Bulgaria from the Sky

Fly over the fascinating country of Bulgaria in this compilation video, which was created using footage from the "Bulgaria from the Sky" collection.  The video features aerial views of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, the Black Sea resort town of Nessebar, the Balkan and Rhodope Mountains, and more. 

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AirVuz contributor Zoya earned his second Drone Video of the Week Finalist spot with this fantastic drone video from Bulgaria.  The video features stunning shots from across this Southeast European land, much of which is covered by two mountain ranges.  The video opens with shots of the Shipka Monument, which is located on a peak of the Balkan Mountains.  At the :57 mark, you'll see Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia.  At 1:08, you'll see the Shipka Memorial Church, followed by the hills of the city of Plovdiv.  

Take an aerial tour of Bulgaria in this excellent reel by AirVuz contributor and pilot vlado123456789.  Some of the locations featured include Koprinka Dam on the Tundzha River in the central part of the country; the beaches of Silistar, on Bulgaria's southern Black Sea coast; the Ropotamo River; Iracli, a beach on the central Black Sea coast; the Black Sea resort of Arapya; the fortresses of Tsari Mali Grad, about 70 km (40 mi.) south of Sofia; and the fortress of Urvich, also near Sogia.

Enjoy some inspiring aerial views from Bulgaria with this inspiring drone reel by brand-new contributor Gyula Horváth.  The video opens with shots of the two most prominent natural features of this Southeast European country: the mountains which cover much of its interior, as well as its Black Sea coastline.  At about the 1:27 mark, there's a great shot of the Rila Lakes, a chain of seven small lakes set amongst the country's highest peaks.  At about the 3:30 mark, you'll see the Belogradchik Rocks in Bulgaria's northwestern corner. 

Contributor tihomirvitkov created this stunning aerial collage of some of the natural scenery of Bulgaria, one of the least well known yet most beautiful countries of Europe.  The country offers some of the most diverse set of landscapes in the world, ranging from towering mountains and gigantic rock formations to rolling plains to the serene coastline on the Black Sea.  The video features a nice sampling of all of the above, with an added bonus of having been filmed during the Fall color season.  

Check out this five minute highlight drone reel from Bulgaria, compliments of contributor Danovski Air.  Most of the video shows the diversity of the country's landscapes, and it opens with footage of a flock of birds flying over one of the country's numerous lakes.  You'll also see shots of wild horses wandering some foothills, the flat but beautiful Danubian Plain, some Black Sea beaches, numerous mountain shots including the Beklemeto Pass Arc of Liberty Monument, a wind farm, and more.  

Contributor Mariya Zlateva used a DJI Phantom 4 Advanced drone to create this magnificent bird's-eye view of one of Bulgaria's greatest cultural treasures.  Veliko Tarnovo was the home of the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, one of the dominant powers in Southeastern Europe in the 13th century.  The video includes footage of the magnificent hilltop fortress of Tsarevets, the Assens Monument to the Bulgarian Tsars, the Yantra River, and more from this city built on a series of hills in the north-central part of the country. 

The Alexander Nevsky Church in Sofia, Bulgaria is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox churches in the world.  Construction began in 1882 but wasn't completed until 1912.  The cathedral holds up to 10k people. Contributor Mariqllz used a DJI drone to create this amazing aerial view of the cathedral, which is the largest tourist attraction in the country.  It was built in memorial to the soldiers killed in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-78, a conflict which freed Bulgaria from Ottoman rule.

The interior of Bulgaria offers some of the most spectacular - and under-appreciated - natural scenery in Europe.  In this outstanding piece by AirVuz contributor and pilot peter_pierre, you'll get an aerial view of this largely mountainous landscape.  The video opens with some marvelous footage of some beautiful lakes, with a thin mist floating across the surface of the water.  At around the 1:30 mark, you'll be taken into the high mountains which cover much of the western and central parts of the country.     

Multiple DVOW Finalist Mattcoq put together a collection of his best footage of Nessebar, the Bulgarian port city sometimes known as the Pearl of the Black Sea.  The video features highlights from seven years of flying over this ancient city, which is one of the country's top tourist attractions.  The video was created with footage from three different DJI drones: the Phantom 3, Phantom 4+, and Mavic Pro 2.  It includes footage of "old" Nessebar, which lies on a peninsula (once an island) connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus.  

The two defining physical features of the Southeast European nation of Bulgaria are its mountains and its long Black Sea coastline.  In this amazing drone video by contributor pristis you'll get some great bird's eye views of the latter.  The country's coastline along the great inland sea runs almost 380 km (about 250 mi.), about a third of which is sandy beaches.  As you'll see from the videos, these beaches are interspersed with areas of steep cliffs, lighthouses, and quaint seaside villages.  

