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ARCS Abbreviated Trip Itineraries, Fall 2011 - Spring 2012

Fall Trip 1 Friday, September 9 depart Sofia; Trajan's Gate, Batak, Plovdiv; night in Plovdiv

Saturday, September 10 Plovdiv continued, Krastava Gora, Bachkovo Monastery, Asenovgrad; night in Plovdiv

Sunday, September 11 Starosel, Hissarya, Koprivshtitsa; return Sofia

Fall Trip 2 Sunday, September 25 depart Sofia; , Ivanovo, Ruse Museum; night in Ruse

Monday, September 26 Sveshtari Tomb; Demir Baba Tekke; Durostorum; Silistra Museum; night in Silistra

Tuesday, September 27 Medzhitabiya Fortress; Kamen Bryag; ; Varna Museum; night in Varna

Wednesday, September 28 Pliska; Madara; night in Shumen

Thursday, September 29 medieval Shumen; Tombul Mosque; Preslav; night in Veliko Tarnovo

Friday, September 30 ; Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs; Nicopolis ad Istrum; return Sofia

Fall Trip 3 Wednesday, October 19 depart Sofia; Vratsa, Chiprovtsi, Belogradchik, Vidin; night in Vidin

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Thursday, Oct. 20 Kula (Castra Martis), Zayechar, Gamzigrad, Ravanica Monastery; night in Nish

Friday, Oct. 21 Nish, Mediana; return Sofia

Spring Trip 1 Sunday, April 8 depart Sofia; Zemen Monastery, Kovachevtsi, Pautalia/Kyustendil; night in Kyustendil

Monday, April 9 Skopje; night in Ohrid

Tuesday, April 10 Ohrid, Bitola Museum, Heraklea Lynchestis; night in Bitola

Wednesday, April 11 Heraklea Lynchestis, Stobi, Rupite; night in Sandanski

Thursday, April 12 Melnik, Blagoevgrad Museum, Rila Monastery; return Sofia

Spring Trip 2 Monday, April 23 depart Sofia; Dimitrovgrad, Alexandrovo Tomb, Perperikon; night in Kardzhali

Tuesday, April 24 Svilengrad, Edirne; night in Edirne

Wednesday, April 25 Sozopol; night in Burgas

Thursday, April 26 Nesebar, Kabyle, Karanovo mound; night in Stara Zagora

Friday, April 27 Kazanlak valley; return Sofia

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