6-night Bulgaria itinerary Sofia, Rila Monastery, Plovdiv and Veliko Tarnovo
6 nights / 7 days
A 6-night Bulgaria itinerary for travel agents covering Sofia, Rila Monastery, Plovdiv, the Valley of the Roses and Veliko Tarnovo.
A day-by-day plan for a Bulgaria trip you can build on YourTripTeam, an online DMC for travel agents. Flights are not included.
Day 1: Arrival in Sofia
Private transfer from Sofia Airport to the hotel, about 20 minutes. Evening walk to the gold domes of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.
Day 2: Sofia
Walk with a private guide past the Roman ruins of Serdica and the Rotunda of St. George. In the afternoon, the 13th-century frescoes of Boyana Church at the foot of Mount Vitosha.
Day 3: Rila Monastery
Private day tour to Rila Monastery in the Rila Mountains, about two hours each way, with its painted arcades and 14th-century tower.
Day 4: Sofia to Plovdiv
Private transfer to Plovdiv, about two hours. Afternoon in the Old Town and the Roman theater, then the cafés and galleries of the Kapana quarter.
Day 5: Valley of the Roses
Private transfer to Veliko Tarnovo, about four hours with stops, through the Valley of the Roses at Kazanlak for its Rose Museum and the copy of its Thracian tomb. Cross the Shipka Pass below the gold domes of the Shipka Memorial Church.
Day 6: Veliko Tarnovo
Walk with a private guide around the walls of Tsarevets Fortress, seat of the medieval Bulgarian tsars, and along the craft shops of Samovodska Charshia. Afternoon in the village of Arbanasi.
Day 7: Departure
Private transfer to Sofia Airport, about three hours.
