Tours

BULGARIA - GRAND TOUR

DAY 1
Arrival at Sofia.Transfer to the hotel.Overnight.

DAY 2
Breakfast.Sightseeing in Sofia -Alexander Nevski cathedral,St. Sophia church,Russian church,Rotunda St.George,Former Royal Palace,National theatre,the President hall,Boyana church and National Historic museum..Overnight.

DAY 3
Breakfast.Leave for Rila monastery.Drive for Bansko( a town and ski resort in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of Pirin at an altitude of 925 m above sea level. It is considered to be the most developed Ski and Winter Resort in Eastern Europe.Overnight.

DAY 4
Breakfast.Visit Kovachevica( the village of Kovashevitsa is situated about 1050m above sea level. It’s a unique place of Bulgaria. The village is situated in west- south part of Rhodopes Mountain. Population is 50 people. The village was founded at the end of the 17th century AD) and Leshten.Free time.Leave for Jagodina cave.Overnight in Devin.

DAY 5
Breakfast.Leave for Perperikon(This is the archeological hit of the last years in Bulgaria and in the world. The palace and its fortress are considered to be the ancient and mysterious capital of the Odryss kingdom. The palace was at least on three floors, according to the holes in the rocks., it was cut in the rocks. The palace complex is almost 120 meters long and 80 meters wide).Stop at Shiroka luka village.Sightseeing in Perperikon.Leave for Plovdiv.Stop at Bachkovo Monastery(Bachkovski Monastery is located 29 km south of Plovdiv. Bachkovski Monastery was founded in 1083 A.D. by brothers Grigorii and Abbassi Bakouriani, Georgians by nationality. It was destroyed by the Turks in the 15th century. The monastery was restored at the beginning of the 17th century ).Overnight in Plovdiv.

DAY 6
Breakfast.Sightseeing in the old part of Plovdiv.Leave for Nessebar(Nesebar is an ancient city and a major seaside resort on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, located in Nesebar municipality, Burgas Province. Often referred to as the "Pearl of the Black Sea" and "Bulgaria's Dubrovnik", Nesebar is a rich city-museum defined by more than three millennia of ever-changing history).Overnight.

DAY 7
Breakfast.Free time in the old part of Nessebar and Sunny beach(The biggest resort, with the longest and widest beach strip, with hotels spread along the beach and among the dunes. Situated in the southern part of the Bulgarian Black Sea Riviera. Stretching along a beautiful semicircular bay facing east).Leave for Varna(Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and in Northern Bulgaria, third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, population of 354,220 ).Free time and overnight.

DAY 8
Breakfast.Visit Caliakra cape(Kaliakra is a long and narrow headland in the Southern Dobrudzha region of the northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located 12 km south-east of Kavarna and 60 km north-east of Varna. The coast is steep and has cliffs reaching 70 m down to the sea. In the area the last remains of steppe habitats in Bulgaria occur) and then Madara horseman(The Madara Rider represents a sculpture of a horse-rider triumphing over a lion with its spear. What makes it unique is the fact that the sculpture is carved into a 100m-high cliff. The name of the sculpture comes from the nearby village of Madara, situated about 15km to the east of Shumen).Overnight in Shumen.

DAY 9
Breakfast.Visit Pliska(Pliska was the capital of Bulgaria between 681 and 893 AD. According to a Bulgarian chronicle, it was founded by Khan Asparukh. It is called Pliskusa by Georgios Kedrenos and Anna Comnena. It had an area of 23 km? and was surrounded by a moat and earthwork ramparts. The walls of the inner fortress were 2.6 meters thick and about 12 meters high).Leave for Veliko Tarnovo.Sightseeing in Tsarevec hill.Overnight.

DAY 10
Breakfast.Visit Etar( The unique in south-eastern Europe open-air museum - the architectural ethnographic complex of Etura is situated at the distance of 8 km south of the centre of the town in the immediate proximity of the Etara quarter and past the Sivek River (at the distance of 3 km from the road-fork to Shipka). It is the most interesting place of interest in the town and one of the most visited site all over Bulgaria) and Dryanovo monastery.Overnight in Lovech.

DAY 11
Breakfast.Visit Belogradchick rocks(The Belogradchik Rocks are a group of bizarrely shaped sandstone, limestone and conglomerate rock formations located on the western slopes of the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) near the town of Belogradchik in northwest Bulgaria. The rocks vary in color from primarily red to gray to yellow; Belogradchik rocks extend around 30 km length, 3 - 5 km width and up to 200 m height. The most magnificent rocks are surrounding Belogradchik : Madonna, The Rider, The Monks, The Student, The Lion, The Bear, Adam and Eva, The Casle).Free time .Leave for Vidin(a town on the southern bank of the Danube in northwestern Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Serbia and Romania, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province.Vidin boasts two well-preserved mediaeval fortresses, Baba Vida and Kaleto, as well as many old Orthodox churches such as St Pantaleimon, St Petka (both 17th century), and St Greatmartyr Demetrius (19th century), a Jewish synagogue (1894)) .Free time and overnight.

DAY 12
Breakfast.Visit to Magura cave(The Magura cave is in the Northwest of Bulgaria, some 180km from the capital of Sofia. The Magura is one of the largest caves in Bulgaria. The total length of the galleries, discovered till now, exceeds 2000 m).Arrival at Sofia.Overnight.

DAY 13
Breakfast.Transfer to the airport.Departure.

RATES

Persons	2 PAX	3-8 PAX	9-18 PAX	19-32 PAX	33 + PAX
Rates per person	999 EUR	879 EUR	799 EUR	709 EUR.	599 EUR

PRICE INCLUDES:
Transport with airconditioned car, minibus or bus; Professional guide service in English, German or French; 12 overnights with brekfast in hotels 3* or 4*; Entrance fees;

PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:
Traditional dinner:

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