BLUE IS THE COLOUR FOOTBALL IS THE GAME

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If you are in Bulgaria on holiday, or perhaps on a business trip and you like soccer then a trip to any number of Bulgaria's football grounds has got to be on the top of your list for things to do. The great thing about Bulgarian soccer is there is always a top football club in every major city and town and in many places like Sofia, Bourgas, Varna, Stara Zagora, Plovdiv and Smolyan there are several. Admission prices can be as low as 2 BG Levs - they rarely go higher than 5 BG Levs.

If you would like to see a few matches in different places you will find that there are excellent transport links. You could watch Levski in the capital, Sofia then take a 2 hour coach trip to Plovdiv and watch Botev in the evening or the next day. If you are outside the main coach station in Plovdiv during the afternoon more often than not you will also be able to see players from one of Plovdiv's local teams, Spartak doing their football training for free.

After you could spend a day sightseeing in Plovdiv before making your 2 hour bus journey to Stara Zagora or perhaps choose a less than 3 hour coach ride to the beautiful town of Smolyn. Then again you could go to Varna on the Black Sea Coast watch an early evening football game (kick off usually 6 o'clock) and then take the overnight train to Sofia having booked a sleeper ( 17 bg levs) and watch a game in the capital in the afternoon before flying back home. The choices open to you are endless!

Source: www.hiday.net