Check out these stunning drone views of the mountains of Bulgaria, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot peter_pierre.  The video was filmed in the Rhodope Mountains, which covers a portion of southwestern Bulgaria and also a small part of neighboring Greece.  The mountains have elevations of up to about 7.2k ft. above sea level or around 2.2k meters.  Covering an area of about 150 mi. long (around 220 km) and up to 75 mi. wide (around 120 km) wide, the Rhodopes are home to over a dozen separate nature reserves.  

Former Drone Video of the Week Finalist Mattoq brings us this beautiful sunset drone video from the mountains of Bulgaria.  Shot with a DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone, the video was filmed at Dyulino Pass, which connects the towns of Varna and Aitos near the eastern end of the Balkan Mountains.  The Balkan Mountains run west from the Black Sea through the central part of Bulgaria, then turn a bit to the northwest to cover a portion of neighboring Serbia.  They are one of Bulgaria's three mountain ranges, along with the Pirin and Rila Mountains.  

Top AirVuz contributor and DVOW finalist Mattcoq brings us this stunning drone video of Nessebar, Bulgaria, a coastal town which is sometimes called the Pearl of the Black Sea.  Nessebar is located roughly in the middle of Bulgaria's Black Sea coast in the province of Burgas, a bit to the northeast of the provincial (namesake) capital.  The oldest part of the city lies on a peninsula which was actually once an island, while the more modern part of Nessebar (on the "mainland") is one of the most popular Black Sea resort destinations.  

Contributor and pilot Christian Bunda used a drone to create this magnificent video of the highest mountain on the Balkan Peninsula.  Its peak stands 2.9k meters (about 9.6k ft), making it the tallest mountain between the Alps and the Caucasus.  It's located in the southwestern part of Bulgaria, in the Rila National park.  As you'll see in the video, the top of the mountain affords a spectacular peak of Bulgaria's other mountain ranges, which collectively cover much of the Southeast European country.  

Contributor Guy tapiaro used a DJI Mavic Pro 2 to create this beautiful aerial of the Bulgarian seaside town of Varna.  Situated on the Black Sea, Varna is the third-largest city in this Balkan country, after Sofia and Plovdiv.  A major seaport, it is Bulgaria's most important maritime city and the main base for the Bulgarian fleet.  The city was the site of the Battle of Varna in 1444, one of the last major engagements of the Crusades; the Ottoman victory here led to the fall of Constantinople within a decade.  

The heart of Bulgaria's Black Sea resort country is along the lower part of the coastline, south of the city of Burgas.  During Cold War times, when Bulgaria was part of the Warsaw Pact, this area became known as the Red Riviera in reference to its popularity with the Communist elite of the USSR and its satellites.  In these far different times, the heart of the old Red Riviera is on aerial display in this drone video by lafar, which features footage from the following spots: Kiten, Lozenets, Sozopol, Dyuni (Dune), and the cape of Maslen Point.

Bulgaria's capital city of Sofia sits near the western end of this Southeast European country.  Dating to the Roman era, the city's importance derives from its location relative to three mountain passes critical to ancient trade routes running to and from the Black Sea, at one point the world's most important body of water.  Using a DJI Phantom 4 Professional drone, AirVuz content creator and pilot Gkoutanoudisg gives us tour of this  well preserved in the foothills of the Balkan Mountains.

Contributor Mariya Zlateva created this epic drone video of what must be considered one of the world's most beautiful TV towers.  The Vitosha Mountain TV Tower sits atop Vitosha Mountain on the outskirts of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.  The 186 meter (610 ft.) tower is quite visible from virtually anywhere in the city.  While it's not even Sofia's tallest TV tower, it's unique hexagonal shape and position atop the mountain has made it one of the more iconic sights of this Southeastern European country.  

The St. George Church is a prominent landmark in Asenovgrad in south central Bulgaria in the Plovdiv province, near the eponymously named provincial capital.   The church sits on a cliff overlooking the town, which was founded by Thracians in the third or fourth century BC.  Content creator and pilot Rebel Act used a Yuneec Q500 drone to create an amazing aerial view of this Eastern European cultural treasure, one of the most famous churches known in a country distinguished by its churches.

Top contrinbutor Mattcoq created this beautiful drone video of a well known medieval Bulgarian fortress.  It's called Mezek Castle, and it's located in the municipality of Svilengrad in the Haskovo Province in the south-central part of the country.  The castle, which dates to the 11th century AD, covers a large area of 6.5k square meters and has nine towers.  This stone-constructed landmark is considered to be amongst the best-preserved medieval fortresses in this mountainous Southeast European country.

