Bulgaria is a kaleidoscope of impressions to any taste.
We offer you a wide range of tours, including a glance into centuries-old history of the country and its diverse culture. Traveling by air, sea or by bus you will visit unique historical, architectural and natural highlights of Bulgaria.
In the evenings we offer our clients a variety of special events and programs.
Kotel — Zheravna
One day tour
340 kilometers
Architecture and life of mountain cities of the Renaissance
8.00 — The tour starts
Rest in the way Zheravna — visit to one of the museum-houses;
Time at leisure; lunch
Kotel — visit to the ethnography museum;
Visit to the natural history museum
16.00 ÷. — Departure to the Sunny Beach
Rest in the way
19.00 ÷. – Arrival to the Sunny Beach
Kotel — Zheravna
Kotel and Zheravna — are two picturesque mountain villages, where past and future created a unique harmony of beauty, embodied in the stone and wood. Wooden houses of the Renaissance (XVIII-XIX) have a very special spirit, creating a romantic atmosphere. Arched doors, bay windows and balconies, carved ceilings, built-in closets and home altars are masterpieces of Bulgarian architecture.
If you have a wish to be carried away by history, fell the touch of unique pieces of applied art; do not miss the opportunity to visit Kotel and Zheranva, which will turn out to be an unbelievable journey in times.
Kotel
In a cozy valley of one of the Stara-Platina passes, sits a small village. It is famous for the fact that its inhabitants were the first ones to celebrate on May 24, 1860 the day of Slavic characters creators: Kirill and Mephodii. It was the very place, where in 1765 monk Paisij Xilendarskij handed to priest Stoiko, future member of higher orders of clergy Sofronij Vrachanskij a manuscript of famous “Slavonian-Bulgarian history”
Zheravna
Closely located to Kotel Zheravna village is famous for perfectly preserved masterpieces of Bulgarian wooden architecture of the national renaissance epoch. |
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Dolphinarium, Varna
You can experience a great pleasure visiting a Dolphinarium, where the main actors are the smartest in the world Caribbean dolphins. Brilliant, breathtaking performances of the sea creatures will empress even a versed spectator. Sophisticate tricks will not leave indifferent neither children, nor grown-ups.
Sozopol — Ropotamo
A small city, filled with southern romance with a unique atmosphere of seaside province is located on the rocky peninsular of the southern part of Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
For centuries the city has changed its names and rulers, but for the very day it has preserved its original spirit.
We have no traces of the Thracian settlement name existing on the place, where in 610 BC Greeks erected a city “Apollonia”. In 10 centuries the city is known as Sozopol ("city of savor").
In 72 BC a rich and wealthy Apollonia was distracted by legionnaires of Mark Lukull. City’s pride – a 13-meter high bronze statue of Apollo was transported to Rome. Being in decadence during the times of the Ottoman Empire, Apollonia started to rise in the end of XVIII century. Today it is a bright, sunny and attractive city: paved streets, old houses and churches and a very specific accent of local fishermen, proudly calling their small white boats “Ships”. The city is famous for its artistic festivals “Apollonia”, held yearly in September and attracting professionals from all over the world and spectators. Walking along narrow streets of Sozopol you will inhale the air of ancient times; enjoy century-old sycamores and pomegranates, growing in the yards of antique houses. Here you will forget the bustle of the modern life. |
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A worthy item of this trip would be a journey along the river Ropotamo. Unforgettably rich flora and fauna with pretty water lilies impress the visitors from world at large.
/ 1 day – 200 kilometers. /
08.00 – Departure from the Sunny Beach
10:00 – Arrival to the river Ropotamo.
Motor boat journey to the river mouth.
12:00 – Sozopol
Walking tour. Lunch. Time at leisure.
15:45 - Burgas – Time at leisure.
18.00 – Arrival to the Sunny Beach.
Sozopol
Located 34 kilometers to the south of Burgas.
One of the ancient Greek colonies on the coast of the Black Sea, founded in VI century BC and called Apollonia.
Today Sozopol is a small picturesque city with stone narrow streets and ancient houses.
It is equally attractive for artists, writers, ancient architecture admirers, and tourists, willing to get into a very unusual artistic atmosphere.
