Bulgaria in a week
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Discovery.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne, Hiver.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Rila ?
The map of your stay "Bulgaria in a week"
Detail of the stay : Bulgaria in a week
How to get there - Rila
Sofia
Visit of the city of Sofia: the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the Church of Saint Sophia, the Russian Church of Saint Nicholas, the Banya Bachi Mosque, the National History Museum and the Church of Boyana. Stroll through the central covered market and along Vitosha Boulevard, the main pedestrian area.
Rila
Steps: Rila
Visit of the most important monastery in Bulgaria, on the slopes of Mount Rila, about 100 km from Sofia (2 hours by bus to the village of Rila). Hike, 1 hour and 15 minutes return, to the tomb of Saint John of Rila in the heart of nature. Possibility to spend the night at the monastery, or return to Sofia.
Places of interest : TOMBE DE SAINT JEAN DE RILA
Plovdiv - Batchkovo
Steps: Plovdiv
Visit of the old town of Plovdiv: wooden houses of Bulgarian Renaissance style, Byzantine churches and a remarkable Roman amphitheater. Visit of the Batchkovo monastery, listed as a World Heritage Site by Unesco. Night in Stara Zagora.
Nessebar - rocky peninsula on the Black Sea coast
Steps: Nessebar
The city of forty churches! Walk through the streets of the city to discover the Byzantine vestiges and the wooden and stone houses of the 18th and 19th centuries. Swimming if the weather permits! Depending on your schedule, stopover in Bourgas before going to Nessebar, its downtown and its seaside promenade.
Varna
Steps: Varna
One of the pearls of the Bulgarian coastline. Visit the Roman baths, the Archaeology museum and the Marine museum. Walk along the northern beaches of the city. Night in Varna.
Veliko Tarnovo
Steps: Veliko Tarnovo
Welcome to Veliko Tarnovo, capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire. Visit of the city, a part of which is composed of houses suspended from the rock walls. Discovery of the ruins of the citadel of Tsarevets. Visit of the village of Arbanassi.