Check out this excellent drone video of two important cities of Bulgaria by contributor peter_pierre.  The video opens with some epic footage of the Tsarevets fortress, which sits atop a hill overlooking the city of Veliko Tarnovo, a cultural treasure in the north-central part of the country.  At the :16 mark, you'll see VT's 19th century Nativity of Mary Church, and at :40 you'll see the modern era Monument of Asenevci.  The video concludes with a shot of Liberation Square in the northern town of Rouse.    

Check out this drone video of a well-known fortress in Bulgaria, compliments of contributor Mattcoq.  It's called Matochina Fortress, and it's located in a town of the same name in the Haskovo Province, in the southeastern part of the island.  It is believed to have been originally built during the Antiquity, although most of the current structure dates to the 12th-14th centuries.  The fortress was part of the defensive system around Adrianople (now Edirne), the third-most important city of the Ottoman Empire. 

Abandoned for decades, the Buzludzha Monument is still one of the most recognizable modern landmarks of Bulgaria.  Seen here in this excellent drone video by top contributor Mattcoq, It sits on the slopes of its namesake mountain in the middle of the country.  Constructed in the 1970's during the period when Bulgaria was part of the Warsaw Pact, it commemorates the founding of the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party (the predecessor to the Bulgarian Communist Party) in the 1890's.  It was abandoned after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.  

In the southwest corner of Bulgaria there is a mountain range called the Pirin Mountains, part of the Rila-Radhope range which covers much of the western part of the country.  The range is dotted with over a hundred small, shallow glacial lakes, most of which are only a few meters deep.  The northern part of the range is part of Pirin National Park, an area which has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  In this stunning video, a drone pilot flew over several of these glacial mountain lakes. 

The Rila Mountain Range is in southwestern Bulgaria. It's considered a sub-range of the Rhodhope Mountains, which extend into neighboring Greece.  Although the peaks are not as high as some other European mountain ranges, the highest peak in the Rila range (Musala, which stands 2.9k meters or roughly 10k ft above sea level) is the highest peak of the Balkans and the tallest mountain between the Alps and the Caucasus.  Contributor Blogjoy Momchilov used a drone to treat us to an aerial view of these stunning peaks.

The lands of modern-day Bulgaria spent several centuries under occupation of the Ottoman Empire until the country achieved independence as a sovereign nation in 1878.  One of the more visible legacies from the Ottoman period is the landmark known as Dyavolski most, or the Devil's Bridge.  The bridge spans the Arda River in the mountains of the Kardzhali Province.  In this drone video by top contributor Mattcoq, you can get a bird's eye view of the bridge, which dates to the early 16th century.  

Content creator and pilot Dronevfx used a DJI Spark drone to create this beautiful video of one of the more important ancient ruins sites in Bulgaria.  Perperikon was a city in ancient Thrace, a region which was bounded by the Balkan Mountains, and the Black and Aegean Seas, now split between modern day Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.  Located in the southern part of Bulgaria, Perperikon is thought to have been the location of the Temple of Dionysius.   The ruins have been under excavation since 2000.

The Balkan Mountains are less well known than other European mountain ranges, such as the Alps, the Carpathians, and the Pyrenees.  Known as Stara Planina, the Balkan range runs through a portion of Serbia and much of Bulgaria to a discharge point into the Black Sea.  The spectacularly beautiful mountains reach altitudes of about 2.4k meters above sea evel (around 7.8k ft.).  In this video, contributor Danovski Air flew a drone over a part of the mountain range in Bulgaria, in the height of the Fall color season.  

Top AirVuz contributor RebelAct brings us this excellent drone video from Plovdiv, Bulgaria's "second city" after the capital, Sofia.  Plovdiv lies on the banks of the Maritsa River near the country's geographic center.   Settled since the Antiquity, Plovdiv is one of Bulgaria's primary cultural centers.  At the 1:28 mark, you'll see the theatre of Philippopolis, one of the best-preserved Roman theaters.  Other highlights include the Singing Fountains at the garden of  Tsar Simeon (4:40), the WW II era Alyosha Monument (5:28), and more.  

Check out this beautiful drone video of a town in southern Bulgaria, compliments of content creator and pilot dronevfx.  Kardzhali is a mid-sized town of about 45,000 in the province of the same name, which covers the south-central part of the country.  The town sits in the Eastern Rodhope Mountains, a sub-chain of the Rodhope Mountains (sometimes called the Bulgarian Mountains).  The town is just a short distance from the Kardzhali Reservoir, the second largest body of freshwater in the country.

