Why shopska salad comes with rakia, where to find fresh banitsa before ten, which grape grows nowhere else on earth, and the three signs of an honest mehana.
Rila Monastery frescoes, Plovdiv's Roman theatre, a royal fortress above the Yantra and two old towns by the sea: how to fit Bulgaria into a week, with an honest downside for each stop.
The dinar cannot leave the country, taxi meters need insisting on, and entry rules have a voucher twist. The practical rules of Tunisia, best sorted before you land.
Tunisian food is genuinely fiery: harissa replaces ketchup here. Six dishes you have to try, with honest pointers on where Tunisians themselves go for them.
Six places in Tunisia worth leaving the sun lounger for: from the ruins of Carthage to the underground homes of Matmata and a night in the Sahara. With a one-week route.
From 650 to 3600 dollars for two over a week, flights excluded. Why the tickets cost more than living on the island, what a villa with a pool really runs, and the licence problem nobody mentions.
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