Plovdiv Bulgaria: Irresistible City for Expats

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We enjoyed our visit to Plovdiv Bulgaria, and we can see why it is target location for Expats, and Digital Nomads. We hope you enjoy our walk through the area, and it answers questions you may have about this region.
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Do you want to live abroad as an Expat or Nomad? Are you looking for affordable and viable options? We are exploring the world to see what it's like to live in a country, and also discover if Residency is an option.
We visited with an attorney in Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria to discover if this Balkan country is an option for you, so if you're a digital nomad, a retiree or thinking of retiring abroad we did this video with you in mind. We needed to edit the video for time and to eliminate redundancy, if there are any questions regarding the information provided please contact Dimitar Dimitrov:
Dimitar Hristov Dimitrov
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Email: dimitar@lpc-bg.com
Phone Bulgaria: +359888403752 (WhatsApp and Viber)
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We began our retirement in March of 2020 with the intent to travel the world, spending 1-3 months in a country or location. We want to see what it's like to live there and not simply visit, and we want to share these experiences and the costs with whoever wishes to follow along.
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@WarrenJulieTravel Год назад

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@dwartbg1 3 года назад

Are you still in Bulgaria ? If you are still here go to the nearest pharmacy and get a box Analgin or Benalgin. It's the most widely used drug for headaches and migraines in Bulgaria since ages and it simply works. It's OTC also. There are many drugs that simply work being sold for cents in Bulgaria compared to the US where everything is banned, expensive or with prescription. Bulgaria also has always been the largest pharmaceutical industry in the Balkans.

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Thanks for this information, we will check these medications out. 😊👍❤️

@iliyandimitrov2882 3 года назад

Bulgaria is in the top 10 in the world for the fastest internet and mine to use everywhere in the restaurants there is free internet if you want to use a home it would cost you $ 15 with a TV for a whole month and the internet is unlimited

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Yes, we expect it now, almost like we expect having a toilet that will flush.

@americanpaintprocom 3 года назад

Hi Warren and Julie this city is one of my choices to purchase a condo in..... I am so glad I found your RU-vid channel I have been traveling the world all over Asia, South America, Central America looking for a place for a retirement country and home so you have provided me and other viewer great usable content regarding retirement in the Balkan’s..... I really didn’t think of Bulgaria as a great retirement country until I watched your videos on your Balkan adventures; what I really like about Bulgaria is its European charm and also having low cost of living compared to Canada and The United States....like you have stated in this video costs are low in Bulgaria...thanks again....j

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Thanks we are glad you enjoyed the video and are following our channel. The Balkans have been overlooked by many for too long.

@Radio280 10 месяцев назад

How much a couple needs per month to retire comfortably in Bulgaria 🇧🇬?

@knicklas48 3 года назад

Wife and I are retired and living in Plovdiv. We like it a lot. We live just around the corner from the pedestrian street. As you say, food expenses are about 60% of US prices. That goes for utilities too. I pay 20BGN per month for 50 GBPS wifi. 16BGN to the apartment company for grounds maint.

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Super, sounds nice.

@Radio280 10 месяцев назад

How much a couple needs monthly to live comfortably there?

@PetrovOfficial 3 года назад

I somehow discovered your video... So Im from Bulgaria, I lived in Plovdiv and now i live near Plovdiv and paying for internet is absurd and i don't even want to mention that yours was limited ... In Plovdiv for these 8 dollars you can get monthly unlimited access with speeds starting from 100mbps and up... Really just don't recommend this appartment to anyone.

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

We normally place the link for our good stays in the video description. We didn’t this time.

@PUMPADOUR 3 года назад

@@WarrenJulieTravel I am sorry you did not have a good experience with the apartment. I agree with Peter assessment. As a Bulgarian I like to apologize for those people!

@Radio280 10 месяцев назад

How much a couple needs per month to live comfortably in Bulgaria 🇧🇬?

@leeh5307 2 года назад

Thanks guys. Really useful as my wife and I are looking at Bulgaria as a retirement destination from New Zealand. Aw man, those migraines.... ugh.

@WarrenJulieTravel 2 года назад

We are going to check out Bansko quite soon☺️

@jgm3620 3 года назад

Always nice to see the 4 members of the family. You can get much cheaper hair dresser in Bulgaria. I like also Plodiv, great little town

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Thanks ❤️ Matt & Molly are RU-vidrs not family just new friends. 😊

@zuzudernegger9721 3 года назад

Something really important! In Plovdiv it is not "chilling out" it is "aylyak". If it is not "aylyak" you are doing it wrong. What it is you could only understand if you stayed long enough.