Take an aerial tour of the area around Asenovgrad, Bulgaria, compliments of contributor and drone pilot RebelAct.  Asenovgrad is a city in the Plovdiv Province which covers part of the middle of the country.  The largest Bulgarian city that is not a provincial capital, it is home to some important cultural sites including some well known monasteries and churches.  As you'll see in the video, the natural setting of the city is also impressive; it's set in the foothills of the Rodhope Mountains.  

Contributor Viajes Los Planet brings us this 4k drone video of Bulgaria's largest and most famous monastery.  It's the  Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, better known simply as the Rila Monastery.  It's located in the Rila Mountains, in the southwestern part of Bulgaria.  The monastery is considered one of the most important cultural centers of this Southeast European country.  The current structure dates to the 14th century, although the monastery as an institution is believed to have been founded in the 10th century.  

Check out this beautiful drone video of the Bulgarian Black Sea resort town of St. Vlas, compliments of contributor AlexanderK.  The town is situated on Burgan Bay, roughly in the middle of the country's coastline, and it's backdropped by the foothills of the Balkan Mountains.  Originally settled by Greeks, St. Vlas has emerged as a popular seaside beach destination, known for being a bit more family-oriented compared to the Nessebar and Sunny Beach areas roughly 30-45 minutes to its north.  

Parts of Bulgaria are home to some of Europe's most spectacular rock formations.  An example is the Pyramids of Stob, which are "hoodoos" or "fairy tale chimney" formations similar to those found in Turkey's Central Anatolia region.  They are located in the foothills of the Rila Mountain range, the highest sub-range of the Balkan Mountains, in the southwestern part of the country.  In this video, you'll get a great bird's eye view of these magnificent structures, a product of some of the unique geology of Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is a land known in part for its churches, mountains, and rock formations, not its castles.  Due to the country's status under the Ottoman Empire during the period when most European castles were built, the country is nearly castle-free.   Nearly, but not entirely.  Ravadinovo Castle was built just 20 years ago, in the southeastern part of the country.  It's now one of the region's top tourist attractions.  Here is a bird's eye view of the structure, compliments of contributor Robert Swenson.

Contributor tvbart returns to AirVuz after a two year hiatus with this fantastic drone video of Bulgaria's Pirin National Park.  One of three national parks in this Southeast European country, the park covers most of its namesake mountain range and is located in the southwestern part of the country.  The range runs on a northwest-to-southeast axis for a length of about 50 mi. or about 80 km.  The range's highest peak (Vihren) has a maximum altitude of just under 9.6k ft. above sea level or around 2.9k m.  

The Varna Cathedral is one of the most well-known churches in Bulgaria, a country known in part for its famous churches. Formally known as Dormition of the Mother of God Cathedral, it's the largest church in Varna (Bulgaria's #3 city) and the third-largest church in Bulgaria.  Completed in 1886, the Eastern Orthodox church was modeled after the temple in St. Petersburg's Peterhof Palace complex.  Seen here in this excellent drone video by nikolov_kn, it's one of the top attractions in this Black Sea port city.  

AirVuz contributor and former Drone Video of the Week Finalist lafar brings us this excellent drone video from Bulgaria's Rila Lakes.  The seven small lakes are located in the Rila Mountains, part of the larger Rhodope chain which covers a portion of southern Bulgaria and extends into Greece.  Not connected and lying at elevations of between 2.1k-2.5k meters above sea level (roughly 7-8k ft.), the lakes bear names which relate to their characteristics such as Okoto ("The Eye") and Salzata ("The Tear"). 

Here is an excellent drone video of a well known Bulgarian mountain fortress, compliments of contributor Danovski Air. Anevo Fortress is situated in the foothills of the Balkan Mountains in Plovdiv Province, in the middle of the country.  It was built in the early 12th century, in an area that has been inhabited since the Antiquity.  At one time, it had eight defensive towers.  For a time in the Middle Ages, the fortress was strong enough to be the center of a small mini-state that ruled over the region.     

Top contributor and drone pilot Mariya Zlateva created this beautiful aerial video of some beautiful lakes in the mountains of western Bulgaria.  The Banderishki is a series of 17 lakes in the Pirin Mountains, which cover a part of the southwestern corner of the country and are part of the greater Balkan Mountain range.  The main focus of the video is Fish Banderishko Lake, one of five of the chain which have names and the largest.   The lake sits at an elevation of about 2.2k meters (a bit over 7k ft.).  

Check out this beautiful scene from the mountains of Bulgaria, compliments of contributor RebelAct.  using a Yuneec Typhoon H drone, he filmed the area around the village of Kosovo in the Plovdiv Province, one of the country's 28 first-order administrative divisions.  The area is in the heart of the Rodhope Mountains (sometimes called the Bulgarian Mountains), an important chain which covers much of the western part of the country.   The village lies due south of the provincial capital, Plovdiv. 

