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'''Bulgaria''' is a country in [[Eastern Europe]] bordering [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]]. It's a good country for hitchhikers since this was a common way of traveling in socialist times when few people had cars. There are hardly any roads where hitchhiking would be prohibited. Except for a few stretches of true motorway, it is possible to thumb directly on the road and stop passing cars.

The script Hitching is Cyrillic, and it might be a good idea slightly easier from the east to learn to read it the west or vice versa because the motorway [[Sofia]]-[[Plovdiv]] is a little bit, for city part of the main route from Western and street signs Central Europe to [[Turkey]]. Hitchhiking between the north and such.south is somewhat slower

Hitching is slightly easier in the South because the motorway [[Sofia]]-[[Plovdiv]] is a part of the main route from Western and Central Europe to [[Istanbul]]. There are usually many [[TIR]] drivers on this road who are willing to have some company. Do not get surprised if some of them - driving long distances from Western Europe to [[Turkey]], and similar - ask you to take off your shoes when you are in a driver's cabin, or shows you photos of their family, etc. Quite a few drivers who would pick up hitchhikers are those who used to hitchhike themselves back in the socialist regime days. They will often feel nostalgic about the time they spent on the road, and will be happy to share their adventure stories with you, or let you tell them about your trip(s). Hitchhiking is highly popular in the summer and is so common along the seaside that you can find yourself competing with other hitchhikers. Hitchhiking is also practiced and known in Bulgarian mountainous areas, especially around the Rhodope Mountains (''Rodopi'', or ''Rodopa'') where there are very few cars but the ones that drive by usually stop.

Hitchhiking is highly popular in the summer There are usually many truck drivers on this road who are willing to have some company. Do not be surprised if some of them – driving long distances between Western Europe and is so common along the seaside that [[Turkey]] – ask you to take off your shoes when you can find yourself competing with other hitchhikers. Be aware, also, there are hardly any roads where hitchhiking would be prohibitedin a driver's cabin, and so or show you might try hitchhiking on Bulgarian "motorways"photos of their family, which is most definitely the fastest way to get aroundetc. Hitchhiking is also practiced and known Note that in Bulgarian mountainous areassummer, especially around on days when the Rhodope Mountains temperature goes above 35 ℃, trucks must remain at a parking place between 1300 and 2100 (''Rodopi''to avoid damaging the asphalt). So, or ''Rodopa'') where there are very few cars but in July and August it is best to start hitchhiking early in the ones that drive by usually stopmorning if you want to depend on truck traffic.