Topic
Route for youth tourism with an emphasis on local landmarks, outdoor activities and forms of cultural heritage
Duration
Three days of activities, two overnight stays
Seasonality
The package can be used during the period April - November
Geography, municipalities, region
Vidin (Kutovo, Antimovo) – Calafat
Target group
The package is aimed at Bulgarian, Romanian and foreign guests – youths with an interest towards cultural heritage
Terms of conduction
Suitable for a group of youths, as well as for individual tourists. No special equipment or skills are required of the participants. It would be nice if you have comfortable shoes. Attractions along the Danube River, visits to museums and discussions on historical topics are subject to prior arrangement. Given the seasonal nature of the events from the cultural calendar, the package is limited to April - November.
Accommodations
Hotel „Rovno“, with parking, Vidin, 70 „Tsar Aleksandar II“, str., tel. 00359 94 690 990, www.hotelrovno.com
Hotel „Bononia“, Vidin, 2 „Bdin“ str., 00359 94 600 031, www.hotelbononia.net
Eating
Bistro „Piratski Pub“, seats: 40, terrace: 30, tel. 00359 884 249 498. Local specialty – catfish in a pot.
Pizzeria „Pri Mama“, 39 “Shiroka“ str., working hours – 09.00 AM - 08.00 PM
“Pri Nekov” grill, 27 Panonia blvd., tel. 00359 893 392 999, closes at 09.00 PM
Calafat, Romania – restaurant Dumbrava, Eroilor str., park Dumbrava, closes at 10:00 PM, tel. 0040 724 341 055
Calafat, Romania – pizzeria Adrival, 13 „Tudor Vladimirescu“ blvd., tel. 0040 762 579 133
Typical for Vidin are the so called „culinary houses“. The delicious food offered in these breakfast places is prepared on the spot, you can eat it in a pleasant environment or take it to go. You can also stumble upon food from the local cuisine.
Bus station:
2 „Zheleznicharska“ str., www.avtogara-vidin.com, tel. 00359 94 923 377
Service – the group, or part of it, may use electric bicycles (e-bike net)
Vidin – Calafat – 16 km.
Calafat – Bailesti, 40 km.
Vidin – Archar, 27 km.
Vidin – Kutovo, Danube, 13 km.
Vidin – recreation area „Bozhuritsa“, 20 km.
Charging station operators:
Calafat – Terasido OOD, 9 Dunari“str, tel. 0040 770 180 913, tersidot@yahoo.com
Bailesti – mun. Bailesti, 1-3 „Revolutsia“ str., tel. 0040 727 226 720, clbailesti@yahoo.com
Vidin – Regional Development Agency and Business Center, 77 „Hristo Botev“ str., tel. 00359 94 600 017, office@bcvidin.org
With payment
Calafat
Zoo
Visiting time – 1 hour, without a day off.
Museum of Folk Arts, Marincu Palace
Visiting time – 50 min. Ethnographic exposition, which includes folk art crafts and artifacts from the 19th-20th centuries.
Vidin
Krastata Kazarma
Working hours – 09.30 AM – 05.30 PM, without a day off. The barracks was built in 1801, and today it’s part of the expositions of the Regional Museum. You can see the theme of Danube fishing, as well as that of the European influence in the bourgeois homes.
Fortress „Baba Vida“
Working hours – 09.30 AM – 05.30 PM, without a day off. Visiting time – 1 hour. tel. 00359 94 601 705. Stepping on the foundations of the Roman fortress Bononia, the fortress preserves parts from the X century and has developed in time until the eighteenth century. Stone bastions and towers have been altered in connection with the emergence of firearms.
Archaeological museum
Epigraphic Center, in a 17th century building, grain warehouse, Danube park. Working hours – 09.30 AM – 05.30 PM, without a day off. Visiting time – 40 min.
Without payment
Calafat
city park DUMBRAVA, with a zoo
Vidin
Danube Park
The park contains many architectural monuments. Visiting time – 1 hour.
Turkish post
The only post office building in Bulgaria preserved since 1859. Today, the Art Center to the Regional Library operates in the building.
„Bozhuritsa“ recreation area, outdoor games, fishing, 20 km. south of Vidin.
Visiting „New Europe“ bridge for a photo safari at the foot of the bridge. Night views.
Rally – cross Vidin and retro parade, May 23rd - 24th
Festival of arts „Dunavski valni“, July 17th - July 26th
Youth festival of arts „The Bridge“
Medieval festival „Badin“, last weekend of August
Vidin fair, August 26th – September 6th
to Professional high school „Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov”, „Bdintsi“ square – provides tour guides with wireless communication systems and a drive on routes with a 12-seat e-vehicle, 1 „Dunavska“ str.“ 1, тел. 00 359 94 990 739
Tourist information and education center and a Danube Bureau office, Vidin, 4 „Baba Vida“ str., vidin.bg
Bus station - 2 „Zheleznicharska“ str., www.avtogara-vidin.com, tel. 00359 94 923 377
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