Day trip to Plovdiv: Antiquity, Middle Ages and Modernity

There is plenty to see in the vibrant and attractive old town:

Architectural complex “Old Plovdiv”

The Etnographical Museum - exhibiting fine example traditional artefacts and spiritual culture of the people from Rodopi Mountains. The house itself is probably the most beautiful house in Plovdiv - Bulgarian Baroque architecture from the 1847
The Roman Amphitheatre -one of the best preserved in Europe, from the 2nd AD
Mosque “Djumaia Djami” - one of the three examples of the oldest type of Ottoman worship buildings still preserved on the Balkan Peninsula
Roman Stadium - The flashiest competitions were the Alexandrian games, which were just like the Greek Olympic games.

Optional visit to Bachkovo Monastery - it is the second biggest monastery in Bulgaria and is located on the bank of Chepelare river in Rodopi Mountains some 35 km from Plovdiv. A prominent Byzantine statesman, of Georgian origin, founded it in 1083.

Here you can see:
The church of the Assumption (1604) with murals dating from 1643
The charnel-house - the only part that has survived from its original structure
The monastery refectory (1601) and its unique medieval frescos

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