Plovdiv Airport 32 min
Garden of Tsar Simeon (25 min) Garden and park Kuklen Monastery 'Saints Cosmas and Damian' (34 min) Dzhumaya Mosque (30 min) Large mosque, rebuilt in the 15th century, with many domes & 18th- & 19th-century wall paintings. Singing Fountains (25 min) Assen's Fortress (37 min) Centuries-old mountaintop fort ruins with a restored church, plus a terrace & panoramic views. Alyosha (26 min) Stone steps lead up to this massive, 1950s hilltop statue of a Soviet soldier towering over Plovdiv. Nebet Tepe (33 min) Archaeological complex with the crumbling walls of an ancient fortress & panoramic city views. Red church (25 min) Church, monastery, basilica, christianity, and ruins Ancient Theater of Philippopolis (27 min) Ancient Roman-style amphitheater restored & today hosting various performing arts events. Hills of Plovdiv (32 min) Ancient Stadium of Philipopolis (28 min) Remains of a Roman stadium built in the first century AD that seated up to 30,000 spectators. Ancient Town Of Plovdiv - Architectural Reserve (32 min) Hillside complex combining culture & architecture from ancient times through the 19th century. Regional Ethnographic Museum Plovdiv (31 min) Bulgarian cultural museum in a grand 19th-century building with art, musical instruments & costumes. The Red Wall (40 min) Monastery, nature reserve, ecotourism, and nature History museum of Plovdiv (27 min) Publisher Hristo G. Danov's home, now with exhibits on the history of book publishing in Bulgaria. |