The Golden Sands is one of the most well-known of the resort towns on Bulgaria's northern Black Sea coastline. Seen here in this drone video by nikolov_kn, it's situated just a few km/mi north of Varna, Bulgaria's third-largest city and the largest on its Black Sea coastline.  The area around Golden Sands was virtually uninhabited until the 1950's, when a major push by the central government turned the area into one of the top beach destinations in Communist Europe.  Now fully privatised, it's home to as many as 90k beds.  

The Balkans have been an important area for mining activity in Europe for centuries.  In this drone video by contributor Alex_Markov, you'll get a bird's eye view of a modern copper mine in Bulgaria.  The Elastite is situated in the Sofia province in the western part of the country.  Operated by the Geotechmin Group, it's estimated to have 650 million tons of recoverable ore.  With an average grade of .3%, that translates into about 2 million tons (about 2 billion kg or 4 billion lbs.) of the red metal.  

The National Palace of Culture is one of the modern landmarks of Sofia, Bulgaria.  Located just south of the historical core of the Bulgarian capital city, the Palace is the largest conference and convention facility in Southeastern Europe.  Opened in 1981, it was built in commemoration of the 1300th anniversary of the founding of the first Bulgarian state.  Seen here in this drone video by nikolov_kn, the Palace has usable floor space totaling 123k square meters or around 1.3 million square ft. 

AirVuz contributor peter_pierre brings us this fantastic Fall drone video from the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria.  The mountains are the southernmost of the two mountain ranges which cover much of this Southeast European country.  They run on a generally west-to-east axis of about 150 mi. in length (around 240 km), with about a sixth of their geographic area lying in neighboring Greece.  Heavily forested, the Rhodopes reach altitudes of up to about 7.2k ft. above sea level or around 2.2k meters.    

Check out this drone video of a beautiful Bulgarian seaside town, compliments of content creator and pilot vlado123456789. It's called Pomorie, and it's located on the Gulf of Burgas, an inlet of the Black Sea.  The town was founded as early as the 4th or 5th century BC, and it was an important town during Roman, Byzantine, Bulgarian Empire, and Ottoman Empire days.  The town sits on a peninsula in the Burgas province, less than a half hour drive from the eponymously named provincial capital city.  

Varna is Bulgaria's third largest city (after Sofia and Plovdiv) and one of the oldest cities in Europe.  It's also the home of the principal port of this Southeast European country.  The city lies on a natural harbor of the Bay of Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coastline, roughly halfway between its northern end and its midpoint.  The Port of Varna is the largest port complex in Bulgaria; in addition to handling bulk and containerized cargo it also has passenger terminals and is the home port of the Bulgarian Navy. 

AirVuz contributor Danovski Air brings us this excellent drone video from the historic city of Karlovo, Bulgaria.  Karlovo is located on the River Stryama in the province of Plovdiv at the foot of the Balkan Mountains, near the center of the country.  Famous for its rose oil (and surrounding rose fields), the town largely dates to the 15th century, during the early part of the Ottoman Empire reign over the region.  The video includes some outstanding shots of the town itself as well as from the nearby mountains.    

Check out this drone video of a well-known Bulgarian church, compliments contributor Memories Catcher.  It's the Shipka Memorial Church in its namesake town, located on the south slopes of the Balkan Mountains in the Stara Zagora Province.  The Bulgarian Orthodox church, which was designed in the 17th century Muscovite style, was built much later - at the turn of the 20th century.  Built to commemorate the Bulgarian-Russian victory over the Ottoman Empire in 1877-78, the church's bell weighs over 11k kg (about 12 tons).  

The Southeast European nation of Bulgaria is one of the top three lavender oil producers in the world.  While the country has hundreds of fields where the perennial, purple plant grows, the most famous are in Shumen and Dobrich. The plants start to bloom in June and are generally harvested by the end of July, when many towns in the region hold lavender festivals. Contributor and drone pilot RebelAct flew over a field of lavender plants with his Yuneec Typhoon Q500 drone to create this fascinating video. 

Check out these drone views of a famous resort area on the Black Sea coastline of Bulgaria, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot nikolov_kn.  The video was filmed over and around the town of Albena, which is located about a half-hour drive north of Varna, not far from the border with Romania.  The town was largely constructed in the 1960's during the Communist period, when Bulgaria's Black Sea coastline became a sort of playground for high ranking officials from across the Warsaw Pact.  

