Bulgaria
Curated Audio Guides

The voice of Bulgaria's most remarkable sites.

In your ears, on the spot.

Audio guides written and narrated by historians and archaeologists for the country's most fascinating monasteries, fortresses, and ancient cities. Available in four languages.

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How It Works

Three steps from your phone to the past

No subscriptions. No login needed once you're walking. Pay once for a region, keep it forever.

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Pick a region

Choose from Bulgaria's most storied destinations — from Ancient Plovdiv to Rila Monastery.

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Open at the site

Browse curated routes and tap any stop to hear its story — written and narrated by historians.

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Walk and listen

Tap a stop to play its audio guide, and get walking directions to the next one.

The Experience

Three ways to explore

Everything you need at each site: a map with walking directions, then-and-now photos, and an audio guide by historians.

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Map

See every stop of a region on one map. Tap a stop for walking directions in your phone's maps app.

Directions→Bilingual
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Then & Now

Drag to reveal the past at every stop. Then-and-now comparisons created by archaeologists, showing how each site changed across centuries.

Before & After→Context
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Audio Guide

Listen to the story of each stop, written and narrated by historians and archaeologists, in English, Bulgarian, Spanish or Italian.

Historians→4 languages

Then & Now

Drag to reveal the past

Historical content at every stop — created by archaeologists, showing how each site transformed across centuries.

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19th CenturyTODAY

Balabanov's House

Ancient Plovdiv — Timeline Stop

The Sound

Written by historians. Heard at the sites.

Scripts are researched and fact-checked by our editorial team. Tap a card to hear a sample preview.

Roman Stadium
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Roman Stadium

Ancient Plovdiv · Ancient Arena

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East Gate
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East Gate

Ancient Plovdiv · Roman Gateway

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Rila Monastery
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Rila Monastery

Rila Mountains · Spiritual Fortress

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Rila Monastery

Rila Monastery

The Spiritual Fortress of the Balkans

4 routes
Ancient Plovdiv

Ancient Plovdiv

One of Europe's oldest living cities — older than Rome itself.

5 routes
Ancient Sofia
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Ancient Sofia

The emperor's beloved city, buried beneath the modern streets.

6 routesComing Soon
Ancient Varna
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Ancient Varna

Home to the oldest known worked gold in human history.

3 routesComing Soon
City of the Tsars
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City of the Tsars

The last capital of the Medieval Bulgarian Tsars.

3 routesComing Soon
Ancient Nessebar
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Ancient Nessebar

The Pearl of the Black Sea — where forty churches once stood, and eleven still do.

3 routesComing Soon

Why bg-unlocked

Made for explorers, not passengers

Skip the packed tour bus and the megaphone. Pick your own route, take your own pace, and let a historian's voice meet you at every site worth lingering for.

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    Curated by experts

    Sites, routes, and scripts are chosen and reviewed by Bulgarian historians and archaeologists. No tourist filler — only what's worth your time.

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    Directions to every stop

    Tap a stop to open walking directions in your maps app. Pause for coffee, resume when ready.

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    Then and now

    Drag the slider at each stop to see how it looked centuries ago.

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    Own it forever

    No subscriptions. Buy a region once, it's yours.

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Region Details

Before you walk

Rila Monastery

Southwest Bulgaria

Easy4 routes · 3h14 stops

Monastery complex is paved, with parking right by the entrance. Add moderate fitness and about 2 extra hours for the optional round-trip hike to St. John's Cave — 300m elevation on dirt path.

Ancient Plovdiv

Central South Bulgaria

Easy5 routes · 3h18 stops

Comfortable shoes, headphones. Stairs and uneven cobblestones.

Ancient Sofia

Coming Soon

Capital city

Easy6 routes · 8h

Ancient Varna

Coming Soon

Black Sea coast, NE

Easy3 routes · 4h

City of the Tsars

Coming Soon

Central North Bulgaria

Moderate3 routes · 4h

Ancient Nessebar

Coming Soon

Black Sea, East

Easy3 routes · 3h

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