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Hike Bulgaria Love Swing, Veliko Tarnovo and Tarevet Fortress
Hike Bulgaria Love Swing, Veliko Tarnovo and Tarevet Fortress
Hike Bulgaria Love Swing, Veliko Tarnovo and Tarevet Fortress
Hike Bulgaria Love Swing, Veliko Tarnovo and Tarevet Fortress
Hike Bulgaria Love Swing, Veliko Tarnovo and Tarevet Fortress

Hike Bulgaria Love Swing, Veliko Tarnovo and Tarevet Fortress

By ETTA Mundo
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is $316 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 10h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Explore the neighboring country, Bulgaria. Cross the border using the bridge over Danube river, which is only 60 km (40 miles) from Bucharest.

Take advantage of a day trip to experience a culture with long history and widely different roots and traditions, in the City of Tsars, Veliko Tarnovo. From the Love Swing you’ll have a wide panoramic view with the medieval citadel, Tsarevets and its city built on top of the canyon created by the Yantra River.

Veliko Tarnovo itself attracts many tourists with its unique architecture and magnificent views of the Yantra River. And of course, the food and local wines. You will have the opportunity to explore the town at your leisure and discover its fascinating history and culture.

And the road itself is a journey to the center of Bulgaria through villages and agricultural lands, while learning about the history and culture of this people from the Balkans.

Activity location

  • Tsarevets Fortress
    • Square Tsar Asen
    • 5000, Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Tsarevets Fortress
    • Square Tsar Asen
    • 5000, Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

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Hike Bulgaria Love Swing, Veliko Tarnovo and Tarevet Fortress
  • Activity duration is 10 hours and 30 minutes10h 30m
    10h 30m
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
$316.17 x 1 Adult$316.17
Total
Price is $316.17
Until Thu, May 29

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transportation
  • What's includedWhat's includedWalking sticks for who wants to use
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel Pick-up and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll Fees and Taxes
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • After rain or snow, the hike to Love Swing it's becoming muddy. It's still doable, just might be unpleasant for the travellers.

Activity itinerary

Tsarevets Fortress
  • 1h 10m
  • Admission ticket included
The strongest Bulgarian fortification from the Middle Ages. Once home to royalty this ancient stronghold is now a striking tourist attraction standing proudly atop Tsaravets Hill. The guide will acompany you and explaine details from the past and present. Tho top hill church has uniq paintings in an remarkable Art Deko style.
Veliko Tarnovo
  • 2h
It is the historical and cultural capital of Bulgaria. Often referred to as the "City of the Tsars", Veliko Tarnovo is located on the Yantra River and is famously known as the historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, attracting many tourists with its unique architecture. You will have the opportunity to explore the town at your leisure and discover its fascinating history and culture. The market street Samovodska is a real treasure, a tourist attraction where one can see renovated old houses, various traditional craft workshops, bakeries, pastry shops and the so-called Hadji Nikoli Inn built in 1858.
Arbanasi
  • 1h
Your adventure begins with a short and easy hike from the village of Arbanasi, a UNESCO-listed site, to the panoramic view called Love Swing, because of the swing rocker that swings over the edge of the cliff. And you can try it too. The guide will be with you for extra guidance and history lesson.
The Bridge of Friendship (Pass by)
The Danube Bridge also known as the Friendship Bridge is a steel truss bridge over the Danube River connecting the Bulgarian bank to the south with the Romanian bank to the north. It is one of only two bridges connecting Romania and Bulgaria. Designed by Soviet engineers, the bridge is 2,223.52 m (7,295.0 ft) long and was, at the time, the only bridge over the Danube shared by Bulgaria and Romania (1954). The central part of the bridge (85 m) is mobile and can be lifted for oversized boats passage. The maintenance of the mobile part is Romania's responsibility and is periodically checked. The bridge was constructed in two and a half years with the aid of the Soviet Union.
Ruse (Pass by)
Ruse is known for its 19th- and 20th-century Neo-Baroque and Neo-Rococo architecture, which attracts many tourists. It is often called the Little Vienna. Ruse is the birthplace of the Nobel laureate in Literature Elias Canetti and the writer Michael Arlen. The Rousse TV Tower is built there on the remains of Leventtabia, a former Turkish fortification. A popular legend claims that the name Ruse comes from Finnish ruskea, or the name of a female founder of the city, whose name was Rusa, meaning "blonde hair". In the 13th and 14th centuries, during the time of the Second Bulgarian Empire, a fortified settlement called Rusi, first mentioned in 1380, emerged near the ruins of the earlier Roman town.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESTsarevets Fortress
    • Square Tsar Asen
    • 5000, Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLETsarevets Fortress
    • Square Tsar Asen
    • 5000, Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

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