Day 1 · Varna
Arrive in Varna
You are met at Varna airport and taken to your hotel. Spend the rest of the day finding your way around the pedestrian centre and the seafront.
- Travel
- 10 km, about 30 minutes
4 days · 3 nights
Three nights by the Black Sea, with a private day along the cliffs of the north coast.
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Ask about datesA short stay in Varna, the seaside capital of Bulgaria, with private airport transfers and a hotel close to the action. One day goes to a private guided trip up the coast to Cape Kaliakra and the palace and gardens at Balchik; the rest is yours for the beach, the Sea Garden and the city's museums.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
+1 day beforeA night in Varna first
Varna
Day 1 · Varna
You are met at Varna airport and taken to your hotel. Spend the rest of the day finding your way around the pedestrian centre and the seafront.
Kaliakra and Balchik
Day 2 · Kaliakra and Balchik
With a private guide, follow the north coast to Cape Kaliakra, where fortress ruins sit on cliffs above the sea and the legend of the forty maidens is told. Continue to Balchik, the summer palace of Queen Marie of Romania, with its botanical garden and a large cactus collection.
Varna
Day 3 · Varna
A free day for the Sea Garden, the cathedral and the Archaeological Museum, home to some of the oldest worked gold in the world. Or simply spend it on the beach.
Day 4 · Varna
Breakfast at the hotel before your private transfer to the airport.
+1 day afterA last night in Varna
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Varna · 3 nights
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Before the journey · +1 day
Arrive a day early at the same hotel and settle in by the sea.
After the journey · +1 day
Stay on for one more night at the same hotel before your flight.
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
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Bulgaria
8 days · 7 nights
Sofia → Veliko Tarnovo → Varna → Plovdiv → Sofia
A round trip from Sofia for your own group of ten or more. You travel north to the old capital of Veliko Tarnovo, east to Varna and Nessebar on the Black Sea, then back across the country to Plovdiv and the Rose Valley before two nights in Sofia with a day at Rila Monastery.
A short stay in Varna, the seaside capital of Bulgaria, with private airport transfers and a hotel close to the action. One day goes to a private guided trip up the coast to Cape Kaliakra and the palace and gardens at Balchik; the rest is yours for the beach, the Sea Garden and the city's museums.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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