Guided hiking trip High Mountain, combined with visiting Bulgarian Orthodox Monasteries.

Duration: 8 days, to choose from 2016.

Why do this trip Hiking Monasteries of Bulgaria?: The Balkan Mountain range is the longest in the Balkans, extends 555 km. and it has also given the name of the peninsula itself. It is a climatic and natural barrier separating the country into two parts, North and south. We will pass by the most famous and emblematic route, the Kom-Emine has been origin of the current Bulgarian mountaineering. Along with the spectacular nature: ancient forests, waterfalls, peaks and rocks, many authentic villages and monasteries of the Bulgarian Renaissance hide.

Itinerary:

This is a kind Itinerary, for this particular offer Hiking Monasteries of Bulgaria (8 days), but if you want other dates or duration, Please tell us your query by Custom quote request.

Day 1 Pick up at Sofia airport and transfer to hotel for overnight.

Accommodation: Sofia, Hotel 4****.

Day 2 – After breakfast we start with a transfer to the central part of the Balkan Range approx. 2 hours. The trek starts from the old village of Ribaritsa, to rise from ancient forests to the shelter of Vezen. We passed the biosphere reserve of "Tsarichina" included in the list of UNESCO as a nature reserve. Leisure at Vezen shelter and continue to the peak of Vezen (2.198 m) that is the highest in this part of the range.

Then we follow the main ridge of the mountain eastward with stunning views of both sides of the ridge. Near the peak of "Yumruka" got into the picturesque retreat Ejo (1.645 m).

Duration: ca.. 8 hours. Accommodation: Refugio Site.

Hotel en Chiflik

Day 3 - This day is light, we will climb the peak Yumruka 1.819 m (which means "Fist") located near the hostel and come on down, through the beautiful forest of Stena Reserve Kozya (Goat Wall), to reach the typical village of Chiflik. There we will stay in a hotel with thermal pool surrounded by woods.

Duration approx trekking. 5 hours

Accommodation: hotel en Chiflik

Day 4 – After breakfast we will transfer 30 minutes to the Monastery of Troyan, which it is the third monastery importance of Bulgaria and is one of the most beautiful. Visit Monastery. After another short transfer we will reach the exit point of the trekking. We started by a gravel road until you reach the area Smesite (Mixtures), there several rivers meet. We continue Ambaritsa hostel (a 1.503 m) by a small, steep path. From there we continue with a slight rise to skirt the peak Levski (2.166 m). We went through the Cherni Osam river sources and llagamos the beautiful hotel-hostel Dobrila (1.804 m), where we stayed. Break.

Duration trekking: ca.. 6 hours. Accommodation: Hotel-hostel Dobrila.

Orthodox Monastery of Troyan

Hotel-hostel Dobrila

Day 5 – We expect the most beautiful and hard trekking along the crest of the Balkans , both technically and physically. Because of that reason we will start very early in the morning. We started with the climb on foot to the peak Levski (2.166 m), then cut down and climb peaks Kupena (2.169 m).

Hostel Pleven

Some places are very steep trail and to help metal wires are installed to grab hold of them, so it is advisable to wear gloves. Then we continue to the end of the ridge from where begins the descent to the refuge of Pleven.

Duration: ca.. 10 hours.

Accommodation: hostel Pleven.

Day 6 - Early breakfast. From the hostel we make a short descent and collect the vehicle to make a transfer to the city-museum of Koprivshtitsa, that carries 2,5 hours approx.

Monastery Kaloferski

On the way we stop to visit the beautiful Monastery Kaloferski, this is like most monasteries in Bulgaria, small but its architecture, accommodation and church ,with frescoes on the outside facade, endow it with great charm.

Duration approx trekking. 1 hour.

Accommodation: hotel en Koprivshtitsa.

Day 7 – The morning is dedicated to meet this population with magnificent examples of Bulgarian Renaissance houses of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries belonging to the wealthiest families of the time. It is called museum city because they are declared 383 monuments and buildings and artistic heritage of Bulgaria. A stroll through this city is a trip back in time to guess the commercial splendor it had at the time. In the afternoon departure to Sofia, where a variety of restaurants and nightclubs if you fancy a night out. Accommodation: hotel in Sofia 4****.

City-museum of Koprivshtitsa

Day 8 – Depending on the time of departure, Sofia will be able to choose between visiting museums, see the monumental Orthodox Cathedral Alexander Nevski, shopping or just stroll through the parks and streets. Transfer to airport and departure to Spain.

Orthodox cathedral in Sofia

PRICES.

Taxes included (with Spanish-speaking local guide, transporte y hotel) to group :

2 people: since 1.110,00 € / person

3 people: since 860,00 € / person

4 people: since 740,00 € / person

5 people: since 660,00 € / person

6 people: since 590,00 € / person

For solo travelers or groups over 6 people, Please consult the price.

WHAT INCLUDES:

• Reception at Sofia airport on arrival.
• Guide service / translator throughout the program.
• Transfers as per itinerary in air-conditioned car with driver throughout the program.
• fuel costs, parking and tolls.
• Accommodation in double use, except shelter / hostel.
• Desayunos.
• Transfer to Sofia airport on day of departure.
• Administration fees.

Not included:

• Plane tickets.
• Footwear and sportswear staff for activities.
• The optional excursions not reflected in the itinerary.
• Travel Assistance Insurance.
• Tips and personal expenses.
• The beverages of all kinds.

BRIEFING:

The journey that we propose from west to east through the mountains of the Central Balkan Bulgaria, Mountains are beautiful and evergreen. Also we visit several villages where remains a form of authentic rural life and a couple of monasteries in a very peculiar architecture and little known in the rest of Europe.
Because zones are crossed sparsely populated route requires us to use mountain lodges, the day 2, in a mountain shelter and day 5 in a shelter with a common room-room, but it is very clean and the people are very friendly. Our local guides walking this route throughout the spring and summer with travelers from different countries and all customers who have been there and are very happy there at night is reminiscent, more hotels, for multiple stories that arise.

In any case if you prefer to always stay overnight in hotels, it would not be problem, but we should make the route by other mountains in the country that do have such accommodation, at the expense of reducing the component of adventure…You decide…