THE MONASTERIES IN BULGARIA

• DAY - 1: SOFIA Arrival at Sofia Airport. Transfer to the hotel.
• DAY - 2: SOFIA A sightseeing tour of the city of wisdom.
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• DAY - 3: SOFIA - RILA MONASTERY - SANDANSKI A visit to the Rila Monastery, one of the Europe's largest monasteries and a rare monument of the Bulgarian revival period.
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• DAY - 4: SANDANSKI - ROJEN MONASTERY - BANSKO - PLOVDIV A visit to the Rojen Monastery, situated to the south in the Pirin area, the only monastery restored during the first centuries of Ottoman rule which has survived to this day.
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• DAY - 5: PLOVDIV - BACHKOVO MONASTERY - PLOVDIV A sightseeing tour of Plovdiv and the fascinating "Old Plovdiv" - an original living museum. A visit to Bachkovo Monastery, founded in 1083.
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• DAY - 6: PLOVDIV - KAZANLAK - VELIKO TURNOVO Visit of the town of Kazanlak, the main town in the Valley of Roses, where the famous Rose Festival is held. A visit the village of Shipka and the Preobrajensky Monastery.
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• DAY - 7: VELIKO TURNOVO - TROYAN MONASTERY - ORESHAK VILLAGE - KOPRIVSHTITSA - SOFIA A visit to the Troyan Monastery, known above all for the creative work of Zahari Zograph and a sightseeing tour of the museum town of Koprivshtitsa - white stone walls, overgrown with ivy and wild geranium and gardens full of flowers.
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• DAY - 8: SOFIA - AIRPORT Departure for the airport for your flight home.