Part 14 - Belogradchik and Vidin, Bulgaria
The next day, we docked in Vidin, Bulgaria, and had a bus tour of Vidin and the nearby town of Belogradchik ("small white town").
First, in Belogradchik, we visited the Belogradchik Fortress, built into an eerie rock formation, part of the Belogradchik Rocks.
Entering the fortress. The rock formation is at the left.
The rock formation.
Details of the rock formation.
A mythical explanation for part of the rock formation.
More views.
Views from the fortress.
Us.
Next we went back into Vidin to visit the fortress there, Baba Vida.
Exterior of the fortress.
Inside the fortress we saw a student drama about the Ottoman takeover.
Memorial to the Victims of Communism.