Best of Bulgaria

Fly from your country to Sofia. After airport formalities, transfer yourself to the Hotel, check-in to the Hotel. Enjoy the evening. Overnight stay at the hotel in Sofia.

Enjoy the breakfast at the Hotel. You have scheduled for morning tour of Sofia which includes the Church of St George, and St Nedelya. Continue to Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. Afternoon visit to the National Museum of History. Evening on Leisure, Overnight stay at the Hotel in Sofia. Highlights:Morning City visit.

In the Morning, after breakfast you would visit very impressive 16th century Troyan Monastery, which includes the icon of the Three-Handed Virgin that is one of the holiest icons for the Orthodoxy in Bulgaria. In the afternoon you will leave for Veliko Turnovo, enjoy your evening there, overnight stay at the hotel in Veliko Turnovo. Highlights:Visit to Troyan Monastery – On to Veliko Turnovo.

Morning walking tour of the medieval citadel Tsaravets. Afternoon drive to the Church of the Nativity with its impressive iconostasis in Arbanassi. Continue to the nearby Monastery of Transfiguration. Highlights:Medieval Citadel Tsaravets.

After breakfast at the Hotel you will proceed to Plovdiv, via the Shipka Pass, the UNESCO listed Thracian Tomb and the Hellenistic wall paintings in Kazanluk. Highlights:Thracian Tomb.

Morning walking tour of Plovdiv, the second largest city in Bulgaria. One of Europe’s first cities, Plovdiv is even older than the great cities of Rome and Constantinople. Visit the 2nd century Antique Theatre and Roman stadium. Afternoon drive to the Bachkovo Monastery in the Rhodope mountains. Evening visit to a local winery for a wine tasting and dinner. Highlights:Antique Theatre and Roman stadium.

Morning drive to Sofia, via the small mountain town of Koprivshtitsa.

Morning at leisure. Transfer to the airport and fly back to the country.