{"id":1303523,"date":"2026-09-29T19:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T19:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303523"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:32:16","slug":"plovdiv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/bulgaria\/plovdiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Plovdiv"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302244,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Older than Rome and Athens, with a Roman theatre still used for concerts, painted merchant houses on a hill, and an artists' quarter in a former tobacco district.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1303811","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"8,000 | Years of continuous settlement\r\n2nd c. | The Roman theatre, still in use\r\n2019 | European Capital of Culture","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Plovdiv has been lived in for around 8,000 years, which makes it older than Rome, Athens and Constantinople, and it has been Thracian, Macedonian, Roman, Byzantine, Bulgarian and Ottoman in turn. Most of those are still visible.\r\n\r\nThe Roman theatre from the second century was buried by a landslide and only rediscovered in the 1970s, and it now seats 3,500 people for concerts and opera through the summer.\r\n\r\nThe old town climbs a hill in painted National Revival houses with overhanging upper storeys, and below it Kapana \u2014 \"the trap\", a grid of former craft streets \u2014 has become the artists' and bar quarter that carried the city's 2019 Capital of Culture year.\r\n\r\nTwo days, and it is the city most people who travel Bulgaria end up preferring.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Bus or train from Sofia, about 2 hours and \u20ac8\r\nGetting around | Walkable. The old town is a steep cobbled climb\r\nCurrency | Euro, since 1 January 2026. The lev is no longer in use\r\nLanguage | Bulgarian in Cyrillic. English in the centre\r\nKapana | The creative quarter. Bars, studios and most of the nightlife\r\nTap water | Safe to drink","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"Three hills, an old town on one of them, and a flat centre between.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"14","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Old Town | Atmosphere | The cobbled hill of painted merchant houses, the Roman theatre and the best views. Steep, and quiet at night. | 42.1480 | 24.7520 |  | \nKapana | Nightlife and food | The creative quarter below the old town: galleries, bars, street art and the liveliest evenings in the city. | 42.1500 | 24.7490 |  | \nCentre and Glavnata | First-timers | Around the main pedestrian street and the Roman stadium, flat, central and close to everything. | 42.1460 | 24.7460 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_do_body":"The Roman theatre is the one. Built in the second century, buried by a landslide, rediscovered in the 1970s and restored to working use \u2014 it seats 3,500 and hosts opera, concerts and film through the summer. Entry is a few euros, or buy a ticket to something and see it properly.\r\n\r\nThe old town is a climb through National Revival houses, several open as museums with painted ceilings and merchant furniture. The Balabanov and Hindliyan houses are the two worth paying for.\r\n\r\nUnder the main pedestrian street, the Roman stadium of Philippopolis is partly excavated and visible through glass, with a section you can walk into.\r\n\r\nKapana is where the city lives now: a grid of small streets full of bars, studios and street art, and it is best simply wandered in the evening.\r\n\r\nNebet Tepe, the hill at the top of the old town, has Thracian foundations and the best sunset in the city, free.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Roman theatre | Second century, still hosting concerts. A few euros to enter\r\nRevival houses | Balabanov and Hindliyan are the two to pay for\r\nRoman stadium | Under the main street, visible through glass\r\nNebet Tepe | Thracian foundations and the best free sunset","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_free_body":"Nebet Tepe at the top of the old town is free and has the whole city and the plain below it at sunset.\r\n\r\nWalking the old town cobbles, looking at the painted facades, costs nothing \u2014 only entering the house museums charges.\r\n\r\nKapana is free to wander and the street art changes constantly.\r\n\r\nThe main pedestrian street, one of the longest in Europe, runs past the exposed Roman stadium which you can see from above for nothing.