The name "Montana" refers to a large western USA state as well as an important city in Bulgaria; it's the latter Montana which is the subject of this excellent drone video by contributor tihomirvitkov.  It's located near the northwestern corner of this Balkan country, not far from its border with Serbia.  Situated on the banks of the Ogosta River (a tributary of the Danube), the city was originally a Roman military camp.  Devastated by the raids of the Huns and the Goths during the Middle Ages, the city was revived under Ottoman rule.

Check out this rather haunting but highly cinematic drone video of an abandoned school in Bulgaria, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot kskaerialcinematography. The video was filmed in Targovishte, the capital of its namesake province, which lies in the north central part of the country.  The town is situated about 335 km (around 210 mi.) northeast of Bulgaria and about 125 km (around 80 mi.) west of the port city of Varna.  Occupied for thousands of years, Targovishte became an important market town during the Middle Ages.  

AirVuz contributor nshabarkov brings us this excellent drone video of a famous fortress in Bulgaria. It's called Baba Vida, and it's located on the banks of the Danube River in Vidin, in the northwestern corner of the country.  Dating to the 10th century and built on the site of an older Roman fortification, it's the best-preserved medieval castle in this Southeast European country.  The fortification played an important role in the centuries-long struggles between Bulgarian, Byzantine, Ottoman, and other forces for control of the region.  

Former Drone Video of the Week Finalist Mattcoq brings us this excellent drone video of a fishing village on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria.  It's called Gypsy Bay (Chengene Skele), and it's located on the south side of Burgas Bay, about two-third of the way down the coast.  Burgas, which sits at the head of its namesake bay, is one of two principal cities on the Black Sea Coast, the other being Varna (ro the north).  While much of Bulgaria coast has been transformed by tourism, this particular spot remains largely untouched.  

Check out this excellent drone video of a town on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, compliments of contributor balyo dinev.  Kavarna is located near the northern part of the Bulgarian coastline, roughly halfway between the city of Varna and the Romanian border.  It's part of the Dobrich Province, which covers the northeastern corner of the country and which takes its name from the historical region of Dobruja that includes parts of Romania.  Kavarna has become a popular seaside getaway destination, in part due to its Kavarna Rock Fest.

AirVuz contributor and pilot RebelAct brings us this excellent drone video from the mountains of Bulgaria.  It's a formation called the Momini Rocks, and it's located in the Rhodope Mountains.  The Rhodope Mountains run along a roughly east-west axis through southern Bulgaria, also covering a small portion of northeastern Greece.  Part of the Rila Mountains, the Rhodopes have peaks of up to about 2.2k meters above sea level or around 7.2k ft.  The area shown is less than a half hour's drive from the city of Plovdiv.  

Check out this stunning 4k wintertime drone video from the mountains of Bulgaria, compliments of brand new AirVuz contributor flyframes.   It was shot during snowfall in and around Dryanovo, a town of about 8k population in the east-central part of this Balkan country.  The town is situated in the Gabrovo Province on the northern slopes of the Balkan Mountains, a chain that runs across much of the northern one-third of Bulgaria and which extends into northeastern Serbia, immediately to its west.  

Check out this excellent drone video of the very colorful city of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, compliments of contributor balyo dinev.  The capital of its namesake province near the center of this Southeast European country, Stara Zagora is Bulgaria's sixth-most populous city.  Part of the historical region of Thrace, the city was founded by Philip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great) in the 342 BC.  In 1877, the city was the site of a key battle in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, which ultimately resulted in Bulgarian independence.

Seen here in this drone video by Vlado123456789, Irakli is a beach on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.  It's situated roughly in the middle of the coastline, roughly between Varnas and Burgas; the former is the largest city on the Bulgarian coast, while the latter is the northern end of the stretch of beaches once known as the Red Riviera during Communist times.  While it lacks some of the amenities of the Golden Sands area near Varna or the southern beaches, it's nonetheless considered one of Bulgaria's most beautiful beaches.  

Bulgaria's mountainous terrain has given rise to numerous rock formations, some of which are among the most unusual to be found in Europe.  In this drone video by contributor and pilot Danovski Air, you'll get a bird's eye view of the Belogradchik Rocks in the province of Vidin in the northwestern corner of this Balkan country.  Comprised of sandstone and conglomerate material, some of the rocks reach up to 200 meters (around 660 ft.) in height.  They lie on the western slopes of the Balkan Mountains.  

AirVuz contributor and pilot RebelAct brings us this excellent aerial view of one of the oldest churches in Bulgaria.  It's called the Red Church, and it's located near the town of Perushtitsa in the province of Plovdiv, in the south-central part of this Southeast European country.  Situated just a few mi/km southwest of the province's (namesake) capital city, the church dates to around 500 AD.  It's considered one of the rare examples of solid brick church construction during this period of time.  

