GPS & Audio / Video guided Tour from Sofia to Plovdiv and Magical Rhodopi


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From $138.63

Price varies by group size

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Departs: Bulgaria, Bulgaria

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

Overview

A concept, that offers you the best of two worlds where we create your own personalized excursion or choose from recommended routes.
We bring your full equipped car personally to your hotel in Sofia, the cultural capital of Bulgaria.

In this tour, we will offer you a personalized excursion in the intimacy of your own relatives.

This is a self-guided audio tour with all-inclusive car services, devices, map, GPS coordinates, audio guides, videos, excess kilometres, entry tickets, restaurant reservations and vouchers.


What's Included

Entry Tickets

Lunch

What's Not Included

Parking Fees


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 2
  • CHILD: Age: 3 - 15
  • ADULT: Age: 16 - 99

Additional Info

  • COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Plovdiv
Depart around 8am and arrive at Plovdiv at 9:30am.

Visit Plovdiv, the European Capital of Culture 2019, an ancient city with Roman, Persian and Ottoman influences. Check out its most famous cultural monument, the Arena Theater: a Roman amphitheatre in a strategic position on a hill above the city.
Stroll through "The City of the Seven the Hills" a pedestrian area full of shops, terraces and galleries.

You will then have to drive around 32 min to your next stop

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Assenova krepost (Asen's Fortress)
Continue your Bulgarian road trip into the impressive Rhodope Mountains and follow the winding road up to where you find the Fortress of Asen standing on a rocky ridge.

The Fort was built in the 6th century during the rule of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian the Great and the fort had an important strategic function during the Middle Ages. Ruined after the Ottoman conquest in the 14th century, only the authentic church survived, but you will enjoy the great panoramic view from the top.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Bachkovo
After 15 minutes drive you will arrive at Bachkovo for lunch, we booked you a lunch at a rustique place by the river for you.

1 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Bachkovo Monastery
Arrive 15:15 Backovo Monastery

After your lunch have a 15minutes wlak to visit Bachkovo Monastery.
Beautifully located in the Rhodope Mountains, it is situated on the right from the Valley of Chepelarska River, and one of the most important monasteries of the Bulgarian Orthodox Churcho, This National Monument, like Nesebar, is also a heritage of Unesco. It conserves a huge number of i very precious examples of paintings, from the 11th to 14th centuries.

You will depart around 4:45 pm and arrive at Sofia around 7pm

1 hours • Admission Ticket Included






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