\r\n\r\nTsar Simeon's Garden and the Singing Fountains are free, and the free walking tour leaves daily from the municipality building.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Nebet Tepe | The sunset hill, free\r\nKapana | Street art and the creative quarter\r\nRoman stadium from above | Visible through glass on the main street\r\nFree walking tour | Daily, tip-based","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Thrace is Bulgaria's wine country and Plovdiv is its capital, which shapes eating here. Mavrud, the local red, grows on the plain around the city, and a glass is \u20ac3 to \u20ac5 with cellars an hour away in either direction.\r\n\r\nFood is Bulgarian: shopska salad, grilled kebapche and kyufte, kavarma in a clay pot, and banitsa for breakfast. A full meal with wine is \u20ac10 to \u20ac16.\r\n\r\nKapana has the newer places \u2014 craft beer, third-wave coffee and small kitchens \u2014 and the old town has the traditional mehanas with folk music.\r\n\r\nThe Saturday market and the covered halls are worth an hour for cheese, honey and the local rose products.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Mavrud | The Thracian red, grown around the city. \u20ac3\u20135 a glass\r\nA full meal | \u20ac10\u201316 with wine\r\nKapana | Craft beer, coffee and small kitchens\r\nKavarma | Slow-cooked in a clay pot, and the dish to order","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Kapana is the whole answer. A grid of narrow streets that was a craft district and is now wall-to-wall bars, with tables outside and a mixed crowd of students, artists and visitors.\r\n\r\nIt runs from about nine until two or three, and a beer is \u20ac1.50 to \u20ac3.\r\n\r\nThe university keeps term time livelier, and there are clubs along the river and in the centre for anything later.\r\n\r\nThe Roman theatre hosts summer concerts and opera, which is a different kind of night out and worth checking \u2014 seeing something performed in a second-century theatre is the best thing this city offers.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Kapana | The bar quarter, and the reason people stay an extra night\r\nPrices | A beer \u20ac1.50\u20133\r\nRoman theatre concerts | Summer. The best night available here\r\nTerm time | Livelier. Quieter in July and August","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The centre is flat and walkable, and the old town is a steep cobbled climb from it \u2014 worth knowing if you have luggage, because taxis cannot get up most of it.\r\n\r\nBuses cost about \u20ac0.80 and cover the rest of the city.\r\n\r\nSofia is two hours by bus or train for about \u20ac8, with buses more frequent and more reliable than trains.\r\n\r\nVeliko Tarnovo is three hours, the Black Sea coast about four, and Bansko around three.\r\n\r\nTaxis are cheap and metered \u2014 agree the meter is running, as in Sofia.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Walk | The centre is flat; the old town is a cobbled climb\r\nSofia | Two hours, about \u20ac8, buses more reliable than trains\r\nCity buses | About \u20ac0.80\r\nLuggage | Taxis cannot reach much of the old town. Plan for the hill","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Plovdiv costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Cheap, and slightly below Sofia. Dorms are \u20ac9 to \u20ac18, a full meal \u20ac10 to \u20ac16, and a beer \u20ac1.50 to \u20ac3.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac25 to \u20ac42.\r\n\r\nThe Roman theatre and the house museums are \u20ac3 to \u20ac6 each, and a combined old town ticket covers several.\r\n\r\nBulgaria switched to the euro on 1 January 2026, so prices are in euros and the lev is no longer in use. Cards work widely; carry some cash for small places.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac9\u201318\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac25\u201342\r\nMuseums | \u20ac3\u20136 each, with a combined old town ticket available\r\nCheaper than Sofia | Slightly, across the board","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Plovdiv is a safe, relaxed city and the centre and Kapana are comfortable at night.\r\n\r\nPetty theft happens in the pedestrian street crowds and at the bus and train stations.\r\n\r\nThe old town cobbles are large, rounded and steeply laid, and they are slippery in rain \u2014 this is the most common way visitors get hurt here.\r\n\r\nSummer heat on the Thracian plain is severe, regularly above 35 degrees in July and August, and the old town has little shade.\r\n\r\nTaxi overcharging is less of an issue than in Sofia but the same rules apply. