Day 1 — City of origin › Sofia (D)

Check-in at the airport. Luggage check-in and departure on a scheduled daytime flight to Sofia. Arrival. Meeting with the Premier Club Bulgaria guide. Assistance and transfer to the hotel. Check-in and room allocation. Overnight.

Day 2 — Sofia (BB · L)

Buffet breakfast. Panoramic tour of Sofia's historic centre: the Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Cathedral (interior), Sveta Nedelya Square, the Roman rotunda of St. George (4th century, one of the oldest in the Balkans), the churches of St. Nicholas, St. Petka and St. Sofia, Kliment Ohridski University, the National Art Gallery (former royal residence) and the Ivan Vazov National Theatre. Free afternoon.

Optional afternoon: Visit to the National History Museum (Thracian treasury, one of the oldest in the world) and the Boyana Church, with its famous frescoes considered forerunners of the European Renaissance. Overnight.

Day 3 — Sofia › Rila Monastery › Sofia (BB · L)

Buffet breakfast. Departure for Rila Monastery, located 140 km south of Sofia. Visit to this spectacular monastery, the main centre of Bulgarian Christian Orthodox culture and the largest in the country. Return to Sofia. Overnight.

Day 4 — Sofia › Plovdiv (BB · L · D)

Buffet breakfast. Departure for Plovdiv. Walking tour of the historic centre: the Revival quarter with 18th- and 19th-century buildings showcasing the finest examples of Bulgarian National Revival architecture, and the Roman Theatre. Hotel check-in. Free afternoon. Dinner with folk show at a traditional restaurant (includes 1 glass of wine and 1 glass of rakiya per person). Overnight.

Day 5 — Plovdiv › Kazanlak › Veliko Tarnovo (BB · L)

Buffet breakfast. Departure for Kazanlak, in the famous Rose Valley. Visit to the ethnographic village of Damascena, where you will learn about the technique of extracting rose essence; the Thracian Tomb of Kosmatka and the Archaeological Museum, displaying treasures from the Thracian civilisation. In the afternoon, a stop in Shipka to visit the Russian church. Continuation to Veliko Tarnovo. Hotel check-in. Overnight.

Day 6 — Veliko Tarnovo (Arbanasi) (BB · L)

Buffet breakfast. Panoramic walking tour of the historic centre: Samovodska Charshiya street, Gurko street, the History Museum and Tsarevets Fortress. In the afternoon, a visit to the village of Arbanasi: the Church of the Nativity (16th–17th centuries) and the Konstanzaliev House. Overnight.

Day 7 — Veliko Tarnovo › Troyan › Sofia (BB · L)

Buffet breakfast. Departure for Troyan Monastery, the third largest monastery in the country, set in outstanding natural surroundings. Visit to the monastery. In the afternoon, continuation to Sofia. Hotel check-in. Overnight.

Day 8 — Sofia › City of origin (BB)

Buffet breakfast. At the indicated time, transfer to the airport. Assistance and departure to the city of origin.