Week-long mountain tour in Bulgaria
See the beauty of Bulgaria
The program includes 3 nights in Sofia, 1 night in Plovdiv, 2 nights in Chepelare; transfer with an air-conditioned coach; English speaking guide throughout the entire trip, refreshments during couch travel â mineral water, tea, coffee, fruits.
COST:
The 7-day tour of Bulgaria costs 588 EURO per person.
If you would like to pay in Bulgarian Leva, the exchange rate is 1 EUR = 1.95583 BGN
Price is valid for groups of minimum 15 people.
All hotels, guides and Transport Company are carefully selected to ensure maximum comfort and satisfaction from the trip.
All hotels are 4 star rating with customer's satisfaction points above 8,9 from a 10 point evaluation system.(10 has never been reached. 8,9 = excellent) Vacancies can be confirmed and hotel names specified at the time of reservation
PRICE INCLUDES:
- 6 nights (3 nights in Sofia, 1 in Plovdiv, 2 in Chepelare) on BB basis in carefully selected 4 star Hotels.
- All entrance fees for museums, listed in the program
- All transfers and transport with a luxurious airconditioned coach. (air-conditioning, video, mini-bar). Refreshments during travel (coffee, tea, fruits, mineral water)
- English speaking guides throughout the entire trip.
- Price includes 9% V.A.T.
- Price includes tour operatorâs civil liability insurance.
Price does not include:
- Lunches and dinners are a subject of additional supplement.
- Additional tours and services not included in the itinerary of the program.
- Hotel services like: spa procedures, minibars, etc. unless specifically described in the program as free or included in the price.
- Doctors services and personal insurances.
- Products and services, unless stated as free or included in the price.
TOUR PROGRAM
Day 1:
Arrival in Sofia
Transfer from the airport and accommodation in a 4* hotel in Sofia.
Day 2:
Sofia-Rila Monastery âSofia (130 km. 1 h. i 50 min. each way)
After breakfast we will take you for a sightseeing tour of Sofia with a visit in the St. Nedelya Cathedral, St. George Rotunda, Russian church of St. Nicolas, the church of St. Sophia, St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Ivan Vazov National Theater. A visit to the National Museum of History and the Boyana Church. The Boyana Church is included in the UNESCO List of World Cultural Heritage and has preserved frescoes of an unknown artist, which date back to the year 1259. The frescoes impress with the spirituality and expressiveness of their images, created 7 years before the birth of Giotto di Bondone, considered to be the first Renaissance artist. Lunch in Sofia and a trip to the Rila monastery. A tour of Rila Monastery â the biggest monastery in Bulgaria, founded in the 10th century by the monk and hermit St. John of Rila, patron and protector of Bulgaria. The monastery served as the center for cultural and spiritual life of the Bulgarian people, during the centuries of foreign enslavement.
The tour includes a visit to the monastery, the main church and the monastery museum.
Overnight in a 4* hotel in Sofia.
Day 3:
Sofia â Plovdiv (150 km, 1h 50 min)
After breakfast we leave Sofia to visit the second largest city in Bulgaria â Plovdiv. Lunch in Plovdiv. Walking tour of the old quarter of Plovdiv, one of Europe's most ancient cities, older than Athens, Rome and Constantinople. The old town consists of one of the most spectacular ensembles of town houses from the period of the Bulgarian National Revival (middle of the 18th century until the end of the 19th century). Visit to the Saints Constantine and Helena Church, Roman Theatre, Regional Ethnographic Museum, Balabanova House.
Overnight in Plovdiv.
Day 4:
Plovdiv â Zabardo (65 km , 1h 30 min) â Chepelare (30 km, 40-45 min)
After the tour of the old quarter of Plovdiv we enter the magnificent Rodopi Mountains and travel by bus to the Zabardo Gorge. Walking tour to the Wonderful Bridges Rocky phenomena. Picnic in the area of the wonderful bridges. Walking tour to the Village of Zabardo(approximately 9 km) . After a drink in the local pub â a coach trip to the resort of Chepelare for accommodation in a 4 * hotel.
Day 5:
The Trigrad gorge and the Yagodina caves. (60 km. 1H 30 min)
During that day we will take you deep into the Rodopi mountain and will show you some of it's most picturesque parts – The Trigrad Gorge. The day will start with a coach trip to the Village of Shiroka Luka, which is an architectural and a historical reserve. There you will be able to feel the atmosphere of a Bulgarian Village from the 19th Century. The tour will continue through the Trigrad Gorge towards the Yagodina cave – the longest cave in te Rodopi mountain â ( cave is approximately 10 km long, the tourist itinerary is 1,2 km long). There you can leave your imagination to play with the different types of lime formations in the caves. Overnight in Chepelare.
Day 6:
Pamporovo â Bachkovo â Sofia (230 km â 4 h)
After breakfast we will take a trip to the Bachkovo monastery â the second largest and oldest in Bulgaria after the Rila monastery. During the tour of the monastery we will see the church of Holy Mother of God with the miraculous Icon of the Holly Virgin, the big panorama mural, the church of St. Nicholas with the frescoes of the prominent Bulgarian Artist â Zachary Zograf. After the tour of the monastery we will take a walk to the area of Cluviata for our picnic. After lunch â our tour continues to Sofia for accommodation and overnight stay.
Day 7:
Free time in Sofia or transfer to the airport, depending on flights.
Rooms should be vacated by 12:00h.
TOUR DATES:
The Guided Tours of Bulgaria start twice every month. Dates:
- 15.05.2013
- 30.05.2013
- 15.06.2013
- 30.06.2013
- 15.07.2013
- 30.07.2013
- 15.08.2013
- 30.08.2013
- 15.09.2013
- 30.09.2013
