The Great Balkans Road Trip: Veliko Tarnovo to Sofia (Day 3)

This is Day 3 of 13 of my Balkans road trip with Just You, doing a circular tour from Romania, through Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia – and ending up back in Romania. If you missed the start of the journey here’s the link to take you there. I woke up in my third country in three days: Bulgaria. This morning I was in Veliko Tarnovo and we’d be heading to Sofia this afternoon. What’s the Yantra Grand Hotel like? Once again I had a great night’s sleep on very comfy pillows. You never know what pillows you’re going to get in hotels – and this can and has affected my sleep – but this was something that proved excellent in the Balkans. Perhaps I don’t stay in hotels of this quality when left to my own devices, favouring cost over comfort. I still have fond memories of my pillow from a Mercure hotel from my train journey to Latvia in 2008 so I do like a good pillow. I also like a good chair, although I’m not sure who ever sits in a chair in a hotel room. Do you? I only ever sit…