Life in a Rural Bulgarian Village - Escape to a simpler place and time

Life in a rural Bulgarian village where you can escape to a simpler place and time. Our Bulgarian village is situated in the Rose Valley in central Bulgaria . Life here is slow and small farming and self sufficiency are a way of life.


Our Bulgarian village is a typical village for the region, being largely agricultural. It is a small village with just a few streets and a village square. There are natural wells on some of the street corners where the mountain spring water can be collected.

An important aspect of village life is the "small farming" that takes place here. Many of the villagers own their own goats, chickens, pigs and horses. Each morning the shepherd enters the village at around five and collects the goats to take them up to pasture. The evenings see them trotting home again - each once separating independently from the herd as they reach their individual homes.

Many of the villagers also keep rabbits and chickens to eat, and for the chicken eggs. Each morning is punctuated with the call of the cockerels and other farm animals. The village is alive all day with the sound of cuckoos, woodpeckers and other native birds, until dusk when they are replaced by the twilight serenade of the farm dogs and the Jaba of the pond frogs and crickets.


Millenniums of wine growing in the region have produced a perfect natural yeast for wine making. Nearly every house has its own grape vines and a still for Rakia - a by product of the grape pressing process.

The village is always a lively place in summer time, people greeting each other in the daytime streets and music wafting through the warm evenings.

Our village is secluded - we have no actual post box, and are still largely hidden from the outside world, which is just how we like it.


#EscapeBackToASimplerPlaceAndTime
#BulgarianVillageLife 
#Selfsufficiency




————————————————

Would you like to escape to a simpler place and time? Maybe just for a nice relaxing holiday, or maybe to leave the ‘rat race’ for good.

Perhaps your dream has been to take early retirement? Or to afford your own small farm or homestead? Or maybe you just want to take a relaxing holiday in a beautiful sunny location.

We are English expats living in the beautiful Valley of the Roses in central Bulgaria. We have been able to realise our own dreams of doing all of the above. We have created this website to provide help, advice and information for anyone wishing to do the same, and to celebrate this beautiful location.

Our valley is the perfect place to relax. Enjoy the beautiful surroundings and the sunny climate, and let the fast pace of the modern world fade away. Indulge in home cooked traditional food and wines in rustic surroundings. delight in the colourful customs and celebrations that are still alive here. Maybe rediscover ‘old’skills like wine making, canning, Animal husbandry, or just how to cook a traditional dish on the log-fueled ‘petchka’.



My blog

https://pleasantplacesbulgaria.com/



Pinterest

  / pleasantplacesbulgaria  



Facebook - Pleasant places

  / valleyoftheroses  





Music - Freedom by Dan Lebowitz Courtesy of YouTube studio music


————————————————