Plovdiv in a Day: Bulgaria's Legendary City of Seven Hills
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2023
- Join us as we journey through Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second-largest city with a rich legacy spanning over 6,000 years. Delve into our day-long exploration with a local guide as we uncover the blend of ancient Roman ruins, colorful town squares, and vibrant street art that Plovdiv proudly displays. From graffiti-laden trains to sweeping city views atop Plovdiv's iconic hills, every moment is captivating. Experience the unique combination of history and modernity, such as the ancient Roman stadium nestled right next to a shopping mall. Dive into this video to embrace the heart of Plovdiv and remember to hit that subscribe button for more Bulgarian tales.
Want to see some Bulgarian adventures outside the city? In this video, we explore the Belogradchik Rocks. ua-cam.com/video/S26QcFFTa_U/v-deo.html
As a fellow American that's married to a Bulgarian, I'm glad you're enjoying the country as much as I do.
I am super glad that you guys visited Plovdiv. A lot of tourists, that come to Bulgaria, skip it but the city is amazing.
I’m very glad we came too! Plovdiv was amazing. I want to go back someday and spend more than a day there.
Кой скипва Пловдив? Всички ходят в София, Пловдив и на морето. Велико Търново е "slept on", ако ме питаш
Bulgarians tend to focus mostly on the negative sides of our country like poverty, corruption and crime rates, but it was quite refreshing to see an outsider's perspective of the nice things we have here. I studied and worked in Plovdiv for a few years and it is my favourite city in our country. I'm very happy you liked it. If you ever decide to come back to Bulgaria I would maybe suggest you also visit Veliko Tarnovo. It is the old capital of the country situated in a mountainous region around a bend of the river Yantra and it has a long history behind it.
Glad you enjoyed it! And yes, Veliko Tarnovo is the place I’m most disappointed that I didn’t get a chance to see. Definitely going to visit there if I ever come back to Bulgaria.
As a Bulgarian I've watched a lot of travelers like yourself posting videos of their Bulgarian adventures, but they do not do them justice the way you do. Thank you! Hope you visit again as they are so much more places to visit.
Thank you for the kind words! And yes, I’d love to come back someday. It’s a beautiful country and there’s still so much I’d love to see.
There's a trick with those train windows not staying open - you get a piece of paper and fold it as many times as you can, then jam it in the corner of the open window :D Also works with and an empty plastic water bottle or anything you can jam in there - be creative 😆
Also, this is the better version of train windows not working properly - it's way worse when its winter and it can't be closed 🤣
That’s so awesome how they incorporated the old Roman ruins in the mall. Never seen anything like that
Same! In Sofia, you can see that same kind of thing in one of the subway stations. It's so cool!
Awesome video and great editing!
Thank you!
As another Plamena from Plovdiv hearing you pronounce the name properly (it's a permanent dispute with other Bulgarians 🤭), it just made my day 😆. In addition to the excellent video.
Hi! Glad to hear I'm pronouncing it correctly. When I made the video, I actually wasn't even sure if I was saying it properly. I don't hear it said out loud much back home. She goes by "P" a lot with friends in the US, probably because a lot of Americans struggle with her name.
I can see you've put so much effort into exploring our culture. I've watched all of your videos about Bulgaria. Congrats on the great video and the effort to understand Bulgaria so deeply! There is so much more to be found! Enjoy!
I’m glad you think so! I’m always a bit nervous to post these because I can’t possibly understand everything about Bulgaria in a few weeks, and there will always be people pointing out things I’m wrong about. I’m happy to hear you think I’m doing a good job ☺️
Plovdiv town is very cool have a many places to visit in town old town is great 👍 and on centre have many good things to see Plovdiv have antique history many Musiums and statues, archeology and much more good video
Yeah, it was awesome!
I've loved your Bulgaria series, it's too bad you only got to spend a month in our beautiful country, would have loved to see more vlogs. I hope your channel gets a lot more subscribers, you do a great job.
Thank you so much! Yeah, I was really sad to leave Bulgaria and I really want to come back someday and see some of the places I missed.
My favourite youtuber posted 🎉 thanks for the amazing video!!
Awww thank you for calling me that 😊
I was wondering why you did not come to the best city in Bulgaria when I watched your other videos yesterday :D
Plenty of things to see in Plovdiv, one day is not enough for this ancient city.
Agreed! I’d love to come back someday and spend more time there.
Comment for the UA-cam algorithm!
Thanks for the help 🙂
The first name of the City with 9 hills (7 left) is actually JERUSALIM.
Plovdiv is de-facto the first Jerusalim on Earth.
Modern day Jerusalim is actually the 3rd one.
The First Christian on Earth was baptised in Povdiv (philipopol) and her name was LIdia, Bulgarian, citizen of Roman Empire.
I'm from Plovdiv but I now live in Sofia and this video made me feel nostalgic for my hometown. Glad you have fun and I hope you get to return to explore more, but there are many great cities and places worth exploring as well. Almost made me feel as if the train journey is a nice thing... almost, haha!
I’d really love to come back to Bulgaria someday! I had such a wonderful time there and I wish I had gotten to explore even more.
Great videos Sean. Can't wait for the next countries! Keep it up (and slowly) brother.
Thanks for watching! 😃
Do youthink its ok traveling by public transportation or by car in Bulgaria. I thinking about 3 weeks in Bulgaria, with Plovdiv as home base. I only know about Airbnb to find places to stay.
If you enjoy Roman ruins, go see the city of Hisarya. It's a 40 minute drive from Plovdiv.
