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4 days: Monasteries in Bulgaria

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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. 
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  • Guide/driver
  • Private tour
  • Accommodation in boutique hotels for 3 nights
  • Enterence fees for the museums
  • Comfortable car
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Personal expenses
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All hotels in Sofia and Sofia airport

  • Boyana Church, Sofia, Bulgaria
    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. 
    20 minutes
  • Rila Monastery, Rila, Bulgaria
    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. 
    120 minutes
  • Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
    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. 
    720 minutes
  • Bachkovo Monastery, Bachkovo, Bulgaria
    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.
    120 minutes
  • Arapovo Monastery, Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
    Transfer to Arapovski monastery – 30 minutes.
    60 minutes
  • Shipka, Shipka, Bulgaria
    Transfer to Shipka monastery – 2 hours.
    30 minutes
  • Sokolski Monastery, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
    Transfer to Sokolski monastery – 1 hour. A guided tour.
    50 minutes
  • Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
    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. 
    720 minutes
  • Tsarevets, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
    9.00. After breakfast, a guided tour in Veliko Turnovo. Visit the fortress and feel the history of the place.
    120 minutes
  • Arbanasi, Arbanasi, Bulgaria
    Transfer to Patriarch’s monastery – 30 minutes. Transfer to Arbanasi to see the church “The Nativity of Jesus” – 30 minutes.
    120 minutes
  • Къмпинг „Къпиновски манастир“, Къпиновски Манастир, 5032 Veselina, Bulgaria
    Transfer to Kupinovski monastery – 40 minutes.
    40 minutes
  • Preobrazhenski manastir, Bulgaria
    Transfer to Preobrajenski monastery – 1 hour.
    120 minutes
  • Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
    Transfer to Veliko Turnovo – 15 minutes. Night in Veliko Turnovo. 
    720 minutes
  • Troyan Monastery, Troyan, Bulgaria
    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.
    240 minutes
  • 7040 Glodzhevo, Bulgaria
    Transfer to Glodjene monastery – 1 hour and 30 minutes.
    120 minutes
  • Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
    Transfer to Sofia– 2 hours. End of the program.
    120 minutes
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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yunjung_j
24 Jun 2025
Very helpful to study origin of Christianity and survival during hard time. Also it's believers on God.
This tour in Sofia is organized by Bulgarian Fairy Tale

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