No charge is made for consultations about, or treatment of, emergency cases. Visitors must pay cash. Supplemental medical insurance with specific overseas coverage, including provision for medical evacuation, recommended. Recent rise in street crime directed against foreigners. Largely cash-only economy.
Bulgarian sources claim otherwise.
Visitors can exchange money at change bureaus. People on street offering high rates of exchange are confidence tricksters intent on swindling. No Western Union to provide direct transfer of money. Mild continental climate. Road system underdeveloped.