Private Day Trip to Plovdiv from Sofia
Overview
Most times the trips are done with eco friendly cars - with CNG engine or electro mobiles, so that we can help combat the air pollution.
Inclusions
- Transportation by an A/C car
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Private tour
- Professional driver- guide in English
- Sightseeing tour in Plovdiv
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Plovdiv Old Town, Plovdiv 4000 Bulgaria
With this tour you will have the chance to discover the town of Plovdiv: the oldest existing settlement in Europe. It is a very beautiful place, also known as the town of the Seven Hills, and it can be reached for only 2 hours from Sofia by car. This amazing city merges Thracian, Roman and Bulgarian heritage. You will see traditional Bulgarian houses from the Revival period, walk by Roman remains and early Christian mosaics. Popular museums that can be visited in the town are the Ethnographic museum, the museum of Natural history, the Roman stadium. And you will have free time for lunch in a traditional local restourant.
Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria, the 5th oldest in the world and the oldest in Europe. Its history dates back to 4, 000 years BC. In the beginning, the ancient settlement was situated on the natural elevation between Nebet, Taksim and Dzhambaz hills (the Three Hills). In ancient times Thracians inhabited the Three Hills and built a fortified settlement – the largest city in Thrace. In the 4th century BC Plovdiv was conquered by Phillip of Macedonia. He gave the city one of its many names – Phillipopolis, and had it surrounded by thick fortified walls. Later it became a Roman province and an important regional center. The town hosts the Roman theatre, which was successfully restored and it is presently used for different performances, concerts and events.
Since this year Plovdiv is the European capital of culture, you may be able to see some of the undergoing events as well! They will be in all different aspects such as exebitions, concerts, art permormances, street parades and many others. You can write us your date of traveling and we will inform you what events will be held during that period and can be included in the day trip.
Duration: 4 hours
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- please wear comfortable walking shoes
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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We were a group of Irish friends,who booked private tour of Plovdiv and the Old Town with City Tour Sofia.We had absolutely fantastic time. Our tour guide Nick was great to be around,we learned a lot about the history of Plovdiv and more! Thank you to Vasil for making the booking easy,and fulfill...
We were a group of Irish friends,who booked private tour of Plovdiv and the Old Town with City Tour Sofia.We had absolutely fantastic time. Our tour guide Nick was great to be around,we learned a lot about the history of Plovdiv and more! Thank you to Vasil for making the booking easy,and fulfilling our wishes. Fully recommend and hope to use City Tour again!We had a fantastic day trip to Plovdiv,our best tour ever .Our guide Nik was excellent and very accomodating,He looked after us the whole time and was very kind to the kids as well.We learned a lot about Plovdiv and its ancient history,fully recommend it to friends and hope to use city tour again...
We had a fantastic day trip to Plovdiv,our best tour ever .Our guide Nik was excellent and very accomodating,He looked after us the whole time and was very kind to the kids as well.We learned a lot about Plovdiv and its ancient history,fully recommend it to friends and hope to use city tour again in the future!Thank youThis was our best ever day trip. Our guide, Pavel, was extremely knowledgeable. He collected us from our hotel, drove us to and from Plovdiv and led us around the old town, regaling us with tales from the thousands of years of history in this longest continuously-inhabited city in Europe. We l...
This was our best ever day trip. Our guide, Pavel, was extremely knowledgeable. He collected us from our hotel, drove us to and from Plovdiv and led us around the old town, regaling us with tales from the thousands of years of history in this longest continuously-inhabited city in Europe. We learned so much in a single day and can’t wait to find out more about this amazing place when we return. We can’t recommend this tour company highly enough.We had a short stay in Bulgaria and had only 2 days for sightseeing so we looked for a one-day-tour out of the city of Sofia and were happy to have a wonderful days travelling with TODOR Nedkov to Plovdiv and to Bachkovo Monastery. Todor was driving safefully and talked all the way about the Bulg...
We had a short stay in Bulgaria and had only 2 days for sightseeing so we looked for a one-day-tour out of the city of Sofia and were happy to have a wonderful days travelling with TODOR Nedkov to Plovdiv and to Bachkovo Monastery. Todor was driving safefully and talked all the way about the Bulgarian culture, language, food, politics, religion, etc... Todor has a very large knowledge in all these domains and we were amazed how much he responded in details to all our questions. At Plovdiv, we had a full lesson of History of Bulgaria and the city itself. At the monastery we had another full lesson of all the religions in Bulgaria and of course of Bulgarian Christianism. We also ate in a wonderful restaurant a great meal (actually the best we had in Bulgaria) and we learned about Bulgarian gastronomy. Thank you Todor for making this a great day !Très belle ville riche en culture. La vieille ville est splendide. Le musée ethnographique vaut vraiment la peine. Le guide Dimitri pas avare en explications.
Très belle ville riche en culture. La vieille ville est splendide. Le musée ethnographique vaut vraiment la peine. Le guide Dimitri pas avare en explications.Dopo l'esperienza di Rila abbiamo deciso di replicare con Plovdiv. Purtroppo la navetta era piena per il giorno successivo e l'unica opzione era quella di prendere un private tour. L'organizzazione è stata molto onesta e ci ha proposto di dividere il private tour con una coppia così da pagare di ...
Dopo l'esperienza di Rila abbiamo deciso di replicare con Plovdiv. Purtroppo la navetta era piena per il giorno successivo e l'unica opzione era quella di prendere un private tour. L'organizzazione è stata molto onesta e ci ha proposto di dividere il private tour con una coppia così da pagare di meno (60 euro a testa invece di 90). La guida Maria ci è venuta a prendere in albergo ed è stata davvero gentile e chiara. La cittadina merita ed è visitabile in poche ore. Può essere raggiunta anche con pullmann e treni (a prezzi quindi più economici) ma noi avevamo il volo la sera e non volevamo rischiare. Ovviamente se vi è il dubbio tra daytrip Rila e Plovdiv consiglio molto di più la prima!!