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

👍

@CaliWeHo 3 года назад

😂

@laurayale369 3 года назад

Wonderful that the Roman "ruins" were not totally destroyed over time. Sorry to hear you suffer Migraines. I too have had them almost my entire life. Have you tried Ubrelvy? Expensive but it usually works for me.

@knicklas48 3 года назад

They survived, in large part, because they spent most of the centuries covered by rubble and underground.

@Dgfngdngfsdgrnsnyrdgnrgrdnnhfd 3 года назад

I live in bulgaria

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Nice 👍

@rubytuesday9539 3 года назад

Nice video with useful info. Apparently you wanted to stay a while in Plovdiv.

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

That was the plan, but when we decided to pack and move we decided to go somewhere new. We went to Varna and the Black Sea which was not on our original plan.

@WITYTRAVELS 3 года назад

Wow! wouldn't even think of not being able to use as much internet as we need. Trails through Youth Hill look lovely. Roman theatre looks cool. We've seen IKEA dishes in our air bibs but have not seen the store with our own eyes yet lol. Nice haircut! Stinks about the migraines. Glad you bounced back!

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Thanks ❤️ we make a point to confirm internet availability and speed, we now need to confirm the amount of data allowed. You know as RU-vidrs how quickly we can eat data up. Take care and safe travels to you. ❤️

@binkobinev9210 3 года назад

@@WarrenJulieTravel if you can have 2 year contract, you can use Unlimited U150 from vivacom for 43:,99 BGN - unlimited MB 5G if not prepaid for 20leva with 25GB at max speed you can use wifi at cafes or hotspots and most accomodations have landline

@AprilBrand74 3 года назад

It is a nice city to chill out and enjoy ppl watching. It's unfortunate that the Airbnb you featured last week didn't work out for y'all.

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

It’s a great city to people watch. Things happen we roll with it. We got to see Varna which was not on our original plan, so it’s all good.

@speakbulgarianwithbibiBA 3 года назад

@@WarrenJulieTravel You can also visit Ruse, once you go to Varna. Another beautiful town, usually referred to as the small Vienna

@dayanbalevski4446 3 года назад

You got ripped off for that haircut... typically in Bulgaria male haircuts cost 8-12 lev.

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

It was the most expensive that I’ve had in the Balkans.

@rubytuesday9539 3 года назад

@@WarrenJulieTravel at our house my wife cuts all our hair--- except for hers. She pays $100 plus tip for just an ordinary haircut, not sure she even gets a shampoo with it. Anyway, at best we're breaking even,but she's gotten to be a pretty good barber.

@maximhar 3 года назад

That was hardly a typical salon tho, it was smack in the middle of downtown. 20 lev is reasonable all things considered. A cut at similar place in Sofia would cost you even more.

@dayanbalevski4446 3 года назад

@@maximhar nope it was not a typical salon... and it was actually a really bad hairdresser.... dont speak about things you dont understand. Just because it is near the center doesnt make it good. We have amazing hairdressers and salons... 20 lev is too much for a male haircut in Bulgaria

@maximhar 3 года назад

@@dayanbalevski4446 I didn't say that being in the center makes it good, I said it makes it expensive. Rent in the centre is higher, which means more overhead, and you also get a lot of tourists so obviously you will charge more. Just like restaurants in the centre may not necessarily be good, but will certainly be more expensive than their counterparts in the outskirts of town.

@mayaandersen960 3 года назад

Enjoyed the video

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Thanks we appreciate you watching ❤️

@amj3997 3 года назад

Did you try the noodle cake?

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

No we never heard of it or saw it. We googled it, we will try it eventually.

@AprilBrand74 3 года назад

A beer and a haircut. 😂 Nice!

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

A great perk. 😊

@elterrifico9522 3 года назад

Two bits!

@Cdogmaximilian 3 года назад

Largest pedestrian zone in Europe. Still couldn't find it. Guys we may have chosen the wrong European guides. 😂😂🤣🤣

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

😂😂 Cyrillic and the city sprawl definitely didn’t help. 😁

@Cdogmaximilian 3 года назад

@@WarrenJulieTravel I get lost in my house though 🤣

@knicklas48 3 года назад

The pedestrian street has two names: The north part is 'Rayko Daskalov' then the name changes at the mosque and becomes 'Knyaz Alexander I' going to the blocky Soviet-style post office at the south end.

@rolandcates9271 3 года назад

Beautiful city

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

It has a lot of nice areas 👍

@GreatCityAttractions Год назад

Plovdiv does look amazing

@AprilBrand74 3 года назад

Another great video. Thanks y'all!