Istanbul
City of wonders
Together with Rome Istanbul is built on the hills. Yet, Istanbul is unique in its location, standing on two continents and on the coasts of two seas. It used to be called Constantinople, city of flowers, carpets, traders, seamen and visitors. For over 2600 years Istanbul treasures such historical masterpieces as Sultan Palace, Santa Maria church, famous “Blue mosque”, Hippodrome and many others. It is not by chance called one of the most beautiful cities if the world.
Istanbul
2 days bus tour
Day 1
21:00 – Departure from the Sunny Beach
07:00 – Arrival to Istanbul
08:30 – Tour around the city with the inside visit to the Blue mosque, hippodrome and Asian part of the city
13:00 – Lunch
Accommodation at a 3 star hotel
Time at leisure
Additional tours separately paid:
20:30 – Visit to one of the best Turkish variety show with delicious Turkish cuisine.
Day 2
07:30-09:00 – Breakfast
Time at leisure
18:30 – Departure to Bulgaria
24:00 – 01:00 – Arrival to the Sunny Beach
Additional tours separately paid:
09:30 – Boat trip along Bosporus, lunch
13:30 – Visit to Disney Land
The rate includes tourist insurance.
Turkish visa is additionally paid when crossing the border.
Visa cost: USD 21
Istanbul – Day 1
21:00- Departure from the Sunny Beach
07:00 – Arrival to Istanbul
08:00 – Breakfast to the hotel restaurant
09:00 – Tour around the city with inside visit to Blue mosque, hippodrome and Asian part of the city
13:00 – Lunch
Time at leisure
18:30 – Departure to Bulgaria
01:00-02:00 – Arrival to the Sunny Beach
Additional tour separately paid:
13:00 – Visit to Disney Land
Istanbul – shopping
21:00-Departure from the Sunny Beach
07:00 –Arrival to Istanbul
- Time at leisure
18:30 –Departure from Istanbul
01:00-02:00 – Arrival to the Sunny Beach
Varna (Aladzha monastery, Dolphinarium)
Varna (a city with 313 thousand citizens), located on the coast of the Black Sea, since olden times has been a large economical and trading center. Varna is called a pearl of Bulgarian coast. This city, as many other of this country, has an ancient history.
Seacoast Park, standing close to the city center and occupying 80 hectares, is an island of silence and peace. Here you will find a fine beach, water slides, flower gardens and fountains, cozy cafes, aquarium, terrarium, the zoo and dolphinarium, where the guests enjoy a 40-minutes sea animals performances – one of the most exiting sites of Varna. You will meet here unbelievably smart and friendly mammals, have fun seeing their tricks and dancing.
The Center is a pedestrian zone and is closed for the public transportation. In the heart of the city on the square, named after Kirill and Mephonii, proudly stands a Cathedral of Our Holy Mother Assumption, constructed in XIX century. The strongest impression it produces at holidays and days off, when the visitors hear magical singing of the famous men choir.
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The corner stone was laid by Prince Alexander Batenberg in 1880. The Cathedral has 3 altars: Central one is devoted to Holy Mother Assumption, Southern – to St. Nicolas Mirikliisky, and Northern – to St. Alexander Nevsky. The greatest treasure of the Cathedral are the frescoes, performed under the direction of professor Rostovtsev. A true masterpiece of famous Debra school wooden architecture is a carved decoration patriarchal throne.
Aladzha Monastery
Aladzha monastery– is the most famous middle ages rocky monastery of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. It was inhabited by monks-anchorites during the Second Bulgarian Empire XII-XIX centuries. Rooms of the monastery were gouged out in the two levels of the 40 meters limestone cliff.
After the Turkish conquered Bulgaria in the end of XIV century Aladzha monastery, alike many others, fell into decay and most probably in XVII-XVIII centuries was desolated once and for all. In 600-700 meters to the Northwest one can find a group of caves, called “Catacombs”. During archaeological researches the scientists found ceramic items, images of crosses on the walls of the second level, which means that catacombs were inhabited in the period of the early Christianity. Later, Aladzha monastery and catacombs were a part of a large monastic complex. Since 1906 the monastery is turned into a museum and tourist’s complex. In 1912 it was officially announced an antique monument, and in 1957 a monument of national significance. In 1975-77 close to the monastery a museum was erected. Along with its permanent exposition it annually houses rather curious exhibitions.
