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Top 12 shops in Bulgaria

12 shops worth a visit in Bulgaria, from grand department stores and markets to historic specialists and local makers.

12 shops

  1. 1
    Shopping street & arcade

    Vitosha Boulevard

    Sofia

    Sofia's main pedestrian shopping street, running towards Vitosha mountain from the city centre.

  2. 2
    Market

    Zhenski Pazar

    Sofia

    Sofia's largest and oldest open-air market, selling fresh produce, spices and household goods.

  3. 3
    Department store

    TZUM

    Sofia

    Sofia's former central department store, housed in a monumental 1950s building on the Largo.

  4. 4
    Antiques & vintage

    Alexander Nevsky Antiques Market

    Sofia

    Open-air stalls beside the cathedral selling icons, old coins, militaria, lace and curios.

  5. 5
    Books & music

    Slaveykov Square Book Market

    Sofia

    Long-running open-air book stalls on a central Sofia square, selling new and second-hand titles.

  6. 6
    Crafts & makers

    Kapana

    Plovdiv

    Plovdiv's creative quarter of narrow streets filled with independent shops, galleries and cafés.

  7. 7
    Shopping street & arcade

    Plovdiv Main Street

    Plovdiv

    Long pedestrian shopping street crossing central Plovdiv past the Roman stadium.

  8. 8
    Crafts & makers

    Samovodska Charshiya

    Veliko Tarnovo

    Restored 19th-century craft street with workshops for pottery, woodcarving, metalwork and sweets.

  9. 9
    Crafts & makers

    Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex

    Gabrovo

    Open-air museum where artisans work water-powered mills and traditional crafts workshops.

  10. 10
    Crafts & makers

    National Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, Oreshak

    Troyan

    Showcase and sales complex for Bulgarian crafts, including Troyan pottery, near Troyan Monastery.

  11. 11
    Shopping street & arcade

    Knyaz Boris I Boulevard

    Varna

    Varna's principal pedestrian shopping street leading towards the Sea Garden.

  12. 12
    Shopping street & arcade

    Aleksandrovska Street

    Burgas

    Burgas's main pedestrian street, lined with shops and cafés between the station and the centre.

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