Bulgaria Fly Drive - 9 Days
Day 1 - FLY TO SOFIA
Fly to Sofia, pick up car at airport and drive to hotel in Sofia. Check-in hotel for overnight stay.
Day 2 - SOFIA TO MELNIK (VIA RILA)
Drive to Melnik (260 kilometres) and stop at what is possibly Bulgaria’s most famous landmark, Rila Monastery. Drive through green forests to this remarkable site, which is very important to the Bulgarians and played a key role during the centuries of Turkish rule, helping keep traditional religion and culture alive. Try the delicious trout in one of the restaurants in the surrounding area and arrive in Melnik, where you can sample the renowned red wine. Check-in at hotel for overnight stay.
Day 3 - MELNIK TO PLOVDIV
Drive to Plovdiv (280 kilometres) via Rozhen Monastery and admire the ancient murals and stained-glass windows. Stop in Bansko, which holds some of the most beautiful national revival buildings. Continue to Plovdiv and check-in at hotel for 2 nights.
Day 4 - PLOVDIV
Explore the Old Town with its mix of Roman remains, Byzantine churches and national revival examples, and savour the oriental sweetmeats and sip slivovica, a tasty plum brandy.
Day 5 - PLOVDIV TO KAZANLAK
Drive to Kazanlak (145 kilometres) through fields of roses, the trademark of this area called the Valley of Roses. Visit the Museum of the Roses and the Iskra Museum and shop for some rose oil-based products. Check-in at hotel for 1 night.
Day 6 - KAZANLAK TO VELIKO TURNOVO
Drive to Veliko Turnovo (110 kilometres) via Shipka Pass. Stop at Shipka Monastery, take a short detour to Tryavna, one of the most beautiful villages in the country, as well as visiting Dryanovo Monastery en route. Arrive Veliko Turnovo and check-in hotel for 2 nights.
Day 7 - VELIKO TURNOVO AND ARBANASSI
This morning you have time to visit this historical town built over a series of precipitous hills divided by deep gorges and overlooked by the massive, medieval Tsarevets fortress complex. Arbanassi is a pretty village with more than 90 churches, old houses and the magnificent Nativity Church. This is the perfect place to buy hand-made embroidery.
Day 8 - VELIKO TURNOVO TO SOFIA
Drive to Sofia (295 kilometre via Troyan Monastery and Koprivshtitsa where you can rediscover traditions and folklore of old Bulgaria. Check-in hotel for overnight stay.
Day 9 - FLY TO UK
Free morning before drive to airport, drop off car. Fly to the UK.
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