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Thanks for watching and commenting 😊👍♥️

@AprilBrand74 3 года назад

I would love to be an expat in Bulgaria however speaking to an immigration lawyer, I don't see that happening at this point, unfortunately

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Maybe another country will be a better fit for you.

@alwayslearning7672 3 года назад

I passed through here in February.It was miserable. Totally dead! No tourists. No water in those fountains,snowing and raining just above freezing.Nobody on the streets all those pedestrian streets were dead and all the cafes and bars were closed.Didn't get a good impression at all. I should go back in summer!

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Traveling through these past 17 months of Covid19 can make it hard to get the real feel for a city. Restrictions, curfews and lockdowns have negatively impacted most places from showcasing their best features.

@knicklas48 3 года назад

Yep, like much of everywhere in Winter under Covid things are dead. Come in the warm weather.

@robertl2227 3 года назад

I imagine the 400GB average per month is for a family (it shows how addicted we are to the black mirror in the States). I live in the country and use my phone to tether my laptop and average 30GB per month and I can stream youtube 8 hrs/day if I want. Its low resolution but fine for my needs.

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Wow we could not get by on 1GB a day.

@Cdogmaximilian 3 года назад

Do you think it was their first time renting out that Airbnb?

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

We felt like that may be the case, but she mentioned someone stole the battery from the AC remote. 🤷🏼‍♂️ It was a nice place and with €100 in dishes and pots, and a real internet it would be five stars. We actually spent a day buying our kitchen supplies to make it livable that we took with us.

@rubytuesday9539 3 года назад

@@WarrenJulieTravel if it had much of a rental history I'd think these shortcomings would have been in the reviews.

@AprilBrand74 3 года назад

Aww! I'm sorry that you had a migraine, those are yucky.

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Yes they suck, thought we’d include it to show we have to deal with negative things just like everyone else does.

@elterrifico9522 3 года назад

I hope they have fixed up the main bus station since I was there 4 years ago. Right out of the dark ages

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

We didn’t see it, hopefully they did something if it was that bad.

@elterrifico9522 3 года назад

@@WarrenJulieTravel Otherwise I really liked Plovdiv. Much funkier than Sofia. Glad to hear your noggin healed up.

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

@@elterrifico9522 thanks, I don’t think it’ll ever heal up. I’ve been dealing with them for 26 years, they often cause temporary blindness.

@elterrifico9522 3 года назад

@@WarrenJulieTravel Awful. 😱. Yes, retiring early was a good call. Godspeed

@bulgariangamerbozhy1637 3 года назад

@@elterrifico9522 yes, I am from Plovdiv and it was fully repaired and fixed in 2019, now it looks modern and beautiful.

@gingermarie1760 2 года назад

God loves you so much that He sent His Holy Son Jesus from heaven to earth, to be born of a virgin, to grow up and die on a cross for our sins, and to be put into a tomb 3 days and rise from the dead the third day, and He (Jesus) went back up to heaven. We must receive Sinless Jesus sincerely to be God's child(John 1:12).After we get saved by grace through faith in Christ, if we truly love the Lord Jesus Christ, then we will obey Jesus(John 14:15). Mark 1:15 "And saying, the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: Repent ye, and believe the gospel." Jesus said in John 14:15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. "There's a real hell. It says in Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly, & unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, & immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone..." Please sincerely receive Holy Jesus and put your true faith and trust in Him today and please repent.

@alexiaabramov2544 3 года назад

the second 'amphitheatre' you folks showed was underground because it's actually the stadium. Did you find the remains of the aqueduct? They can be found in an altogether different part of the city. I also suggest the old town, if you haven't already explored it in other videos. It's the area behind the amphitheatre, the Filibé of the 19th century. Gusto maina Filibeto ^_^

@JB-tv3xm 3 года назад

Very beautiful. I will be traveling there in the next 2 years. I retire in 4 years. Thanks for the details you guys provide us.

@GreatCityAttractions Год назад

Bulgaria looks great!

@slavimitarov4251 3 года назад

BRAVO!

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

Thanks we appreciate your watching 😊

@kaspar_1982 2 года назад

I was here 30 years ago and except for staff there's not a local to be seen in this ultra tourist town. a perfect example of gentrification gone berserk. clean and safe, however compared to the before time it looks like the west just took a great big greasy dump all over the ruins of this city. everyone is complicit here visitors and locals alike. My God the insolence of it all.

@pauldumitrescu1955 2 года назад

Montenegro is better than Croatia but Bulgaria offers more comfort is the best! Leva strong, have low wadges.

@PUMPADOUR 3 года назад

I am Bulgarian and have not been back in a while. Those prices are total turn off and I might not be coming back soon. This inflation is killing me! Mexico seems so much more cheep:)

@philipcolley8945 2 года назад

can you tell me as a retiree would i have to pay taxes once i get a temporary visa, on my pension ?