There's a lot to do in Plovdiv(for example you missed the tobacco city on your way to/from the train station) and the immediate vicinity, there are also nice parks and a huge sports complex called "The rowing canal", Metallica did a concert at the stadium there in '99. There are a lot of panoramas to the city from atop of all of the remaining hills(4). Walks along the Maritsa river are also super nice. Plov(e)div's entertainment value is far greater than Sofia IMO, plus it is far more walkable. Also there's one restaurant that's situated and utilizing one of the bomb shelters under the Tower hill, you'd have been impressed to take a seat outside but then pass through tunnels with 20 inch thick doors to go to the toilet. There's another one that has a chimney more than a 100 feet tall. And you haven't even visited the clubs, some of them are crazy. Btw, I watched Gladiator on that Roman amphitheatre when it came out more than 20 years ago, and I got goosebumps, it really helped set the mood.
Дановия хълм ли имате предвид с "Tower hill"? Или друг от хълмовете в Пловдив, където има ресторант, намиращ се в някогашно убежище? А къде е този стометров комин?
Meant to say "Watch Tower hill", just under the BNR radiostation. 100 feet ain't a 100 meteres, that's 30 meters but I'm not entirely sure how tall it really is, this is at the now defunct beer factory on Iztochen bld.@@AutomotiveCNC
@@aleksandarpopov6664 , това е Данов хълм (с часовниковата кула и радио-телевизионната кула горе). А къде внеговото подножие има заведение с тунел, водещ под самия хълм, използван навремето като бомбоубежище? Как е името на заведението?
It's called Sahat Tepe, meaning Clock Hill, the name comes from an actual clock tower built in the 16th century. Honestly I've met a very few people born in Plovdiv to not use the turkish word "tepe" and practically none who calls Sahat Tepe Danov Hill. If we have to be anal about it the place I'm referring to is actually under the Toplar Tepe which is where the BNR relay station is propped up on.Anyway, I will not leave an indexable advertisement for this restaurant here, but I will post a link to the google maps street view: maps.app.goo.gl/YTsoQj97WA15Y7P36 . Btw, this is still defacto a working bomb shelter, it's not decommissioned. @@AutomotiveCNC
Graffiti on Bulgarian trains is a real problem, literally every car on every train is covered. It's also a problem in Greece to a lesser extent. It might be interesting to see at first, but it's really not a good thing, it's like the NYC subway in the 70s and 80s, it's less art and more vandalism. There's a simple solution - heighten security at rail yards, but I guess they don't care enough to do that.
Bulgarians trains are old as ussr 😅
They don't take care of them bcs are old
Yeah, the graffiti at the beginning (on our train to Plovdiv) definitely looked more like vandalism. It was interesting to see as a foreigner, but I can also see why it would be a problem.
I really loved the lions on the train back to Sofia. That train looked a lot more artistic.
@@Kaloyan128 Many have been refurbished on the inside and are quite nice, and there are some new Siemens trains too, but all are covered in graffiti on the outside. It's a separate problem. In Greece they're newer trains, still all covered in graffiti.
I've watched like your Sofia focused Video and I honestly liked your style (now at this point It might look like I type this under every "visit Bulgaria town" video, but apparently most of them are that good and I mean it >every time< ). However now that I have seen your Plovdiv video, that also pleased me for what it was... I am gonna write something for which probably I am gonna be lynched on the town square.
I just... it`s inevitable... one of those times I were meant to write it: I sometimes cannot deny the pressing doubt... that Those overly glorified ruins are once upon a time, in the recent past Ordered by Russia... In China... and Installed by Soviet paid workers and all of them and the entire town included are in fact completely fake and artificial. In fact I suspect the entire written history is made up... and we were just a forward Base of Russia that have gotten not viable and abandoned and they left us with this fake "being super old town" thing as a marginal way to exist. Because they still do pay Sofia to at least exist... and How people in not Sofia live... I cannot imagine... I mean I guess the sea side towns are O.K. during the summer, because you cannot fake those beaches in regardless of what is on their sides as resorts. Hopefully I am completely and utterly wrong thou. Of course there are all those serious historic and even chemistry scientist that have traced the paper tails up to where written, as in literacy was created, existed and than carbon dated like some of the rocks or something. It somehow looks "too real" for me to be >actually realSecond< to me. Number one were some stone houses in the middle of the mountain... destroyed by most likely enemy nation (I guess the Turks) offense and of course time... But I think >Fire< was first >Time< was second in terms of destruction. And even than... The impressive "part" was that somehow those remains of a settlement like ~in the literal middle of the mountain, which in itself is located within the same location description (Like if I think hard I can tell you which of the Bulgarian Mountains it is... but, doesn`t matter much). Those remains, while we were passing trough them on our mountain bikes looked like they have been destroyed ~Yesterday and someone have been living in them, like, the day before that. Dating by "historical knowledge" (if my "their destroyers were the Turks" theory is correct) the age of like 500 ~600 years since they were destroyed (and who knows for how long they were habited prior to that) could be assigned to them. And yet... Both the Life and Destruction that have happened there could have been felt "still being there". Now those were like some ~idk 19 ~20 years go memory. I have no idea how this place will look to me if I see it like ~tomorrow + obviously I won`t be able to find it for the life of it... In fact I hardly doubt like 3/4 or so people in that group (if I remember correctly) will ever be able to retrace that path anyway... Maybe the paved Roman road is ~"more famous" and if you attempt to go to it from the same starting point, it is possible to encounter those few destroyed stone again... idk.