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ROMANIA & BULGARIA / ROMBUL

(Bucharest - Veliko Tarnovo – Plovdiv - Sofia - Belogradchik - Sibiu - Brasov - Bucharest)

DAY 1 BUCHAREST Museum of Art; the Arc de Triomphe, built Patriarchate, the Baldwin Tower and the
Arrival in Bucharest and transfer to the in 1935 in the image and likeness of the Asenova Gate.
hotel. Accommodation. Parisian Arc, among other monuments. We then return to the centre of Veliko
Afterwards, departure to Veliko Tarnovo, Tarnovo where we will have a short walk
DAY 2 BUCHAREST – RUSE – VELIKO in Bulgaria, with a stop in Ruse for border to discover the House of the Monkey,
TARNOVO formalities. Overnight stay. the Church of Saints Kirill and Methodil,
Breakfast and panoramic tour of the the Samovodska Charshiya Bazaar
city during which we will admire the DAY 3 VELIKO TARNOVO - and the Sarfkina House, among others.
Parliament, the second largest building in KAZANLAK - PLOVDIV Afterwards we drive to Kazanlak in the
the city with more than 1000 rooms and Visit of the ancient historical capital of Valley of Roses to visit the Thracian
one of the best examples of communist Bulgaria, starting at the Tsarevets fortress, Tomb from the 4th century BC. A unique
architecture; the Patriarchate, seat of located on the hill of the same name, and monument of this period and a UNESCO
the head of the Orthodox Church; the seat of the royal and patriarchal palace. World Heritage Site, it is part of an
Romanian Athenaeum, considered a The complex consists of 3.6m high walls important necropolis of the Thracian
symbol of Romanian culture; the National and three gates, the Royal Palace, the period, where more than 1000 tombs of
kings and aristocratic members of the
Thracian society can be found. The tomb
consists of a narrow corridor and a round
burial chamber, decorated with frescoes
depicting various moments of life.
Arrival in Plovdiv and overnight.

DAY 4 PLOVDIV - DOBARSKO
ROMANIA - RILA - SOFIA
Sighisoara Departure to Dobarsko, where the most
interesting frescoes of the country can
Sibiu be found. The frescoes of the Church of
Brasov Theodore Tyro and Theodore Stratelates,
Bran from the beginning of the 17th century,
Peles present the main donors (Bogdan, Hasiya
Cozia Sinaia and his son) as well as the builders Spas,
Stanko and Smilen and Jesus. The
19th century frescoes in the Church of
Bucharest
the Purification of the Virgin depict the
Craiova Ruse Bulgarian National Awakening, the period
of economic and cultural development of
Belogradchick Veliko Tarnovo the Bulgarian nation under the rule of the
BULGARIA Ottoman Empire.
We continue our journey to the Rila
Sofia Kazanlak Monastery. Founded in the first half of the

Rila Plovdiv 10th century, the Rila Monastery became
the main spiritual, educational and cultural
Dobarsko
centre of the country. Arrival in Sofia and
overnight.
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