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4 days: Monasteries in Bulgaria

Location Sofia, Bulgaria, Europe
$840.64
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Overview

In Bulgaria there are more than 120 monasteries! The interest in them we can explain with their role in the historical and cultural evolution of the Bulgarian nation. They survived the cruelty times of the middle ages and the Ottoman period, the vandalism, the natural disasters. They were the source of light in the dark ages of the people, making literally schools for education, science and religion. 

Some of them are like open-air museums, still keeping their secrets. Join us to solve some of their mysteries, to see the biggest ones like Rila, Bachkovo, Troyan. Feel the spirit of the orthodox temples and look over the monks and the nuns. See the incredible frescos and icons, made by the different painting schools. Come to understand why these things are little pieces of heaven. 
4 days: Monasteries in Bulgaria
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

  • Boyana Church
    Welcome 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. 
  • Rila Monastery
    Transfer to Rila monastery – 2 hours. Rila Monastery is the biggest monastery in Bulgaria. A guided tour of 1 hour and free time for lunch. 
  • Plovdiv
    Transfer 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. 
  • Bachkovo Monastery
    9.00. 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.
  • Arapovo Monastery
    Transfer to Arapovski monastery – 30 minutes.
  • Shipka
    Transfer to Shipka monastery – 2 hours.
  • Sokolski Monastery
    Transfer to Sokolski monastery – 1 hour. A guided tour.
  • Veliko Tarnovo
    Transfer 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. 
  • Tsarevets
    9.00. After breakfast, a guided tour in Veliko Turnovo. Visit the fortress and feel the history of the place.
  • Arbanasi
    Transfer to Patriarch’s monastery – 30 minutes. Transfer to Arbanasi to see the church “The Nativity of Jesus” – 30 minutes.
  • Transfer to Kupinovski monastery – 40 minutes.
  • Transfer to Preobrajenski monastery – 1 hour.
  • Veliko Tarnovo
    Transfer to Veliko Turnovo – 15 minutes. Night in Veliko Turnovo. 
  • Troyan Monastery
    9.00. 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.
  • Transfer to Glodjene monastery – 1 hour and 30 minutes.
  • Sofia
    Transfer to Sofia– 2 hours. End of the program.

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
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    4 days: Monasteries in Bulgaria

    Location Sofia, Bulgaria, Europe
    $840.64
    This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.
    How it works?
    01 You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
    02 We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
    03 Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!
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