Tour of Bulgarian North Coast
08:00 – Departure from the Sunny Beach
10:45 – Arrival to Varna – sea capital of Bulgaria
11:00 – Visit to dolphinarium -
duration of the dolphin show – about 30 minutes
– Visit to the Aladzha monastery
– Lunch
– Time to leisure
16:30 – Departure to the Sunny Beach
18:30 – Arrival to the Sunny Beach
Sophia — Rila monastery
Two days bus tour
Sophia
The main and the largest Bulgarian city is located at the foot of a mountain range “Vitosha”, which is also called “the lungs of Sophia”, as it is covered with forests and meadows. There are several aerial ropeways leading to the top of the massif (Cherni Vrykh peak) and its spurs house numerous tourist centers.
Sophia is one of the youngest European capitals, only since 1879. However archeological researches proved that two thousand years ago a Thracian settlement was here, on the place of modern Sophia.
The city is proud of various architectural monuments, among which we can mark out ancient church of St. Sophia (V–VI centuries), majestic cathedral of Alexander Nevsky (1904–1912), buildings of Sophia university named after Climent Orhidskii (1888) and Public Theatre, named after Ivan Vasov.
Rila monastery
The most significant monument of Bulgarian architecture and culture of national renaissance period. Founded in Õ century the monastery was famous for being a zealous keeper of Bulgarian spirit and language. Pure, harmonious lines of the buildings, columns, arches and vaults, spacious rooms, decorated by wall paintings and wooden carving. One of the treasures is the largest on the Balcan peninsula collection of scientific manuscripts and documents, deeds and icons, ethno-geographical collection of tissues, adornments, carpets, forged items. |
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SOPHIA
RILA MONASTERY
Two days bus tour
Day 1
06:00 – Departure
Plovdiv – tour of the old city’s
Lunch
13:30 – Departure to Bansko
Accommodation in a hotel / 4****/
Sightseeing. Dinner at a restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2
08:00 – Breakfast. Departure to Rila monastery. – one of the most significant cultural and architectural monuments of Bulgarian Renaissance.
12:30 – Lunch at the „Drushlyavitsa” restaurant.
Departure to Sophia – Bulgarian capital.
15:30 – Arrival to Sophia, a political economical and cultural center of the country. Visit to temple of Alexander Nevsky with significant collection of Bulgarian icons in temple’s crypt. Time at leisure.
17:00 – Departure to the Sunny Beach. Stop on the way.
22:00 – 23:00 – Arrival to the Sunny Coast.
Kazanlyk — Shipka — Gabrovo — V.Tyrnovo
ANCIENT CITIES, MONASTERIES, CHURCHES
GABROVO
The city is known as a world’s “capital of laughter”, a place where a festival of humor is annually held. If you get to Gabrovo, you definitely “Etiru” — ethnographical park-museum in the suburbs. Two-storied buildings of “Etira” are precise copies of old craftsmen workshops with dwelling premises on the second floor. All the instruments and mechanisms are original Here a guest can buy articles of Bulgarian applied art made of ceramics, leather, gold, silver and copper; or taste traditional dishes, cooked according to the ancient recipes.
VELIKO-TYRNOVO
At the Northern side of the Stara-Platina foot a capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire (1187-1393) is standing. The city is located on high hills, one of which is called Tzarevits and is a natural invincible stronghold with 3 meter thick and 12 meter high walls, accommodating tsar palace, patriarchal church, and other constructions. Its hilly relief defines today’s lay out as well, the houses are placed one above another and descend to the bank of Yantra river. |
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Among numerous historical and architectural monument we can mark out medieval churches of St. Dimitr Solunskii, St. Peter and Paul, St. 40 martyrs, which treasures the oldest in the eastern Orthodox world, bible calendar. Marvelous masterpieces of later period are works of self-taught architect Kolio Ficheto — the greatest in the period of Bulgarian Renaissance.
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Day 1
08:00 Departure from the Sunny Coast
— Lunch in Kazanlyk — capital of the Rose valley
— visit to the temple of Shipka
— Stoletov peak – visit to the Freedom monument
— Visit to the unique Bulgarian open air ethnographical museum, which represents Bulgarian craft.
