num_pages: 144
description: John Higgins first visited the Balkans on his way to Istanbul in 1959. It was a short visit but it had a powerful effect: he has been drawn back to Eastern Europe annually ever since.Travel in the Balkans emerged from three extensive journeys he made by car through Hungry Romania and Bulgaria in 1968 and 1969. His routes might even be called perverse - they cross and crisscross all three countries and they avoid big cities - but they characterize the author as an experienced and spirited traveller. They also denote a first-class guide: to hotels food and wines; to roads and border points; to rare and remarkable sights from the painted churches of Moldavia to the remote ski resorts of the Rhodopes from Transylvania to the Black Sea.
language: English
title: Travels in the Balkans;
publisher: The Travel Book Club