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.
Pick a region
Choose from Bulgaria's most storied destinations — from Ancient Plovdiv to Rila Monastery.
Open at the site
Browse curated routes and tap any stop to hear its story — written and narrated by historians.
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.
Map
See every stop of a region on one map. Tap a stop for walking directions in your phone's maps app.
Then & Now
Drag to reveal the past at every stop. Then-and-now comparisons created by archaeologists, showing how each site changed across centuries.
Audio Guide
Listen to the story of each stop, written and narrated by historians and archaeologists, in English, Bulgarian, Spanish or Italian.
Then & Now
Drag to reveal the past
Historical content at every stop — created by archaeologists, showing how each site transformed across centuries.
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
Ancient Plovdiv · Ancient Arena
East Gate
Ancient Plovdiv · Roman Gateway
Rila Monastery
Rila Mountains · Spiritual Fortress
Select Your Realm
Don't just visit Bulgaria. Unlock it.
Rila Monastery
The Spiritual Fortress of the Balkans
Ancient Plovdiv
One of Europe's oldest living cities — older than Rome itself.
Ancient Sofia
The emperor's beloved city, buried beneath the modern streets.
Ancient Varna
Home to the oldest known worked gold in human history.
City of the Tsars
The last capital of the Medieval Bulgarian Tsars.
Ancient Nessebar
The Pearl of the Black Sea — where forty churches once stood, and eleven still do.
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.
Region Details
Before you walk
Rila Monastery
Southwest Bulgaria
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
Comfortable shoes, headphones. Stairs and uneven cobblestones.
Ancient Sofia
Coming SoonCapital city
Ancient Varna
Coming SoonBlack Sea coast, NE
City of the Tsars
Coming SoonCentral North Bulgaria
Ancient Nessebar
Coming SoonBlack Sea, East
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