@WarrenJulieTravel 2 года назад

Please contact the attorney we interviewed. We don't want to mislead you unintentionally.

@davidhutchinson5233 3 года назад

My understanding is a plant based vegan diet is excellent for migraine prevention.

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

This is true, I’m mostly vegetarian but eat some seafood.

@Radio280 10 месяцев назад

Can anyone tell me please, how much a couple needs per month to live comfortably in Bulgaria 🇧🇬 ( Burgas)? Ty in advance

@WarrenJulieTravel 10 месяцев назад

That’s very subjective. I can tell you a retired Social Security couple can live comfortably. If renting $1500 to $2000 would give a good standard of living.

@WarrenJulieTravel 10 месяцев назад

That’s very subjective. I can tell you a retired Social Security couple can live comfortably. If renting $1500 to $2000 would give a good standard of living.

@danhenderer3749 3 года назад

Dear friend , We live in US. but would like to move in Bulgaria .We would like to buy a lot ,to build a house in Blagoevgrad or Sandanski. PLEASE can you suggest a realtor ,that you can trust?

@pete_surgeon Год назад

Link or contact of the airbnb in youthill pls.

@WarrenJulieTravel Год назад

We chose not to recommend this one because it was missing every kitchen item. It costs us a lot to buy things for this stay we booked through VRBO.

@GreatCityAttractions Год назад

Plovdiv looks amazing guys - great content.

@WarrenJulieTravel Год назад

Thank you for the kind words and for watching us.

@GreatCityAttractions Год назад

you're welcome @@WarrenJulieTravel

@vesselinkerkeniakov5317 Год назад

one correction. the theater is greek build not roman

@WarrenJulieTravel Год назад

👍

@BrightStar3862 Год назад

Food, find an alternative

@WarrenJulieTravel Год назад

We have learned to find alternatives for many things.

@tracybowering2227 Год назад

Please go to greece

@WarrenJulieTravel Год назад

We have been a few times before we retired or started the YT channel.

@im7618 3 года назад

Why call immigrants expats?

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

We get this question on occasion, but normally on our Ecuador videos. Expats can be any nationality living legally in a foreign country, and are not seeking citizenship. Immigrants are typically setting in to a new country long term and commonly seek citizenship. You can be a Mexican Expat in the US, most Expat communities are made up of many nationalities. Often Expats seek out other Expats on Facebook Groups in cities around the world, for friendship and a sense of community. The local population often has family and life long friendships established so it may be hard for Expats to break in to these established relationship circles, but meeting other foreigners is typically quite easy. This is how I perceive most Expats view the situation. We occasionally get people believing it’s a racist thing, but Expats can be white, brown, black, Indian, Chinese, European, Latino etc.

@im7618 3 года назад

@@WarrenJulieTravel your answer is hilarious. The expats you talk about are economic migrants who can’t afford the lifestyle in their own countries and choose somewhere cheap to be better off. The expats you describe arrived to a new country with no intention of understanding its people or culture so they seek others like themselves (much like the dreaded immigrants who stay in their ghettos). An expat or expatriate is simply defined as a person who lives outside their native country - permanently or not. An expat and an immigrant walk into a bar. How do you tell them apart? One’s usually white and rich and the other isn’t.

@WarrenJulieTravel 3 года назад

@@im7618 if you already have a set opinion that is intended to be negative don’t ask. Your opinion on expats economics is false, many may be looking for a lower cost of living on retirement, but many are wealthy, some work as nomads, some are business owners. We had lunch with Turkish Expats today setting up an LLC in Montenegro, You obviously are not a traveler, or looking to live outside your home country, please troll elsewhere to spread your racist opinions.

@здоровыйдух-ю3ж 2 года назад

As a local I may say ABSOLUTELY TRUE!💯 In terms of nature, ancient landmarks, silence and cheap food Plovdiv are the best👍 *but some hidden problems here: pollution and rubbish, beggars, racism, abandoned buldings and dogs...no one covers it in Insta vlog videos(( #jamisover

@WarrenJulieTravel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching 😁

@здоровыйдух-ю3ж 2 года назад

@@WarrenJulieTravel it is pleasure for me

@honeyheart8215 2 года назад

Every country has hidden problems. Some people just love to criticize and nitpicking every single little thing. About the racism part; you will find it everywhere in he world. Bulgaria never enslaved any country unlike your perfectly "rich and civilized" west, so people can be curious about other people of color coming into the country as Bulgaria is a fairly ethnically and racially homogeneous society.