Full-day Excursion to Bulgaria from Bucharest

Take a day trip out from Bucharest to Bulgaria, exploring history and visiting regional highlights. A guide shows you to the St. Dimitri Basarabov Monastery as well as the Tsarevets Fortress in medieval Veliko Tarnovo, and introduces you to heritage at the village of Arbanasi.

Start your day with pickup from your hotel, which takes you out of Bucharest and across the border into Bulgaria. Your first stop is at the St. Dimitri Basarabov Monastery, incredible for its architecture that is carved into a stone cave itself. After marveling at the site, head to Veliko Tarnovo, the historic capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire known as the "City of Tsars