Small Group Tour: Exploring Plovdiv, Asen's Fortress and Bachkovo Monastery

With this daylong journey, you’ll have the opportunity to explore a location in Bulgaria that’s a must-visit and was fittingly chosen as the European Capital of Culture for 2019. Also included in this tour are two significant landmarks of the area - Asen’s Fortress and the Bachkovo Monastery.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Plovdiv Old Town - The tour begins with a pick-up from your centrally located hotel or accommodation in Sofia. After a drive of about an hour and a half, we will arrive in Plovdiv. Known as the oldest continuously inhabited city in Europe, Plovdiv holds cultural and economic importance both historically and currently due to its strategic location….
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off from a centrally located address
  • Transport by private vehicle
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • We understand your concerns in relation to COVID 19, therefore we’ve taken the needed measures for you to feel safe. All our guides and drivers go through regular medical checks, wear masks during the tours and in each vehicle, we have a disinfectant spray. Furthermore due to the situation nowadays we organize…
Location
InterContinental Sofia by IHG
ploshtad "Narodno sabranie"
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Asenka_a
Jul 10, 2025
Wonderful trip & a knowledgeable guide - The tour was wonderful! The architecture of old Plovdiv is very beautiful; there are many Roman ruins, Assen's fortress and the serenity of Bachkovo monastery were a great experience as well. The tour was exceptionally well organized, our guide picked us up from the hotel, even though our hotel wasn't on the list of pick-up locations. We started exactly on time - at 8:40am and everything was perfect. The guide had a university degree of archaeology and was very knowledgeable about the history of Plovdiv and Bulgaria. Overall, I would recommend this tour to anyone, who wants to experience some of the history and culture of Bulgaria.
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Mishel_m
Jul 4, 2025
Nice day tour to Plovdiv + 2 nearby attractions - Be ready for a lot of walking. Best to go on cooler days. 2hr drive to Plovdiv - a beautiful town with a lot of history. The nearby Monastery is also beautiful.
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Donka_r
Jun 28, 2025
Excellent, Comprehensive, and Fun Tour! Great for the History Lovers - Excellent small tour with knowledgeable guide. Shout out to Teodor who as an expert historian and linguist provided the historical, cultural, and geographical story of Bulgaria's archeological wonder, the city of Plovdiv. If you love talking about the Roman Empire, and are fascinated with the Bulgarian Renaissance of the 19th century, you will love this tour of old Plovdiv homes. Also visited awesome Asenov Fortress, and beautiful Batchkovo Monastery. This is a great tour for the curious, history buffs, and those who love hearing the story of Bulgaria, its people, and land while traveling.
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Ram_m
Jun 5, 2025
Memorable must do day trip from Sofia - Wonderful small group (5 guests in total) day trip into the country… visiting beautiful town of Plovdiv, historic fortress and absolutely stunning monastery. Many thanks to our guide Daniel who picked us on time, shared his knowledge of Bulgarian and regional history and culture. Daniel made the overall experience a memorable one. Highly recommended… must do tour.. while visiting Bulgaria.
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Donna_j
Jun 2, 2025
Incredible tour. - Daniel was a superb guide. He explained so much of the history and he drove many miles to get us to the wonderful places that were on the tour. I can’t praise him enough for the experience. Incredible tour of Plovdiv. The fortress was phenomenal and he took fantastic photos of us. The monastery was inspirational. So much to see and learn about. Very inspiring. Highly recommend this to everyone!!
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Xinyi_t
May 29, 2025
lovely arrangement.... - lovely arrangement. Knowledgeable and friendly team guide. The time arrangement is also very reasonable.
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David_m
May 12, 2025
Great day out - The whole day was wonderful, if you like history and culture then go to Plovdiv, the guide was helpful and informative, and the whole city is just stunning! As was the fort and the monastery!
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Laura_h
May 7, 2025
Driver was nice and... - Driver was nice and helpful. The tour went in reverse from what is described : Monastery first then fortress then Plovdiv which is definiteluvely the right way to do things. Gives you time to enjoy the monastery and the beautiful views form the fortress before spending the afternoon enjoying Plovdiv.
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Dryder38
Apr 25, 2025
Great to see another part of Bulgaria - Very good trip and well worth the money. Our guide was really great spoke excellent English. The trip should have been shorter, but there was a transport strike in Sofia so took longer to get out of the city. This is our second trip with BulTrips and both have been great would use again
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Judith_f
Apr 11, 2025
Fantastic day trip with Krisi! - An amazing day out seeing sensational cultural sites near Sofia, Bulgaria with Krisi. Krisi picked us up on time for our small group tour, was extremely courteous, knowledgeable and a great driver, and our day trip exceeded expectations.
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From $82
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).