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4 days: Monasteries in Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria, Europe
$1179.34
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Overview
The 4-day Monasteries in Bulgaria tour reveals the rich history and culture of over 120 monasteries. Experience the beauty and significance of these sacred sites that have withstood the test of time.
- 🏛️ Visit Boyana Church, a UNESCO site, featuring stunning paintings from the 11th, 13th, and 19th centuries, just 30 minutes from Sofia.
- ⛪ Discover Rila Monastery, the largest in Bulgaria, with a guided one-hour tour and free time for lunch after a scenic two-hour transfer.
- 🏙️ Explore Plovdiv, the second largest city and 2019 European cultural capital, with a guided tour in the old town and accommodation in a boutique hotel.
- 🌄 Tour Bachkovo Monastery, the second largest in Bulgaria and a UNESCO heritage candidate, with a guided tour and free time after a 40-minute transfer.
- 🕍 Visit Arapovo Monastery, a serene site just 30 minutes away, perfect for contemplation and exploration.
- 🏞️ Travel to Shipka Monastery, a historical site with a two-hour transfer, steeped in Bulgarian heritage.
- 🏰 Experience Sokolski Monastery with a guided tour after a one-hour transfer, showcasing its unique architecture.
- 🌅 Discover Veliko Tarnovo, the former capital of the Bulgarian kingdom, with a panoramic view of King’s Hill and a guided fortress tour.
- 🕊️ Visit the Patriarch’s Monastery and the Church of “The Nativity of Jesus” in Arbanasi, with 30-minute transfers to each site.
- 📍 End your journey at Troyan Monastery, known for its miracle icon, after a one-hour and thirty-minute transfer, before returning to Sofia.
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4 days: Monasteries in Bulgaria
Pickup included
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 4 days 4 hours
- Comfortable car
- Enterence fees for the museums
- Accommodation in boutique hotels for 3 nights
- Private tour
- Guide/driver
- Personal expenses
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
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Boyana ChurchWelcome to Sofia. Today we’ll see two UNESCO sites – Boyana church and Rila monastery. Transfer to Boyana – 30 minutes. The church is famous with its layers of paintings dated from 11th, 13th. and 19th. century.
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Rila MonasteryTransfer to Rila monastery – 2 hours. Rila Monastery is the biggest monastery in Bulgaria. A guided tour of 1 hour and free time for lunch.
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PlovdivTransfer to Plovdiv – 2 hours and 30 minutes. Plovdiv is the second largest city and the cultural capital of Europe for 2019. Accommodation in a boutique hotel in the center of Plovdiv. Guided tour in the old part of Plovdiv.
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Bachkovo Monastery9.00. Hotel check-out. Transfer to Bachkovo monastery – 40 minutes. Bachkovo monastery is the second largest monastery in Bulgaria and it is a candidate for the list of UNESCO heritage. Guided tour and free time.
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Arapovo MonasteryTransfer to Arapovski monastery – 30 minutes.
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ShipkaTransfer to Shipka monastery – 2 hours.
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Sokolski MonasteryTransfer to Sokolski monastery – 1 hour. A guided tour.
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Veliko TarnovoTransfer to Veliko Turnovo – 1 hour. Veliko Turnovo was the capital of the Bulgarian kingdom from 12th to 14th. century. Accommodation in a boutique hotel with a panoramic view to the King’s hill, where is the fortress.
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Tsarevets9.00. After breakfast, a guided tour in Veliko Turnovo. Visit the fortress and feel the history of the place.
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ArbanasiTransfer to Patriarch’s monastery – 30 minutes. Transfer to Arbanasi to see the church “The Nativity of Jesus” – 30 minutes.
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Transfer to Kupinovski monastery – 40 minutes.
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Transfer to Preobrajenski monastery – 1 hour.
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Veliko TarnovoTransfer to Veliko Turnovo – 15 minutes. Night in Veliko Turnovo.
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Troyan Monastery9.00. Hotel check-out. Transfer to Troyan monastery – 1 hour and 30 minutes. Troyan monastery is famous as the biggest monastery in North Bulgaria and with its miracle icon, which saved a lot of pilgrims. It was a hideout of Vasil Levski, the national Bulgarian hero, who made a big conspiracy inside the Ottoman empire.
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Transfer to Glodjene monastery – 1 hour and 30 minutes.
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SofiaTransfer to Sofia– 2 hours. End of the program.
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4 days: Monasteries in Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria, Europe
$1179.34
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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