The currency in Bulgaria is the Bulgarian Leva (wikipedia link). The Bulgarian Leva is pegged to the Euro at a rate of 1.95583 leva = 1 euro. Most places you will visit in Bansko will accept leva, but not euros. Many, but not all restaurants, will accept debit/credit cards. Indeed, the rate of acceptance is so high […]

  Euros, Pounds, Lira, Dollars to Leva – it’s in the currency exchange that you stand to lose. Banks have been set up by the world leaders as the great whipping boys of the world’s financial woes. It’s all very convenient for politicians to point most of the blame at banks. It makes us all […]