Discover Bulgaria
John has led around twenty specialist tours to Bulgaria for a variety of tour operators, NADFAS groups and private parties.
He led two tours for Ciceroni Travel in 2025.
Details and bookings for Ciceroni Travel on 01869 811167: e-mail:info@ciceroni.co.uk.
Typical itineraries include:
- Sofia's city centre, with buildings from the late Roman period to the modern era
- the National Historical Museum and mediaeval church at Boyana
- the orthodox monasteries at Rila, Bachkovo and Troyan
- Plovdiv's city centre, with cobbled streets, merchants' houses and Roman theatre
- the Thracian tomb at Kazanluk
- the mediaeval capital, Veliko Turnovo
- the conservation villages of Koprivshtitsa and Arbanassi
- a wine tasting and an evening of folk music and dancing
Comments:
- 'Thank you for an outstanding trip to Bulgaria. The holiday far exceeded expectations.'
- 'We thoroughly understand how you have developed such an affection for the country and the people.'
- 'The history and the culture stood out, thanks to the focus you provided. I admire your presentation of past times and present effects, and your sympathetic understanding of Bulgarian society.'
- 'Memories crowd in - the people, the Thracian treasures, the mountains, the salads, those gorgeous domestic interiors, the monasteries, the wine tasting - and the underlying, turbulent history.'
- 'My head is full of images of mountains and monasteries, bullet-spattered church doors, heroes, icons, gold drinking horns, exquisite merchants' homes, wild raspberries, stunning mountain passes and sunlight glittering through beech trees.'
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