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Bulgaria Round and Incentive Tours |
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3 DAYS TRIP: SOFIA-BANSKO-MELNIK-ROZHEN MONASTERY
This tour goes southwards. This itinerary meanders across mountains and picturesque river valleys, revealing the exciting pageantry of the landscape.
BANSKO -the cradle of the Bulgarian National Revival (18th c) huddles in the outskirts of the glorious Pirin Mountain. The old town is proclaimed architectural reserve. Remarkable is the architecture of the fortified houses with Medieval nuclei which gives the name of a whole branch in the typology of the Bulgarian vernacular dwelling, i.e. Bansko house.
MELNIK is an architectural reserve. The town has preserved its unique beauty and the memory of the wealth and taste for life of the numerous wine producers. Melnik wines were well known far beyond the boundaries of the Otoman Empire. Today you can still taste the wine in cellars that were built in huge tunnels in the rocks centuries ago.
ROZHEN MONASTERY - a monument of national importance, 16th c. is located several miles away from Melnik. This monument is the most important Bulgarian spiritual and cultural centres which rich history and equally rich collection of prices of fine, monumental and applied arts. Murals and icons from the 16th, 18th and 19th C have been preserved and restored
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3 DAYS TRIP: SOFIA-PLOVDIV-KAZANLIK-ZHERAVNA-NESSEBAR
This tour goes southwards. This itinerary meanders across mountains and picturesque river valleys, revealing the exciting pageantry of the landscape.
PLOVDIV the Bulgarian second largest city. Plovdiv is picturesquely situated along both banks of the Maritza river. The Old Plovdiv located on Three Hills preserves ../img/ of the original architecture dating from the Bulgarian Revival period.
KAZANLAK is located in the Rose Valley - the central valley in a whole chain of valleys between the two mountain ranges which cross Bulgaria in the east-west direction. The major sightseeing attraction of the city is the Thracian tomb.
ZHERAVNA is a village in the next valley to east. It is architectural reserve like many other settlements in this geographical area. It was founded by Bulgarian families, seeking a recluse from the Turkish invaders in inaccessible and remote mountains far from the main roads in the 11th and 15th c. the wonderful climatic and geographic conditions and, later on, the overall cultural and economic upheaval of the nation turned those settlements into prosperous centre of agriculture, livestock breeding, manufacturing and trade in the 18th and 19th c.
NESSEBAR is a small peninsula where the multi-layered cultural history of the Bulgarians lands is concentrated and exposed in a highly impressive and exciting way. The archaeological artifacts and the evidence to the history of the town are exceptionally rich. Most impressive is its image carved by time: remnants of ancient fortresses co-exist with magnificent Medieval churches and picturesque housing ensembles of the National Revival in harmonious unity framed by the blue sea and the bright southern light.
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3 DAYS TRIP: SOFIA-VELIKO TARNOVO-ARBANASSI- THE ROCK CHAPELS AT IVANOVO-THE THRACIAN TOMB AT THE VILLIAGE OF SVESHTARY
VELIKO TARNOVO was the capital city of the second Bulgarian Kingdom restored at the end of the 12th c. after an almost amphitheater on the slopes of several hills cut by the meanders of the river Yantra. The ipressive palace is located on the top of Tzarevetz Hill.
ARBANASSI this is a village close to Veliko Tarnovo, which is a special phenomenon in the Bulgarian architectural tradition. Even laymen can enjoy the peaceful charm of the big stone houses of the 17th, 18th 19th c., huddled in lucid gardens behind the high stone walls.
ROCK CHAPELS AT THE VILLIAGE OF IVANOVO. Nearby the village of Ivanovo, the Rusenski Lom river has cut its way to the Danube through an impressive karst massive whose almost vertical walls stand high on both sides of the picturesque river valley. In the 13th century, a remarkable cave monastery complex was created in the hollows of such rocks. The Ivanovo Monastery owes its unequalled cultural and historic value predominantly to the mural paintings dating from the 13th and 14th century, preserved in five of the rock chapels.
THE THRACIAN TOMB AT THE VILLAGE OF SVESHTARY has been dated towards the 3rd century BC, from the early Hellenistic era. It is covered by an earth mound and built of well known limestone quadrates. The building consist of a long and narrow corridor (dromos) and three squire chambers - two small and a bigger one - the tomb chamber. The plastic and artistic decoration of the monument is almost entirely concentrated in the main chamber and determines the monument's unique cultural and historic value.
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1 DAY TRIP: SOFIA - RILA MONASTERY
RILA MONASTERY
The most impressive monument from the Bugarian National Revival period rises amidst the rugged beauty of the Rila Mountain, just 120 km from Sofia. Having survived the times with the self-confidence of the most zealous guard of the Bulgarian spirit and language, it still fascinates present-day visitor with the pure and harmonious line of the buildings' exquisite colonnades, arches and vaults, spacious rooms richly decorated with murals and fretwork. The monastery's most treasured historic and artistic monuments include the 14th century Hrelyo Tower, the five-domed Birth of the Blessed Virgin Church and the original monastery kitchen from the 19th century. The monastery also houses a rich museum collection of valuable old manuscripts and documents, charters and icons, an ethnographic exhibition of fabrics, jewelry, carpets and wrought iron objects, and a library containing more than 16,000 books.
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1 DAY TRIP: SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF SOFIA
Alexander Nevski Memorial church
Rotunda of St. George
St. Sofia church
The National Palace of Culture
The Church of St. Nedelja
The Russian Church
Sofia University
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