Bulgaria · BUCHAREST DAY TRIPS TO BULGARIA
From Bucharest, Bulgaria starts forty minutes south: the Friendship Bridge, the rock churches at Ivanovo and medieval Veliko Tarnovo all fit inside a long day. These 7 handle the border and the driving, priced and timed from the Romanian side.
Visit Bulgaria from Bucharest on a 12-hour small-group trip to Veliko Tarnovo, Tsarevets Fortress, Arbanasi, and Ruse.
“What a great way to check off another country. The fortress at Veliko Tarnovo was very cool to explore and the small trip size was a great way to travel.”
Review of a 12-hour Bucharest day trip to Bulgaria, with Ivanovo Rock Churches, Veliko Tarnovo, Tsarevets Fortress, and Arbanassi.
“Absolutely fantastic trip. The guide Victor told interesting stories about each stop on the journey and even more in the car between the stops. 6 out of 5 stars.”
Cross from Bucharest into Bulgaria to see Basarbovo Monastery, Veliko Tarnovo, Tsaravets Fortress, and Arbanasi in one long day.
“Gabriel was a very good tour guide. One of the other tourists drank too much and may also have had a mental health problem. This tourist became aggressive and Gabriel ejected him from the tour. Gabriel did the correct thing. I am very glad to have had Gabriel as our tour guide.”
Cross the Danube from Bucharest to Basarbovo, Arbanasi, and Veliko Tarnovo on a flexible private Bulgaria day tour with an English-speaking guide.
“Excellent day, well worth money. Angelica was our guide and she was so friendly and helpful throughout the day. We were picked up and dropped off at our hotel. We really enjoyed it. We forgot to organise currency for Bulgaria but it wasn’t a problem as there was a place at the border to exchange lei, also very cheap there.”
Review of the Bulgaria day trip from Bucharest, with Ruse, Basarbovo Monastery, Veliko Tarnovo, Tsarevets, costs, and key planning tips.
“Never thought this kind of scammer still exist in 2024 but obviously only on Viator. The low cost option what’s so called self-guided tour which costs 77USD is merely a two page pdf with historical information from Wikipedia (if this is a business why wouldn’t people do other things for a living), and they refuse to answer any of your questions about transportation before you can cancel for free, and tell you everything is fine until the night before your trip. Then when you wanna cancel they play the victim saying everything was on the page and you are the one to blame, and even if you wanna upgrade to…”
Explore Ruse from Bucharest with a flexible self-guided e-guide covering Danube sights, caves, museums, and Rusenski Lom Nature Park.
“Paid nearly 40 euro for a word document...very misleading on the site, why have a meeting point when you have to organize your own transport?”
Cross the Danube from Bucharest to Bulgaria for Basarabov Monastery, Tsarevets Fortress, Veliko Tarnovo, and Arbanassi in one long day.
“We had the best day. Our guide Michael was a wealth of information and he made the day so fun. It was great and we highly recommend Michael. It is a lot of driving, but Michael made it so fun that the time just flew. He is an awesome DJ too”
Four ways into the country, none of them wrong.