AirVuz contributor and pilot RebelAct brings us this excellent drone video from a well-known observation platform in the mountains of Bulgaria.  It's called the Eagle's Eye (Orlovo Oko), and it's located near the town of Yagodino in the Rhodope Mountains.  The platform is built at an altitude of just over 5.1k ft. above sea level (around 1.55k m).  It's most easily accessible via a roughly 2.5 hour drive from Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second-largest city.  The Rhodope Mountains cover much of southerwestern Bulgaria and a small area of Greece.

Take in these marvelous aerial views of the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot balyo dinev.  The video was filmed over and around Bolata Bay, which is located on the northern part of the coastline, just south of the border with Romania and a somewhat longer distance north of Varna.  The centerpiece of the area is a cove, which is located just north of Cape Kaliakra.  The coastal wetlands here are home to numerous rare plant and animal species, and are largely protected as a nature reserve.  

In this drone video by AirVuz contributor nikolov_kn, you'll get an aerial view of one of the last undeveloped stretches of beachfront on Bulgaria's long Black Sea coastline.  It's called Kara Dere (Karadere) Beach, and it's located roughly halfway between Varna and Burgas, the country's two main coastal cities.  The beach runs for about three mi. (around five km).  While there are several small towns and villages nearby, the beach itself is relatively inaccessible due to the absence of roads in its immediate vicinity.   

AirVuz contributor and pilot nikolov_kn brings us this excellent drone video of a town in central Bulgaria called Tryvana.  It's located on the banks of its namesake river in the province of Gabrovo, on the northern slope of the Balkan Mountains.  The town is noted for its Bulgarian National Revival architecture, a style which arose with the awakening of Bulgarian national feeling during roughly the last century of rule by the Ottoman Empire (which ended with the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-8).  

Check out this drone video of a modern-era landmark of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, compliments of contributor Memories Catcher.  It's a statue called the Alyosha Monument, and it's located in the city of Plovdiv.  The statue was erected during the Communist era as a tribute to the losses sustained by the Soviet Union during its occupation of Bulgaria during World War II.  Although Bulgaria did not actively participate in the hostilities, it was aligned with the Axis powers and was invaded and occupied by the USSR in 1944.  

Check out this drone video of an important provincial city in Bulgaria, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot balyo dinev.  He filmed the town of Kazanlak, which lies in the province of Stara Zagora Province near the center of this Southeast European country.  The town lies on a plain at the foot of the Balkan Mountains, which cover much of the Bulgarian countryside.  Settled since the 5th or 6th millennium BC, Kazanlak is a center of rose oil extraction, a small but symbolically important Bulgarian industry.

Check out these excellent drone views of a town on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, compliments of nikolov_kn.  Ahtopol is the southernmost of the cities and towns along the coast, not far from the border with Turkey.  Colonized by Greeks in the 5th century BC, Ahtopol went on to play an important role in the centuries-long struggle between the Bulgarian and Byzantine (and later Ottoman) Empires for control of the southwestern Black Sea coastline.  It was also the target of raids by sea pirates up until the early 20th century.        

Two types of landmarks which probably most distinguish the Southeast European country of Bulgaria are its churches and its dams.  Contributor Blagoy Mamchilov used his DJI drone to create this spectacular video of a site with both.  The St. Ivan Rilski church is located in the town of Zapalnya in central Bulgaria, in an area that was flooded to make way for the Jrebchevo hydroelectric project in the 1960's.  Now sitting in the dam's reservoir, the partially submerged church is one of the country's most well known sites.  

AirVuz contributor and drone pilot Danovski Air brings us this excellent aerial video from the mountains of Bulgaria in Southeastern Europe.  The video was filmed near the historic town of Karlovo (seen in the opening of the video), close to the geographic center of the country.  Karlovo is located at the foot of the Balkan Mountains, which run on a roughly east-west axis starting near Bulgaria's western border with Serbia and roughly bisect the country, extending to the Black Sea coast in the east.    

Check out this fantastic drone video of a district of the Bulgarian city of Varna, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot nikolov_kn.  He filmed the Asparuhovo District, which lies just to the south of the center of Bulgaria's third-largest city and home of its principal port.  Separated by the main part of Varna by a series of canals which connect Lake Varna to the Black Sea, the Asparuhov was reconnected to the rest of the city via its namesake bridge, which was completed in 1976.  

