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, Bran Castle NEW & Romania Explorer Privately escorted tour – 14 days/13 nights

Explore Bulgaria and Romania at your own pace with your personal Day 1 second largest city and culture capital. English speaking driver-guides. We have included the important Arrive Sofia. You will be met and transferred Overnight . BLD highlights in this suggested itinerary, which is flexible and can be to your hotel. Overnight Sofia. D tailored to your specific interests. Day 4 Plovdiv & Day 2 Sofia & Monastery Your morning tour of Plovdiv, one of the Morning departure for the UNESCO-listed most ancient in , features the Inclusions complex. It was founded Old , with its 19th century National in the 10th century by the hermit Ivan Revival architecture and the 2nd century zz 13 nights accommodation with breakfast in 3 & 4-star hotels Rilksky, who was canonised as a patron Roman amphitheatre. Continue your tour zz Meals – Bulgaria – 7 lunches, 7 dinners saint of Bulgaria. It is the largest and most with a visit to the 11th century Bachkovo zz Romania – 1 lunch with local family in Transylvania famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Monastery, one of the richest treasuries zz Transportation by modern A/C vehicle with English speaking driver-guides Bulgaria. Overnight Sofia. BLD of traditional Bulgarian religious art. zz Sightseeing as specified Overnight Plovdiv. BLD Day 3 Sofia to Plovdiv Your hotels After breakfast, you have a sightseeing Day 5 Plovdiv to , zz Sofia – BW City Hotel zz – Europa Royale tour of Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital and largest & zz Plovdiv – Imperial zz Sibiu – Imperatul Romanilor city, reflecting its history which dates back Depart for Kazanlak, the capital of the zz Veliko Tarnovo – Panorama zz Sighisoara – Sighisoara or Casa Wagner 7,000 years. You will see St. Sofia Church, famous Valley of the Roses. View the zz Ruse – Dunav Plaza zz Brasov – Bella Muzica or Casa Wagner Cathedral, the 4th Thracian golden treasures in Kazanlak’s Hotels of a similar standard may be substituted. century St. George and the ruins Historical Museum and the replica of the of Serdica. Continue to Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s UNESCO-listed Thracian Tomb dating back

Sighisoara Biertan

Sibiu Brasov ROMANIA Bran

Sinaia

Bucharest Cozia Monastery

Sveshtari Ivanovo Ruse

Madara

BULGARIA Veliko Tarnovo Arbanasi

Sofia Tryavna Kazanlak VA LLEY OF THE ROSES

Plovdiv Rila Monastery TURKEY Bachko vo Monastery Romania, Sinaia, Peles Castle

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to the 4th century BC. Travel through the feet. Continue to Sveshtari, to visit the Brancoveanu, the Prince of Wallachia, who the Church on the Hill. Drive to Viscri to historical Pass to Tryavna, which Sveshtari Thracian Tomb, also UNESCO- was a great patron of the arts and religion. see the fortified church and cottage owned preserves the spirit and talent of the listed. This exquisite three-chamber burial He and his four sons were imprisoned by Prince Charles. Continue to Brasov with artists from the Tryavna School of Art from tomb from the 3rd century BC is almost and beheaded by the Turks in 1714 for a break for lunch (at own expense) and the 17th century. Take a walking tour and perfectly preserved and includes 10 female refusing to denounce their Orthodox faith. have a walking tour which includes the visit the Woodcarving Museum. Continue figures supporting the ceiling. Continue to Overnight Bucharest. B Black Church and first Romania School. to Veliko Tarnovo. Overnight Veliko Ruse for a walking tour. Overnight Ruse. Overnight Brasov. B Tarnovo. BLD BLD Day 10 Bucharest to Sibiu Depart Bucharest with your driver/guide Day 13 Brasov to Bran, Sinaia Day 6 Veliko Tarnovo & Arbanasi Day 8 Ruse to Ivanovo & Bucharest and visit the Cozia Monastery, built 600 & Bucharest This morning, you have a sightseeing tour Morning departure for Ivanovo, where years ago by Mircea the Old, the grand­ After breakfast, you have a short drive to of Veliko Tarnovo, the ancient capital of you will see the UNESCO-listed rock-hewn father of Vlad the Impaler. Arrive Sibiu for visit the iconic Bran Castle, built in 1378. the second Bulgarian Kingdom (1185- churches and Archangel Michael Rock a walking tour of the Old Town. Overnight Continue to the mountain resort of Sinaia 1396), with a spectacular setting, high Monastery. Return to Ruse and cross the Sibiu. B to visit the monastery and Peles Castle, above the Yantra River. Take a walking border into Romania. Your Bulgarian the former summer residence of Romania’s tour of Samovodska Charshiya with driver/guide will accompany you to your Day 11 Sibiu to Sighisoara Royal Family. Overnight Bucharest. B its traditional arts and crafts and visit Bucharest hotel, before farewelling you. Travel to Biertan to visit the fortified Saxon Tsarevets Hill. Continue to the historic Overnight Bucharest. BL church. Then enjoy lunch with a local Day 14 Depart Bucharest museum town of Arbanasi and see its family in Malancrav and visit a farm and After breakfast, transfer to the airport. B ancient houses and churches. Overnight Day 9 Bucharest organic orchard. Continue to Sighisoara, Veliko Tarnovo. BLD Meet your Romanian guide this morning built in the 12th century by Saxon settlers. for a ‘French & Modern’ tour of Bucharest. Its medieval buildings and your hotel are Tour price & departures Day 7 Veliko Tarnovo to , You will visit the Cotroceni Palace Museum enclosed within its UNESCO-listed citadel. Prices shown per person in AUD. Sveshtari & Ruse – the official residence of the President Overnight Sighisoara. BL Applicable Jan-Dec 2020. After breakfast, drive to Madara to visit of Romania and the infamous Palace the UNESCO-listed Madara Horseman – a of the Parliament – the second largest Day 12 Sighisoara to Brasov Departures Twn Sgl medieval relief carved into a 100m high administrative building in the world. This This morning’s walking tour of Sighisoara 1 Jan-14 Dec 6386 7474 cliff, depicting a majestic horseman afternoon, you will visit the Mogosoaia includes the Clock Tower Museum, thrusting a spear into a lion at his Palace, commissioned by Constantin Weapons Museum, Torture Chamber and If only one person on tour 12303

Romania, Sighisoara

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