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Express Bulgaria Tour

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Day 1: Arrive Sofia

Welcome to Bulgaria. Arrive at Sofia Airport. Our representative will meet you at the airport with your name sign and transfer to the hotel for overnight stay in Sofia.

Day 2: Sofia - Plovdiv - Sofia (B)

After breakfast, one-day trip to Plovdiv – the second largest town in Bulgaria, European cultural capital for 2019. Plovdiv is the oldest continually inhabited city in Europe, older than Rome and Athens, and contemporary to Troy and Mycenae. Existing as a settlement about 8,000 years ago, it became a town 3,000 years ago during the Trojan war. Walk along the Old town with its unique charm – narrow cobbled streets that admire the silence and tranquility of this historic town, elegant old buildings with painted facades /19thc./, the Roman Theatre /2ndc./, built by Emperor Trajan, the Roman Stadium /2ndc./, built by the Emperor Hadrian – one of the largest and most impressive structures from the time of the Ancient Rome on the Balkans, and the Ethnographic exhibition. Free time to explore the longest pedestrian street in Europe – 1750m. In the afternoon, departure to Bachkovo Monastery /11thc/ - the second largest monastery in Bulgaria. Tour of the monastery, founded in the 1083. The murals, old icons from different periods, the manuscripts and incunabula with artistic facings, as well as the many objects linked with church crafts, turned Bachkovo monastery into one of the richest galleries of old Bulgarian art. Drive back to Sofia. Overnight: Sofia

Day 3: Sofia- Rila Monastery- Sofia (B)

After breakfast, one-day trip to Rila Monastery /10thc./, included in the UNESCO List of World Heritage, the biggest in Bulgaria and on the Balkans, the most visited tourist site in Bulgaria. Tour of the monastery with its lavish collection of precious old icons, manuscripts etc. An inaccessible fortress from the outside, it reveals a totally different world behind its heavy gates - exquisite architecture with arches and columns, 1,200 outdoor murals, sunlit verandahs and old fountains. The monastery museum contains over 41,000 exhibits altogether. Drive back to Sofia.

Day 4: Sofia - Departure (B)

After breakfast, walking city-tour of Sofia – the capital of Bulgaria. One of the oldest cities in Europe, with more than 8,000 years of history, it was called ‘My Rome’ by the Emperor Constantine the Great. Visit the remains of Ancient Serdica – the Roman fortress walls /2ndc./, the main street Decumanus Maximus, the Residential quarter, rich in mosaics, St. George Rotunda /4thc./ - the oldest building in Sofia, St. Sofia Church /6thc./ - the oldest active church which gave the city its name, St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral /1912/ - one of the largest Eastern Orthodox Cathedrals in the world, the biggest on the Balkans, the National Theatre /1907/, the Presidency and many more historic sites from ancient times alongside the modern sights of cosmopolitan city life. Farewell-drink. Transfer to Sofia International Airport.

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