BULGARIA & ROMANIA
MACEDONIA
5 days 4 nights tour of Sofia, Plovdiv, Rila monastery, an excellent introduction to the well-known sites of Bulgaria. Highlights include visits to 2 World Cultural Heritage Sites - Rila Monastery and Boyana Church /13 c AD/
Best of Bulgaria
8 days 7 nights tour for travellers with deeper interests and limited time. Along with Sofia and Plovdiv, you will visit the mediaeval capital Veliko Tarnovo and the open-air etnoghraphic museum Etara. Highlights: Sofia, Rila monastery, Plovdiv, Etara, Veliko Turnovo.
Cultural Landscapes
15 days 14 nighs cultural tour. Along with the main sites, you will spend some time in small villages off the beaten track, meeting local people and experiencing BG life-style.
Highlights: Koprivshtica, Troyan, Beli Osam, Tryavna, Melnik, Nessebar.
Country Roads
8 days 7 nights tour, which will show the beauty and quiteness of Bulgaria's countryside. You will realize the creativity of Bulgarian Renaissance and understand why local people still live in the museum towns.
Highlights: Museum villages of Arbanassi, Bansko, Old Plovdiv, Kazanlak in the Rose Valley.
UNESCO World Cultural Heritage
12 days 11 nights cultural tour, revealing Bulgaria's rich cultural heritage, dating as far back as the dawn of European Civilization. Visit sites incuded in UNESCO's иoldest man-made gold displayed in Varna Historical Museum
Jewish Heritage
6 days 5 nights' tour. You will get acquainted with the history of Bulgarian Jews, with the religious tolerance of the people here and find out why Bulgaria is proud with saving its Jewish population from extinction during World War II.
Highlights include visits to the largest Sepharadic synagogue on the Balkan Peninsula, to Arie's House in the small town of Samokov and to the synagogue in Plovdiv.
The Historian
10 days, 9 nights cultural tour in Bulgaria and Romania. "The Historian" is a 2005 novel by Elizabeth Kostova about a quest, reaching through the past five centuries, for the historical Dracula. The novel, Kostova's first, appeared on the New York Times bestseller list during the summer and fall of 2005 and it was named the 2006 Book Sense "Book of the Year" in the Adult Fiction category. While nominally a modern re-telling of the Dracula story, The Historian delves deeply into the nature of history and its relevance to today's world. The movie is in the shooting process and will come out by the end of 2007.
Best of Romania & Bulgaria
14 days, 13 nights cultural tour, featuring tourist highlights of the two countries. You will visit 6 UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites:Bucovina outside painted monasteries, Historic Center of Sighisoara, Biertan Fortified Church in Romania and Boyana Church, Rila monastery and the Thracian Tomb in Kazanlak, Bulgaria.
