Baba Vanga & Rupite Hot Springs, Bulgari

A famous contemporary mystic lived in Bulgaria. Known as Baba Vanga, we visited her home, gardens, and temple. This blind Bulgarian woman is credited with the gift of prediction, and she had quite a following in Eastern Europe! She was sometimes called the Nostradamus of the Balkans and was renowned for predicting global events, although almost none were written down during her lifetime, so it's all to be taken with a grain of salt. Nonetheless, the grounds were beautiful as was the homage visitors paid to her sculpture and temple.

Nearly adjacent to the Baba Vanga grounds was some incredible natural hotsprings. Muddy but not very sulphery. The best was sitting in the baths in the nighttime, feeling the cool surrounding air.Read more