its long history. The monastery’s walls, decorated with four levels of colorful balconies – with monastic cells, storerooms, a refectory and kitchen (Magernitsa) – surround the large courtyard. The monastery’s kitchen built in 1816, was designated to feed thousands of pilgrims simultaneously.

The best preserved witness of ancient glory, the Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak is situated in Kazanlak, a town in the Rose Valley. Like most great discoveries, it was found by chance. In April 1944, while digging a trench, soldiers came across the tomb. This impressive monument of the Thracian culture dates back of the end of 4th and the beginning of 3rd century BC when the Thracian state with Seuthopolis as a capital of the Odryssian ruler Seuthes III goes through a period of political, economic and cultural progress.

Medieval monastery with well preserved frescoes, the Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo are situated in Northern Bulgaria, 20 km south of the City of Ruse, on the high rocky banks of the Rusenski Lom, near the village of Ivanovo. Some of them are up to 36 m above the river. They form a monastery complex comprising about 20 medieval churches, chapels and cells with uncovered traces of more than 300 rooms. The churches are small, 20-30 square metres in size. They were inhabited during the 11th – 14th centuries by monks, scholars and bookmen.

It is in the north-east of Bulgaria, 20 km from the town of Shumen, near the village of Madara. The relief was cut in a vertical rock at the height of 23 m (70 ft) during the 8th century and measures 2.6 m in height and is 3.1 wide at the base. The relief comprises a life-size horseman, a lion, a dog, and Greek inscriptions. The horseman is wearing a knee-length garment and is holding the reigns in his left hand. With the right hand, he throws a short spear with a flag at the lion lying at the horse’s front legs. The high back of a saddle is visible behind the horseman. The man’s right foot is thrust in a stirrup. A dog is running behind the horse.

It is situated 42 km Northeast of Razgrad, in Northeast Bulgaria. It was discovered in 1982 during the excavation near the village of Sveshtari.

It is a Thracian-Hellenistic tomb from the first half of the 3rd century BC. The Getic ruler Drumihed was probably buried in this royal tomb. The construction, built of smooth-cut limestone blocks, consists of a passage and three square chambers (a narthex, a side room, and a burial chamber), covered with a semi-cylindrical vault. The entrance is decorated with pillars with Ionian capitals. On them lies a slate with a relief-decorated freeze of ox heads, rosettes, and garlands. Gifts and sacrificial offerings were probably left beside the entrance.

The natural reserve encompasses the larger part of the Pirin mountain in the southwest of Bulgaria. The protected territory covers about 26, 000 ha. The Thracians called the mountain Orbellus (“Snow Mountain”), and the Slavs associated it with their god of storm and thunder Perun, hence the present-day name. According its geological structure, Pyrin is a beautiful mountain with a granite core, marble peaks and sky-blue glacier lakes.

The biosphere reserve is situated near the village of Srebarna, 18 km west of Silistra in northeastern Bulgaria, next to the Danube. It includes Lake Srebarna and the surrounding territory, covering an area of 6 sq km (~3 sq mi). The depth of the lake varies between 1 and 3 m (3-10 ft). The whole lake is covered with rushes and other water-loving plants. There are 67 higher plant species, some of which are rare for Europe. Some examples are the water lily, the swamp snowdrop, the swamp violet, bulrushes and reeds.

The Bistritsa Babi are famous simply because the inhabitants of the small picturesque village of Bistritsa, near Sofia, in the foot of the Vitosha mountain, managed to preserve the folklore untouched throughout the centuries. Bistritsa Babi was founded more than half a century ago. Up to present times, their polyphonic singing, dancing and specific ritual practices are passed between generations. The songs of the Bistritsa Babi accompany ritual feasts. There are songs for each rite, for each labour activity, as well as just for entertaining.

The Nestinarstvo (dancing on fire, or walking on fire) can be seen only in South-east Bulgaria, in several villages between Strandzha mountain and the Black Sea. It is observed on the holiday of St. Constantine and Elena (June 3rd and 4th), and sometimes on some of the local village fairs and the church/patron saint's days. Nestinarstvo can still be seen today in the village of Bulgari. A basic element of the custom is the dance in fire (glowing embers). The whole village takes part in the celebration but it is only the nestinars (nestinarstvo dancers) that participate in the ritual dance. They are chosen by the saint who is patron of the holiday. The dancers are able to "see" his face, to "hear" his voice and his spirit is transferred in them and on his behalf they can interpret omens and give advice.