In 2017, the Dunav Ultra Tour took place as for the first and only time unusual race called Gladiators on Bikes. Before the GOB race, and after that, the Dunav Ultra Тour had no any competitive element.
The new selection of the 2020 “The 100 Dunav Ultra Highlights” just begins. The selection presents our annual list of the most interesting sites and places – altogether part of the unique journey along the Danube river banks of Bulgaria and the Dunav Ultra Cycle Route.
The “Start packages” for the upcoming Dunav Ultra: Follow the River 2020 promotional event (1.9.2020) will be on sale from January 15th. The city of Vidin will be the host for the third consecutive year, and the cycling transition accompanying the event will register its seventh consecutive edition.
The final trailer supporting the sixth edition of the Dunav Ultra Cycling Adventure is here. The video is entitled “Тhe beautiful blue Danube” and contains exclusive material shot in the cities of Vidin, Ruse, Silistra, Belene, Svishtov and Kozloduy. The video advertises some of the most interesting places – part of the Dunav Ultra Route, in the accompaniment of Johann Strauss’s classic music.
125 kilograms of a monster catfish was caught in the Danube in the region of Ruse, spread the news “Bulgaria Today”. The animal was taken out with nets of fishermen, and hours later the beast became an attraction at the Tutrakan fish auction where it was sold.
The beach of Durankulak is the cleanest beach along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast to date. Expert opinion is by Miroslava Robinson – Head of Department of Marine Water and Aquatic Protection at the Black Sea Basin Directorate.
A unique 3-in-1 printed travel guide related to the Dunav Ultra Cycle Route, will be released at the end of June. (English version will be available a few weeks later) The product is the first of its kind cycle travel map, dedicated to the famous Bulgarian cycle route along the Danube river to the Black Sea (route map).
On July 2, the final video trailer in support of the sixth edition of the Dunav Ultra Cycle Adventure will be released . The video bears the name “The Beautiful Blue Danube” and contains exclusive material shot in the Bulgarian cities Vidin, Ruse, Silistra, Belene, Svishtov and Kozloduy . The video recreates like never before, the unique atmosphere of the Bulgarian Danube river bank – assure the team of the organizers of the event.
“VIDIN: The Baba Vida Fortress” is the name of the latest video trailer supporting this year’s edition of the Dunav Ultra Cycle Adventure. The video is a production of the Dunav Ultra team and presents one of the most impressive cultural and historical sites on the Balkans and a symbol of the city of Vidin – the Baba Vida Fortress.
The Danube town of Belene is а small Bulgarian city but has great and long history. In ancient times, the Romans built a military camp and a road station here called Dimum. Subsequently, the station grew to a strong military fortress and customs extending to several hectares. The thickness of the wall reaches the amazing 2.5 meters.
The “Kozloduy” video clip was shot during the last edition of the Dunav Ultra Cycling Adventure. The video includes footage of the great monument built in meters from the Danube coast (near Kozloduy) in honor of the work of the Bulgarian poet and national hero Hristo Botev.
An extremely interesting site – a Thracian-Roman sanctuary located in the large canyon known as The Dry River is one of the most interesting sites in the travel guide “The 100 Dunav Ultra Highlights“.
The historical fountain built in the Bulgarian village of Kaynardja (Silistra district) entered the Travel Guide *”100 Dunav Ultra Highlights“. The location gains popularity as part of the history of the continent – after the fifth Russian-Turkish war (1768-1774) the Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was signed here.
The unique Thracian treasure found near Sivri Tepe (the land of today’s Bulgarian town of Borovo) is among the “100 Dunav Ultra Highlights” – the first of its kind Travel list dedicated to the Dunav Ultra Cycle Route. The list presents the most interesting POI – places, objects, natural phenomena, food, flora and fauna along the Danube and Dobruja in Bulgaria – from where the route passes through.
We found this little friend in the fortress Medjidi Tabia, Silistra. The fortress is included as one of the “100 Dunav Ultra Highlights” – the first of its kind bicycle Travel Guide dedicated to the Dunav Ultra Cycle Route.
A great selection of sites located in the Danube town of Silistra is included in the latest video dedicated to the Bulgarian town. The trailer is the sixth consecutive production to support the upcoming promotional event Dunav Ultra: Via Pontica – a 680 km self supported bicycle adventure along the Dunav Ultra Cycle Route
A new Dunav Ultra video trailer dedicated to the Bulgarian town of Silistra is coming on 9 April. The production is in support of the Dunav Ultra: Via Pontica promo event – A 680 km cycling adventure along the Danube River to the Black Sea in Bulgaria (the Dunav Ultra cycle route)
The historical museum of the Danubian town of Lom preserves an invaluable exhibit – the original theatrical curtain of the Lom Theater, painted in the last century by the famous Czech artist and decorator Adolf Kvapp. The curtain is a huge piece of fabric made by using a special technology and was first presented on the stage in 1910. But what makes a theatrical curtain among the most interesting sights of the Dunav Ultra bicycle route?
