Summer in Bulgaria: Varna & Sofia
About the Package
Quotation Includes:
- Round-trip economy class airline ticket, including airline taxes (subject to change on the time of ticket issuance).
- Arrival and departure airport transfers in each city.
- Transportation, from the hotel in Varna to your hotel in Sofia, with comfortable coach and assistance.
- 3 nights with breakfast at International Casino and Tower Suits Hotel 5* (or similar) in Golden Sands/Varna.
- 3 nights with breakfast at Astoria Grand Hotel 4* (or similar) in Sofia
- Internet connection throughout your trip.
SUPPLEMENTS:
Optional tours (includes transportation, guide service in English, entrance fees and VAT) for a minimum group of 15-20 pax:
DISCOUNTS for the program:
- Infant up to 1 year old in DBL room with his parents: – EGP 16,240
- Child from 2 to 11 years old in DBL room with his parents: – EGP 10,100
Quotation Excludes:
- Visa Cost.
- Portage at airports / hotels.
- International travel insurance.
- Lunches and dinners.
- Traditional Bulgarian dinner at folkloric restaurant with transfer.
- Optional tours to Nessebar, Veliko Tarnovo, Rila Lakes and Rila Monastery and Starossel and Plovdiv
- Minibar in room and other personal expenses.
- Entrance fees for museums visited individually.
- Porterage at hotels for check-in and check-out.
- Tips to the guide and driver.
- Early check in or late check out at the hotels
Payment / Cancellation Policy:
- 50% deposit is required to proceed with the reservation.
- 100% of the total package is due to be paid by maximum 3 weeks before departure.
- Cancellation charges, based on the actual cancellation policy of the service providers at the time of actual cancellation.
Terms & Conditions:
- Rates are subject to change, based on availability/ changes in currency fluctuation, at the time of actual booking and payment.
- The optional 7 days program rate is based on a minimum of 15-20 full paying travelers.
Itinerary:
Suggested Daily Program: “For a group of 15-20 travelers-All extra costs mentioned below, applies for this minimum group size”
1st DAY: VARNA – GOLDEN SANDS
- Arrival at Varna Airport. Flight OS 763 from Viena. Meet and greet the guide. Panoramic sightseeing tour in Varna –
- The Cathedral Assumption of the Virgin, Sea Garden. Transfer to the hotel and accommodation. Overnight in Golden
- Sands/Varna
2nd DAY: OPTIONAL TOUR TO NESSEBAR (Extra cost of 45 € per person)
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Free time to relax on the beach or discover the city at your ease.
- Or Optional tour to Nessebar.
(Departure to Nesebar, with its Old Town located on a charming peninsula, which was a Greek colony in ancient times. Tour of the Old Town, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, which includes Greek and Roman remains, as well as a complex of medieval Byzantine and Bulgarian churches, which are fundamental works of Eastern ecclesiastical architecture. Return to Golden Sands/Varna.)
- Overnight in Golden Sands/Varna.
3 rd DAY: OPTIONAL TOUR TO VELIKO TARNOVO (Extra cost of 60 € per person)
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Free time to relax on the beach or discover the city at your ease.
- Or Optional tour to Veliko Tarnovo, capital of the Second Bulgarian empire, and visit to Tsarevets Medieval Fortless, located on a picturesque hill in the town center.
- Return to Golden Sands/Varna.
- Overnight in Golden Sands/Varna
4th DAY: GOLDEN SANDS VARNA TO SOFIA
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Departure for Sofia.
- Arrival in the city & check-in at the hotel.
- Guided walking tour in the city center – Alexander Nevski cathedral, Saint George Rotunda, etc.
- Optional dinner at traditional Bulgarian restaurant with folkloric music and dances.
“With an extra cost of 110 € per person including transfers to & from the restaurant”
- Overnight in Sofia.
5th DAY: OPTIONAL To RILA LAKES AND RILA MONASTERY “With extra cost of 60 € per person, includes cable car ride in Rila”
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Free time to discover the city at your ease or enjoy shopping.
- Or Optional tour to Rila Lakes and Rila Monastery.
(Departure for Rila Mountain, then continue our visit to Rila Lakes, a National Park located between 2,100 and 2,500 meters above sea level. Cable cars ride up to the Rila Lakes. Continue to Rila Monastery – the most exquisite example of orthodox architecture in Bulgaria to explore It’s Museum preserved documents and the artifacts and art from the medieval Ottoman and contemporary times. Visit of Nativity of the Virgin Church with its miraculous icon of the Virgin and splendid gilded iconostasis.
- Return to Sofia, and Overnight at the hotel in Sofia
6th DAY (11th JULY 2025) OPTIONAL TOUR TO STAROSSEL AND PLOVDIV “With extra cost of 50 € per person, includes visits to Starossel Thomb and Plovdiv Roman theatre”
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Free time to discover the city at your ease or enjoy shopping.
- Or Optional tour to STAROSSEL AND PLOVDIV.
(Visit to Starosel and walk around the latest excavations of the Thracian tombs at Starosel.
The village is known for its abundance of ancient Thracian sites, with finds dating back to the 5-6 millennium BC. Wine-tasting at Starosel winery)
- Return to Sofia, and Overnight at the hotel.
7th DAY (12th JULY 2025) SOFIA – DEPARTURE FLIGHT TO CAIRO
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Transfer to the airport for your departure flight on OS798 to Viena