Bulgarian food sits at the meeting point of Balkan, Ottoman, and Mediterranean traditions. Plovdiv was named a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in 2019 - recognition of millennia-old Thracian wine tradition + a modern Sofia restaurant scene + village rakija + the country's defining shopska salad, banitsa pastry, kavarma stew, and the yoghurt that Bulgaria essentially gave the world.
Cities in Bulgaria
Each city has its own way of feeding you. Pick where to start.
Food festivals coming up in Bulgaria
All Bulgaria food festivalsBy state
State-level food guides aggregating every city in that state.
Book experiences in Bulgaria
85 bookable tours, tastings, day trips and tickets in one city, with the operators we recommend listed first. Browse everything bookable in Bulgaria.
Top across Bulgaria
Country-wide editor lists across every category we cover.
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Cuisines across Bulgaria 5
Signature dishes across Bulgaria 12
Dietary across Bulgaria 3
Signature dishes of Bulgaria
A growing index of the canonical dishes from Bulgaria, what they are, where they came from, and where in the country to eat them.