Tour Itinerary
Day 1 - Sofia city tour including "Alexander Nevski" Patriarchal Cathedral and Boyana church - one of the most remarkable monuments of Bulgarian medieval painting art.
In the afternoon tour of Rila Monastery - the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. Overnight.
Day 2 - Departure to Plovdiv. On the way we will visit Bachkovo monastery - second largest in Bulgaria. The Renaissance town of Old Plovdiv tour including the 'St. Constantin and Helena' church. Overnight.
Day 3 - Departure to Varna. City tour of Old Nessebur on the way, including the famous medieval churches - the Old Bishopric (St Sophia), the New Bishopric (of St Stephan), the "St. Spas" Church, etc. Overnight in Varna.
Day 4 - Varna city tour including the imposing Cathedral, the mysterious "Virgin Mary Panagia" orthodox church and Alaja "The “Colored” monastery - one of the few rock monasteries in Bulgaria. Overnight.
Day 5 - Departure to the unique Ivanovo Rock Monastery - beautiful mural paintings dating from the 13th and 14th century.
In the afternoon tour of Arbanassi where you can see some of the most impressive monuments of Bulgarian art in XIV-XVIII like "The Nativity Church" and the "Sts Archangels Michael and Gavril" church. Overnight in Veliko Turnovo.
Day 6 - Departure to the village of Oreshak close to the legendary Troyan Monastery. On the way tour of the St 'Archangel Michael' church in Tryavna and the heroically Dryanovo monastery. Overnight in Oreshak.
Day 7 - Troyan Monastery tour - the third largest and most significant monastery in Bulgaria and the 'St. Nikola' chapel. Overnight in Oreshak.
Day 8 - 2 hours hiking tour to the hidden Zelenikovski Monastery.
Situated up in the Troyan Balkan mountains in the middle of nowhere, built in 1832 for privacy as a branch of the Troyan Monastery and named after St. Joan the Precursor. Overnight in Oreshak.
Day 9 - Departure to Sofia. Tour of Glozhene Monastery on the way.
Please note: The price of my personal walking tours is 10 Euro per hour + fuel consumption for my driving tours (air-conditioned car).