— Gabrovo – capital of humor and satire.
Time at leisure
19:30 Departure to ancient Kmetovitsi
Accommodation in 3 star hotel “Fenerite”. Dinner.
Day 2
— Breakfast at the hotel
— Departure to Dryanovo monastery. Tour of the monastery and Saint Archangel Michael church.
— Visit to the Bacho-Kiro cave
Departure to the medieval capital of Bulgaria - Veliko Tirnovo. Tour of the city. Time at leisure.
— Departure to village Arbanassi, residence of Bulgarian boyars and tsars; visit to the monastery of Our Lady, where the marvelous icon of God’s Mother is kept.
16:00 Departure to the Sunny Beach
ANCIENT CITIES, MONASTERIES, CHURCHES
Kazanlyk — Shipka — Gabrovo — V.Tyrnovo
Day 1
08:00 Departure from the Sunny Coast
— Lunch in Kazanlyk — capital of the Rose valley
— visit to the temple of Shipka
— Stoletov peak — visit to the Freedom monument
— Visit to the unique Bulgarian open air ethnographical museum, which represents Bulgarian craft.
— Gabrovo — capital of humor and satire.
Time at leisure
19:30 Departure to ancient Kmetovitsi
Accommodation in 3 star hotel “Fenerite”. Dinner.
Day 2
— Breakfast in the “Fenerite ” restaurant
— Departure to the Dryanovo monastery. Tour of the monastery and Saint Archangel Michael church
— Visit to the Bacho-Kiro cave
— Departure to the medieval capital of Bulgaria - Veliko Tirnovo. Tour of the city. Time at leisure.
— Departure to village Arbanassi, residence of Bulgarian boyars and tzars; visit to the monastery of Our Lady, where the marvelous icon of God’s Mother is kept.
16:00 Departure to the Sunny Beach
Valley of roses — Shipka
one day
06:00 — Departure
09:30 — Arrival to the Kazanlik – capital of Rose valley.
Visit to the Ethnography museum. Thracian tomb. Liquor tasting.
11:00 — Departure to Shipka. Visit to the “Christ Christmas” church.
12:00 — Lunch
13:00 — Tour to the peak of Stoletov. Freedom monument on the peak.
13:30 — Departure to „Ethyra”. Visit to the unique Bulgarian open air ethnographical museum, which represents Bulgarian craft.
Time at leisure
21:00 — Arrival to the resort |
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EVENING FIESTAS
Restaurant "Sothern nights"
The most interesting entertaining program, Gypsy music and dancing. Rich menu.
Restaurant "Dolphin"
This restaurant is one of the nightlife symbols of Sunny Beach.
Original atmosphere, colorful entertainment, excellent servicing and specialties of the house.
Restaurant "Khan Marquee"
Original exterior and interior.
Creative entertainment .
Specialties of the Bulgarian cuisine.
First class orchestra will carry away the guests for the whole evening.
Bulgarian village
Bulgarian traditions
You will feel Bulgarian traditions everywhere: in famous Bulgarian hospitality, colorful atmosphere of national style, extraordinary sounding of Bulgarian songs, ungovernable rhythms of national dances, variegated colored national costumes, piquant food.
If Bulgarian way of life and rituals are of an interest for you – turn to the origins!
J Visit to the Bulgarian village house with folkloric entertainment
Ritual dances on the burning hot carbons.
17:30 – Departure from the Sunny Beach
– Arrival to the national restaurant
20:00 – Children program
21:00 – Folklore entertainment
22:00 – The highlight of the program – nestinar dancing on the burning hot carbons.
Dinner: 50gr. of rakii, shop salad, soup, Bulgarian National dish, fruits, soft drink
White and red wine unlimited.
TASTING
Delicious, delicious world.
For a long time we associate rest and good mood with fine cuisine. In Bulgaria food is a special pleasure. Almost each visitor leaves the country not only with a memory of delicious dishes, but taking away the recipes of Bulgarian dishes. Shop salad, kebapcheta, kavarma... Famous Bulgarian sour milk!
What is all this without aromatic Bulgarian wine!
Taste the variety of Bulgarian cuisine with us! Bon appetit!
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