About the Area
There are few people in this world who have touched anything like the beauty and nature that surrounds the mountain town of Vratsa and few outsiders realize that this town is by far one of the most picturesque towns in Bulgaria. Home to 62,909 inhabitants and located in northwestern Bulgaria at the foot of the Balkan Range traversed by the Leva River, Vratsa is a town full of spirit, art and culture, with many protected natural wonders and historic monuments. It has a rich crafts industry as well as being a commercial hub and main railway junction. The area’s extreme natural beauty has provided much in the way of recreation and the town’s motto is “Town as the Mountain - Ancient and Young!”
Surrounded by hills at the start of the Balkan Range and the flatlands at the beginning of the Danube Plain, Montana in North West Bulgaria is home to 46,727 people. It lies serenely on the banks of the River Ogosta next to Ogosta Dam at a crossroads between two major European transport corridors; the E4, which connects with Western Europe and the E7 connecting with the Danube and Romania. It is also close to the port of Lom, the Danube’s second largest port and a major link between Western Europe and Russia.
An often forgotten area of Bulgaria is her north western reaches, with the magnificent town of Vidin lying on the Danube River, nearby fortress towns and numerous caves. The Vidin area is one of the small regions of Bulgaria, bounded on the north by the Danube and on the west by Serbia. The region is diverse, alternating between the Danubean Plain and the main Balkan range. 
The town of Lom with around 29,000 inhabitants and 56 kms south east of Vidin, is set on the bank of the Danube at the estuary with the Lom River. 
