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Transfers Bulgaria transportation company provide private transfer service from SOFIA AIRPORT to PLOVDIV for 65 euro.

DESTINATION	CAR	MINIVAN	MINIBUS	MINIBUS	MINIBUS
	1-3 pax.	4-6 pax.	6-8 pax.	8-14 pax.	14-18  pax.
SOFIA AIRPORT- PLOVDIV	€65	€70	€89	€127	€139
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For early and return booking - discount !!!  Quoted price is per vehicle not per person !!!                                       

Welcome to Transfers Bulgaria

Transfers Bulgaria is a company who specialise in transporting passengers and goods to all four corners of Bulgaria and beyond. The company was established in 2002 by a team with a very reliable background in the Security and Transportation industry. We offer the highest standard of service from our highly qualified, fully vetted staff. Our employees are multi lingual with English, Russian, German, French, Turkish, and Greek catered for. Our drivers have full training to advanced driving qualification; they also take pride in making your trip a safe, comfortable and relaxing experience.

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Meet & Greet

Our very Professional, friendly and approachable drivers will meet you at the designated airport terminal, hotel reception or your requested address holding your name board, they will carefully assist you with your luggage and take you to your destination in the comfort of our very comfortable vehicles at a pre-agreed, one off, FIXED all inclusive price.

Pricing policy

is highly competitive. We are convinced that reliable and low rate private transfer are the key importance to any Traveller, so the price quoted is the price you pay, there are no hidden extras for late arrivals, luggage, tolls, parking charges, fuel or vat. Our customers always receive the highest standard of professional and friendly service at a pre-agreed price. We have built our reputation on quality, reliability and value and our reputation is something you can trust.
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Plovdiv (Bulgarian: Пловдив) is the second-largest city in Bulgaria with a population of 380,683.^[1] Plovdiv’s history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC.^[2] It is the administrative center of Plovdiv Province in southern Bulgaria and three municipalities (Plovdiv, Maritsa and Rodopi) and Bulgaria’s Yuzhen tsentralen planning region (NUTS II), as well as the largest and most important city in Northern Thrace and the wider international historical region of Thrace. The city is an important economic, transport, cultural and educational center.^[3]

Known in the West for most of its history by the Greek name Philippopolis, it was originally a Thracian settlement before becoming a major Roman city. In the Middle Ages, it retained its strategic regional importance, changing hands between the Byzantine and Bulgarian Empires. It came under Ottoman rule in the 14th century. In 1878, Plovdiv was made the capital of the autonomous Ottoman region of Eastern Rumelia; in 1885, it became part of Bulgaria with the unification of that region and the Principality of Bulgaria.

Plovdiv is situated in the southern part of the Plovdiv Plain on the two banks of the Maritsa River. The city has historically developed on seven syenite hills, some of which are 250 m (820.21 ft) high. Because of these seven hills, Plovdiv is often referred to in Bulgaria as “The City of the Seven Hills”.

Plovdiv is host to economic and cultural events such as the International Fair Plovdiv, the international theatrical festival “A scene on a crossroad”, the TV festival “The golden chest”. There are many remains preserved from Antiquity such as the Ancient amphitheatre, Roman odeon, Roman Stadium, the archaeological complex Eirene and others.

Name:

Plovdiv was given various names throughout its long history. It was originally a Thracian settlement by the name of Eumolpias. Philip II of Macedon conquered the area in 342-341 BC and renamed the city Philippoupolis (Greek: Φιλιππούπολις), of which the later Thracian name for the city, Pulpu-deva, is a reconstructed translation. After the Romans took control of the area, the city was named Latin: Trimontium, meaning the Three Hills. During the Middle Ages the city was known as Philippoupolis in Byzantine Greek and Paldin (Пълдин) or Plavdiv (Плъвдив) in Old Bulgarian, variations of the town’s earlier Thracian name. The city was known as Philippopolis in Western Europe well into the early 20th century. The city was known as Filibe in Turkish during the Ottoman Empire.

The asteroid (minor planet) 3860 Plovdiv is named after the city. It was discovered by the Bulgarian astronomer Violeta G. Ivanova on 8 August 1986. Plovdiv Peak (1,040 m/3,412 ft) on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is also named after Plovdiv.

Geography:

Plovdiv is located on the banks of the Maritsa river, approximately 152 km (94 mi) southeast of the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The city is situated in the southern part of the Plain of Plovdiv, an alluvial plain forming the western portion of the Upper Thracian Plain. The heights of Sredna Gora rise to the northwest, to the east are the Chirpan Heights and the Rhodope mountains surround the plain from the south.^[4] The city had originally developed to the south of Maritsa and it spawned across the river in the last 100 years. Modern Plovdiv covers an area of 101 km² (39 sq mi), which is less than 0.1% of Bulgaria’s total area. This makes the city is the most densely populated in the country with 3,769 inhabitants per km².

