by admin | Jan 25, 2021 | Homepage
From today up to February 16th, a free pre-registration for the cycle adventure Dunav Ultra: Back to The River 2021 is open. This year it is the 8th in a row edition of the event, and will be held on September 2 in Vidin. The next day (September 3) will be the...
by admin | Jan 20, 2021 | Homepage
On Monday, January 25th – pre-registration for participation in the promotional event Dunav Ultra: Back to the River 2021 starts. (2.9.2021, Vidin) The event is the only cycling adventure of its kind along the Danube River in the Balkans – It will be held...
by admin | Jan 3, 2021 | Homepage
A brand new 53-km section in the area of Southwestern Bulgarian Dobrudja region enters the Dunav Ultra route in 2021. The section includes the area around the villages of Onogur, Efreytor Bakalovo, Telerig, Krushari, Ovcharovo and Paskalevo and has already been...
by admin | Dec 7, 2020 | Homepage
The Dunav Ultra Cycle Route is among the final selection of “The Next 10: Supporting Ideas that Matter in the Next Ten Years” – an initiative hosted by the America for Bulgaria Foundation. The idea of placing road signs and information boards along...
by admin | Dec 3, 2020 | Homepage, Uncategorized
A few days before Christmas, we surprise our fans with a new video produced by Dunav Ultra, which is called Pantheon. The video is an epic impression dedicated to the Pantheon of the National Revival in Ruse. The Pantheon is a modern temple – ossuary of 453...
by admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Just few days ago, 72-year-old Petar Dimitrov (Bulgaria) became the oldest cyclist to cover the 700 km of the Dunav Ultra route so far. The veteran passed the distance from Vidin to Durankulak in less than 7 days, proving that there are no age limits when looking for...
by admin | Jul 17, 2020 | Homepage, Uncategorized
On August 3, the Bulgarian ultra marathoner Vladimir Stavrev will start an exceptional challenge – to run the full distance of the nearly 700-kilometer Dunav Ultra Route. Stavrev’s goal is to start the challenge from the village of Kudelin and to reach the...
by admin | Feb 29, 2020 | Homepage
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. A total of 10 amateur cyclists joined the Gladiators on Bikes...
by admin | Jan 30, 2020 | Homepage
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...
by admin | Jan 3, 2020 | Homepage, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Aug 20, 2019 | Homepage
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...
by admin | Jul 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Jun 23, 2019 | Homepage
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. The beach of Durankulak is located...
by admin | Jun 19, 2019 | Homepage
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...
by admin | Jun 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
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,...
by admin | Jun 9, 2019 | Homepage
“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...
by admin | Jun 3, 2019 | Homepage
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...
by admin | Jun 2, 2019 | Homepage, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | May 5, 2019 | Homepage
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”. Don’t miss: 20 powerful photos from the...
by admin | Apr 28, 2019 | Homepage, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Apr 25, 2019 | Homepage
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...
by admin | Apr 17, 2019 | Homepage, Uncategorized
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. Besides cultural and...
by admin | Apr 9, 2019 | Homepage, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Apr 2, 2019 | Homepage, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Mar 25, 2019 | Homepage
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 admin | Mar 19, 2019 | Homepage
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...
by admin | Mar 8, 2019 | Homepage
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...
by admin | Mar 3, 2019 | Homepage, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Mar 2, 2019 | Homepage
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...
by admin | Feb 23, 2019 | Homepage, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Feb 13, 2019 | Homepage
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...
by admin | Feb 7, 2019 | Homepage
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...
by admin | Jan 25, 2019 | Homepage
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,...
by admin | Dec 18, 2018 | Homepage, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Nov 12, 2018 | Homepage, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Oct 28, 2018 | Homepage, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Mar 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Fortuna is the goddess of fortune and the personification of destiny in Roman religion – the cult of her has been depicted from the Ancient times to the Renaissance. The goddess might bring good or bad luck, hence she has been represented in different forms,...
by admin | Feb 2, 2021 | Homepage
Since 2018 on April 2 we are presenting an up-to-date list of the “100 Danube Ultra Highlights” – a special selection of historical sites, interesting places, natural phenomena, animals and food – part of the identity of our cycle route. The...
by admin | Jan 26, 2021 | Homepage
24 hours after the “opening” of the pre-registration option for this year’s promotional event Dunav Ultra: Back To The River 2021, we define the interest in those wishing to join the cycle adventure as high. We can already clearly distinguish the...
by admin | Jan 6, 2021 | Homepage, Uncategorized
Dunav Ultra: Back to the River is the name of our annual promo event this year. It will take place on September 2 in Vidin (Bulgaria) and will bring together – those who love adventures along the Danube – cyclists from Bulgaria, Romania and other...
