Tour	Date and time	Price per person
	Rila Monastery	Tuesday, 3 June 10:00 – 17:00	50 Euro
	Tour to Koprivshtitsa	Wednesday, 4 June 10:00 – 17:00	50 Euro
	Visit of Boyana Church and Vitosha Mountain	Wednesday, 4 June 10:00 – 15:00	40 Euro
	Town of Plovdiv	Friday, 6 June 10:00 – 17:00	50 Euro

The prices include transport, a guide, museum fees and lunch.
All tours are organized with a minimum of 10 participants for each.
NB! Comfortable shoes are highly recommended.

SHORT INFORMATION

The Rila Monastery (tour length - 280 km) is the most impressive monument of Bulgarian culture and architecture from the Bulgarian National Revival period. For centuries it has played its exclusive role in the Bulgarian history. The monastery is believed to have been founded in the 10th century by a hermit, Ivan of Rila – protector of Bulgaria. In its present-day look the monastery was built in 1816-1847 by Bulgarian master builders. While from the outside the monastery looks like a solid medieval fortress, from the inside - from the main church “The Nativity of the Virgin” and rest of the monastery buildings, decorated with arches and colonnades, wooden stairs and carved verandas one can feel the beauty of the Bulgarian National Revival style. The Tower built in 1335 by the local feudal Hrelyu is still preserved in the yard. The main church impresses with gold-plated iconostasis with unique wood-carving and a great number of wall-paintings and valuable icons, created between 14 and 19 century. Since 1983 the Rila Monastery is under the auspices of UNESCO.

Koprivshtitsa (tour length - 220 km)
The characteristic features of a Bulgarian National Revival town, rich history, preserved tradition and folklore make more Bulgarian and foreign tourists attracted by this wonderful place. The beautiful nature contributes additionally for this interest. The small town is progressively turning into unique tourist destination, impressing both with its rich historical and cultural heritage and the modern comfort and utilities offered.

Boyana Church – The monument was included in 1979 in the UNESCO world cultural heritage List. The oldest of its frescos date from ХІ c.
The Boyana Church, in the eponymous Sofia suburb at the foot of Vitosha Mountain, is one of the few complete and perfectly preserved mediaeval monuments testifying to the significant contribution of Bulgarian monumental painting to the Middle Age European culture.

Vitosha Mountain, in the footage of which is situated Sofia, is the first National park in Bulgaria and on the Balkan Peninsula. The mountain is a complex and interesting site from point of view of geology, petrography, flora and tourism. Its vast terrain and nature diversity of springs, rivers, waterfalls, peateries, moraines and forests has always attracted the interest of environmentalists and tourists.

Plovdiv (tour length - 320 km)
Is there an eternal city in Europe? Yes, Plovdiv. It is more ancient than the most ancient cities in the world. It was a city about 200 years before Rome was founded; it was standing on its six hills before Troy and Mycenae and after their destruction; it remembers the foundation of Athens and Constantinople. No one knows the initial name of the settlement, which is at least 8000-years-old; its first known name is the melodious Thracian word of Eumolpia. The city had many different names through the centuries given by different conquerors, like Philipopolis after Philip II Macedonian, the father of Alexander the Great, or Trimontium during the time of Roman Empire, or Paldin /The Luxuriant/ given by Bulgarians, etc. In Plovdiv one can touch, smell and even taste all European history.