Inside the city proper are located six syenite hills, called tepeta. In the beginning of the 20th century there used to be seven of them, but one (Markovo tepe) was destroyed. Traditionally the citizens have called them Dzhendem tepe, Bunardzhik, Sahat tepe, Nebet tepe, Dzhambaz tepe and Taksim tepe. The last three form the area of the Three Hills (Bulgarian: Трихълмие), a lively section of the city centre.^[5]

Climate

The climate is temperate with influence from the Mediterranean Sea and is typical of southeastern Europe. Summers are generally extremely hot and dry. Winters are cold, with a slight Mediterranean influence, often they’re very cold with a Continental character. The average annual temperature is 12.3 °C (54.1 °F). The average maximum temperature is in July – 30.3 °C (86.5 °F) and the absolute maximum was recorded during the same month in 2000 45 °C (113 °F). Weak winds (0–5 m/sec) are predominant in the city and the surrounding area. The average minimum temperature is 6.5 °C (43.7 °F) and the absolute minimum was −31.7 °C (−25 °F) measured during an inversion. The average relative humidity is 73%, it is highest in December – 86% and lowest in August – 62%. The total precipitation is 540 mm – the wettest months of the year are May and June with an average precipitation of 66.2 mm, while the driest is August with an average of 31 mm. The average number of days with a snow blanket in Plovdiv is 33. The average depth of the blanket of snow is 2 to 4 cm (1 to 2 in) and the maximum is normally 6 to 13 cm (2 to 5 in) but in some winters it can reach 70 cm (28 in) or more. Gentle winds (0 to 5 m/s) are predominant in the city with wind speeds of up to 1 m/s representing 95% of all winds during the year. Mists are common in the cooler months especially along the banks of the Maritsa. On average there are 33 days with mist during the year.^[6

Histrory:

Antiquity

Plovdiv has settlement traces dating from the Neolithic, roughly 4000 BC.^[2] Archaeologists have discovered fine pottery^[8] and other objects of everyday life from as early as the Neolithic Age, showing that in the end of the 4^th millennium B.C. there already was an established settlement there.^[9][10] According to Ammianus Marcellinus, Plovdiv’s written post-Bronze Age history lists it as a Thracian fortified settlement named Eumolpias. In 4th century BC the city was a centre of a trade fair (called panegyreis).^[11] In 342 BC, it was conquered by Philip II of Macedon,^[12] the father of Alexander the Great, who renamed it “Φιλιππόπολις”, Philippopolis or “the city of Philip” in his own honour. Later, it was reconquered by the Thracians who called it Pulpudeva (a reconstructed translation of Philipopolis)^[13]

In 72 AD it was seized by the Roman general Terentius Varo Lukulus and was incorporated into the Roman Empire,^[14] where it was called Trimontium (City of Three Hills) and served as metropolis (capital) of the province of Thrace. It gained a city status in late 1st century.^[15] Trimontium was an important crossroad for the Roman Empire and was called “The largest and most beautiful of all cities” by Lucian. Although it was not the capital of the Province of Thrace, the city was the largest and most important centre in the province.^[16] In those times, the Via Militaris (or Via Diagonalis), the most important military road in the Balkans, passed through the city.^[17][18]

The Roman times were a period of growth and cultural excellence.^[19] The ancient ruins tell a story of a vibrant, growing city with numerous public buildings, shrines, baths, and theatres. The city had an advanced water system and sewerage. It was defended with a double wall. Many of those are still preserved and can be seen by tourists. Today only a small part of the ancient city has been excavated.^[13]

Middle Ages

The Slavs had fully settled in the area by the middle of the 6th century and changed the ethnic proportions of the region.^[20] With the establishment of Bulgaria in 681 Philipopolis became an important border fortress of the Byzantine Empire. It was captured by Khan Krum in 812 but the region was fully incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire in 834 during the reign of Khan Malamir.^[21] It remained in Bulgarian hands for a relatively short time until it was reconquered by the Byzantine Empire in 855-856.^[22][23] Under Byzantine control the city became the centre of Paulician heretics transported from the eastern borders of the empire to serve as military settlers on the European frontier with Bulgaria. From Philippopolis the influence of dualistic doctrines spread to Bulgaria forming the basis of the Bogomil heresy. Under tsar Simeon the Great (893–927) the city and most of the Byzantine possessions in the Balkans were conquered by the Bulgarian Empire. The city remained in Bulgarian hands under Simeon’s son, Peter I (927–969).^[24][25]

In 970 the Asian army of the Byzantine Empire under the eunuch Peter was destroyed by the Bulgarians near Plovdiv.^[26] The city again came to be known as Philippopolis and became Byzantine in character. Aime de Varennes in 1180 encountered the singing of Byzantine songs in the city that recounted the deeds of Alexander the great and his predecessors, over 1300 years before.^[27]

Byzantine rule was succeeded by that of the Latin Empire in 1204, and there were two short interregnum periods as the city was twice occupied by Kaloyan of Bulgaria before his death in 1207.^[13] In 1208 Kaloyan’s successor Boril was defeated by the Latins in the Battle of Plovdiv.^[28] Under Latin rule, Plovdiv was the capital of the Duchy of Philippopolis governed by Renier de Trit, and later on by Gerard de Strem. Bulgarian rule was reestablished during the reign of Ivan Asen II between 1225 and 1229. In 1263 Plovdiv was conquered by the restored Byzantine Empire and remained in Byzantine hands until it was re-conquered by George Terter II of Bulgaria in 1322.^[29] Byzantine rule was restored once again in 1323, but in 1344 the city and eight other cities were surrendered to Bulgaria by the regency for John V Palaiologos as the price for Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria’s support in the Byzantine civil war.^[30]

In 1364 the Ottoman Turks under Lala Shakhin Pasha seized Plovdiv.^[31][32] The Turks called the city Filibe. It was the capital of Rumelia until 1382 when the Ottomans captured Sofia which became the main city of the province. Plovdiv survived as one of the major cultural centers for Bulgarian culture and tradition. The name Plovdiv first appeared around that time and is derived from the city’s Thracian name Pulpudeva (assumed to be a translation of Philippopolis, from Pulpu = Philippou and deva = city), which was rendered by the Slavs first as Pəldin (Пълдин) or Pləvdin.

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