A brand new Dunav Ultra video trailer – part of the advertising campaign in promoting the upcoming cycling adventure Dunav Ultra: Via Pontica 2019 was released. The clip, which includes footage from the Danube river coast near the town of Belene, continues a series in presenting some of the most emblematic sites from the Dunav Ultra bicycle route.
Is it really possible that the poorer economic area of the Danube in EU could become a tourist destination? that could be able to pull the interest of cycle travelers coming from all over the continent or even from outside Europe? Let’s try to answer the core of the question, let’s try to understand what makes a bicycle trip along the Danube in Bulgaria a unique and interesting experience; what are the reasons why we can assume a growing interest in this experience.
Only few kilometers from the town of Tutrakan in the direction of the village of Pozharevo* and next to the bank of the Danube, hidden in a small grove, there is a modest monument, dedicated to the march of the Revolutionary Anastas Stoyanov (30), known as Tanyo voevoda**.
The Synagogue located in the Bulgarian town of Vidin is a unique building that impresses with its architecture, history, recent past and … future. Just few days ago it became clear that one of the symbols of today’s Danube riverbed in Bulgaria will literally rise as the new owner of the building, Vidin Municipality, has defended a project for full recovery and transformation of the ruins into a modern tourist attraction.
The so called “Tarnovo inscription” of khan Omurtag is a building inscription cut on a column and founded in the church “St. Forty Martyrs” in the Bulgarian town of Tarnovo. The inscription includes the famous sign of the famous Bulgarian ruler – “Man dies even if he lives well, and another is born, and let the latest born considering this writing, remember him who made it. The name of the ruler is Omurtag, Kanas Ubege. God grant than he may live a hundred years.”
The story of the Dunav Ultra project begins in 2014 when its founder, Boris Begamov (50) driven by his personal motivations and by a great passion for cycling, decided to design and cover in less than 48 hrs a 682 kilometers cycle route in the North border of Bulgaria.
The amazing Basarbovо Rock Monastery, located near the Basarbovo village, Ruse district, is a new site, shown in the series of official promo videos, dedicated to this year’s Dunav Ultra Cycling adventure. The Teaser lasts three minutes, but they are enough to attract the interest of every (cycle) travel enthusiast around the world.
The Danube path naturally offers a cycle route of great interest to both European tourists and tourists from other parts of the world. Second river in Europe in terms of length, the Danube has an exceptional character because of the number of countries crossed, ten, and the extent of the regions that it touches: with its waters it connects Europe from the west to the east.
The temple statue of the Goddess Fortuna (which corresponds to the Greek Tyche, the Egyptian Isis) found in the ancient Roman city of Ulpia Oescus (today the Bulgarian village of Gigen) is one of the most remarkable archaeological finds in Bulgaria. Today the statue (about 3 meters high) can be seen at the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia.
The first official teaser of the growing popularity in the country and abroad – the “Dunav Ultra Cycle Adventure” is already on the Internet. The video is part of the advertising campaign of the event, which will take place in the late summer of 2019.
If you are a Danube bicycle traveller in Bulgaria, the town of Nikopol should be one of your stops during your cycle journey. It’s not only because the upcoming hilly terrain to the next bike stop (the tillage of Vabel), with it’s long centuries of history, Nikopol has few interesting places to visit it. One of them – the Shishman’s Fortress and it’s Gate is such a interesting site from our Dunav Ultra Cycle Route .
Just 48 hours after the announcement of the exclusive “Reservation” option for the Dunav Ultra: Follow the River 2020 event, half of the available “slots” are already occupied.
The Rock Monastery of Basarbovo is the most impressive site of the Dunav Ultra: Via Pontica event – according to a questioning the participants in this year’s adventure.
The unique Monastery, located in the region of the village of Basarbovo, dates back to the Middle Ages. The place is the only active rock monastery in Bulgaria.
Second place in the 2019 ranking is the Srebarna Biosphere Park, located near the town of Silistra, and the third place is occupied by the ancient Roman town Ulpia Oescus, located near the village of Gigen.
Other landmarks included in the Dunav Ultra: Via Pontica were: Baba Vida Fortress in Vidin, the Dimum Archaeological Site in Belene, the Clock Tower in Svishtov, the Freedom Memorial in Ruse, the 123K Kater in Tutrakan, and the Medjzidi Tabia Fortress in Silistra.
On September 6, a total of 100 amateur cyclists from four countries gather in Bulgarian city of Vidin. The event is named Dunav Ultra: Via Pontica and is a personal adventure that promotes the tourist route of the same name – Dunav Ultra. During their personal journey, cyclists will travel a total of 683 km. Although their travel is not a race, the fastest ones are expected to cover the distance in less than 48 hours. The main group of participants is expected to reach the Black Sea in the Durankulak village region within 5 days.
A record number of 100 amateur cyclists from four countries will gather on September 5 in Vidin, for the most massive and long-distance ride along the Danube river to the Black sea in Bulgaria. The occasion is the sixth consecutive edition of the increasingly popular Dunav Ultra Cycling Adventure.
