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Driving in Bulgaria
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Right
Speed limits
50 / 90 / 140 km/h · 31 / 56 / 87 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Not required
EU, UK and US licences are valid for visits.
Blood alcohol limit
0.05%
Tolls
An electronic vignette registered to the plate is mandatory on national roads, with a weekend or weekly option costing a few euros.
Headlights
Mandatory at all times, day and night, year-round.
Child seats
Mandatory under 150 cm.
The vignette covers all national roads, not just motorways. Road quality drops sharply off the main corridors, and mountain roads in the Rhodopes and Balkan range are narrow and slow. Winter tyres are required from mid-November to the end of February.