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Old town cobbles | Rounded, steep and slippery in rain\r\nSummer heat | Over 35\u00b0C on the plain in July and August\r\nPetty theft | The main street crowds and the stations\r\nEmergency | 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Monasteries, wine and a Thracian tomb, all within two hours.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Bachkovo Monastery | 40 minutes | Bus, about \u20ac3 | The second largest monastery in Bulgaria, from 1083, in a wooded valley with frescoes and a covered ossuary. |  | 1303812\nAsen's Fortress | 45 minutes | Bus and walk, about \u20ac3 | A medieval church on a rock spur above the Chepelare gorge, with a dramatic approach. |  | 1303814\nStarosel Thracian tomb | 1.5 hours | Tour or car | A fifth-century BC royal Thracian tomb complex, the largest found in the country. |  | 1303815","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"Spring and autumn. The Thracian plain is punishing in midsummer.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Plovdiv sits on the Thracian plain and is one of the hottest cities in Bulgaria, regularly passing 35\u00b0C in July and August.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 5 | 2 | Cold and quiet. Cheapest beds\r\nFebruary | 8 | 2 | Still cold. Very few visitors\r\nMarch | 13 | 3 | Thawing. Baba Marta on the first of the month\r\nApril | 19 | 4 | Excellent. Green and mild\r\nMay | 24 | 5 | The best month. Warm, and the rose harvest starts nearby\r\nJune | 28 | 5 | Hot but good. Roman theatre concerts begin\r\nJuly | 31 | 4 | Very hot on the plain. Evenings in Kapana\r\nAugust | 31 | 4 | Peak heat, often above 35\u00b0C\r\nSeptember | 26 | 5 | Superb. Harvest in the vineyards and cooler evenings\r\nOctober | 20 | 5 | Excellent value and autumn colour\r\nNovember | 13 | 2 | Grey and cooling\r\nDecember | 6 | 2 | Cold and quiet, with a small market","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"Opera in a second-century Roman theatre is the one to plan around.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/bulgaria\/plovdiv\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Opera Open | June to July | Roman theatre | Opera and ballet staged in the second-century theatre. The best thing in the Bulgarian cultural calendar. |  | \nRose Festival | Early June | Kazanlak, 1.5 hours away | The rose harvest in the Valley of Roses, with picking at dawn and a festival around it. |  | \nKapana Fest | Several times a year | Kapana | The creative quarter closes to traffic for street food, music and art. |  | \nNight of Museums and Galleries | September | Citywide | Museums, galleries and studios open late across the city, mostly free. |  | \nBaba Marta | 1 March | Nationwide | Red and white martenitsa tassels exchanged and worn until spring is seen. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Wine tours at \u20ac35\u201355 are the main extra.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4\r\nMiddle of the road | 18 | 16 | 3 | 12\r\nComfortable | 35 | 32 | 5 | 25","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A small, good scene split between the old town and the centre near Kapana. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Plovdiv","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/bulgaria\/plovdiv\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Plovdiv travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Is Plovdiv older than Rome? | Yes. Continuous settlement here goes back around 8,000 years, which makes it older than Rome, Athens and Constantinople, and it has been Thracian, Roman, Byzantine, Bulgarian and Ottoman in turn.\r\nHow long do you need? | Two days. One for the old town and the Roman sites, one for Kapana, the museums and a day trip to Bachkovo or a winery.\r\nSofia or Plovdiv? | Sofia is the capital with the mountain and the transport links; Plovdiv is smaller, older, prettier and has a better evening scene for its size. Most people who do both end up preferring Plovdiv. They are two hours apart.\r\nWhat is Kapana? | A grid of narrow former craft streets \u2014 the name means \"the trap\" \u2014 now full of bars, galleries and studios. It carried the city's 2019 European Capital of Culture year and it is where the evenings happen.\r\nCan I see something at the Roman theatre? | Yes, and you should. It seats 3,500 and hosts opera, concerts and film through the summer, with the Opera Open season in June and July. Watching a performance in a second-century theatre is the best experience the city offers.\r\nIs it cheap? | Yes, and slightly cheaper than Sofia. 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