Enjoy these aerial views of Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountains, compliments of AirVuz contributor and drone pilot peter_pierre.  The Rhodhopes are part of the Rila-Rhodope massif, which is home to the highest mountains on the Balkan Peninsula.  The Rhodopes themselves cover nearly 6k square mi. (around 14k square km), about 15% of which lies in neighboring Greece.  Their highest peak, Golyam Perelik, has a maximum elevation of about 7.2k ft. above sea level or about 2.2k m.  The video was filmed during the Fall season.   

Sozopol is one of the most well-known towns on Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast.  Seen in this drone video by nikolov_kn, it's located about a half-hour drive south of Burgas, the main city on the southern part of the coastline.  It's also one of Bulgaria's oldest towns, having been founded by Greek colonists around 700 BC.  Part of the historical region of Thrace, now spread between modern-day Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, it was once home to a gigantic statue of the Greek God Apollo which was captured in the Roman sack of the city in 72 BC.  

In this drone video by contributor and pilot peter_pierre, you'll get a bird's eye view of Bulgaria's Belogradchik Rocks, one of the natural treasures of this Southeast European country.  Comprised of sandstone and conglomerate material, the formation is located in the province of Vidin in the northwestern corner of the country.  Lying on the western slopes of the Balkan Mountains chain, some of the rocks reach up to 200 meters (around 660 ft.) in height.  The video was filmed during the Fall colors season.    

One of the top attractions in the Southeast European country of Bulgaria is a group of glacial lakes known as the Seven Rila Lakes.  The tiny lakes (the largest is only about 20 acres) lie in the Rila Mountains in the southwestern part of the country.  The lakes are connected via small streams, and are fed by runoff from the surrounding peaks.  Each lake carries a descriptive name, such as "Kidney", "Fish Lake", and "The Eye".  Check out all seven of these alpine treasures from above in this beautiful drone video.  

Bulgaria's Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is one of the world's most well-known churches.  Located in the national capital city of Sofia, the great gold-domed Byzantine style landmark was completed in 1912, on the eve of World War I.  The cathedral is the most important in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the national arm of the Eastern Orthodox branch of Christianity.  The largest Eastern Orthodox church for nearly a century, you can check it out from above in this excellent drone video by nikolov_kn.

Top contributor Mattcoq created this amazing drone video of what may be the most recognizable landmark of the world Communist movement.  The Buzludzha Monument sits atop the peak of the same name, which sits near the geographic center of the country and has an altitude of just over 1.4k meters (about 4.7k ft.).  Built in the 1970's, the monument commemorates a meeting in 1891 which led to the founding of the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party, the forerunner of the Bulgarian Communist party.  

Top AirVuz contributor Mattcoq has several Drone Video of the Week nominations to his credit, including one for his wintertime drone video of the Bulgarian resort town of Nessebar.  In this fantastic, he brings us a summertime view of Nessebar, which at times has been called the Pearl of the Black Sea.  The video was shot over the historic core of the city, which has been settled for several millennia.  Originally an island, the city became a peninsula when an isthmus was built to connect it to the mainland.  

AirVuz contributor Danovski Air brings us this excellent drone video from Bulgaria's Black Sea coastline, an area referred to as the Red Riviera during the time of the Warsaw Pact and the Bulgarian Riviera since then.  The video was filmed near the southern end of the coastline, in the area between the city of Burgas and the border with Greece.  The specific locations featured include Nestinarka Beach, Silistar Beach, and the town of Tsarevo.  Bulgaria's coastline runs a generally north-south course of about 235 mi. or around 380 km.  

Plovdiv is Bulgaria's second largest city, after the capital Sofia.  It lies near the geographic center of the Southeast  European country.   It is an ancient area, with evidence of human habitation going back to the 6th century BCE.  Given its storied history, it is the home to many of Bulgaria's most important cultural events.  Contributor Nikolaganchev treats us to a dronie from one of the hills above Plovdiv, a city which was once known as the City of Seven Hills and which has been settled for thousands of years.

Contributor dronevfx combined some great drone footage with some creative special effects to create this remarkable video of a well known bridge in Bulgaria in Southeastern Europe.  Devil's Bridge (Dyavolski most) is an arch bridge in the Rodhope Mountains.  It's located near the town of Ardino in the Kardzhali Province which covers the south-central part of the country.  With a length of 56 meters (184 ft.), it was a considerable technical achievement when it was built in the 16th century.

AirVuz contributor Danovski Air brings us this excellent drone video from a historic city in Bulgaria called Karlovo.  Karlovo is located in the province of Plovdiv at the foot of the Balkan Mountains, near the geographic center of this Southeast European country.  Famous for its rose oil (and surrounding rose fields), the town largely dates to the 15th century, during the early part of the Ottoman Empire reign over the region.  The video features excellent footage of the city's 19th century Eastern Orthodox church.