Nessebar - a city-museum, located on a picturesque rocky island-like peninsula. A unique ancient Mesembria founded on the foundations of the Thracian settlement over 2.500 years ago with ancient fortifications, original architecture and over a dozen of Orthodox churches – included in the UNESCO program because of their historical value. It is famous for its outstanding architecture – narrow winding and paved streets, houses made of wood and stone, picturesque surroundings,... The Old City, Byzantine churches, ruins of medieval fortresses...

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Istanbul – a trip to the capital of Turkey, the ancient city of Orient. A Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, the Topcapi Palace of sultans, and the Hagia Sophia Mosque are there to be seen. Taste the traditional Turkish cuisine, see the belly dancing and folk performances, shop at the Great Bazaar, Egyptian Bazaar, or take a cruise on Bosphorus. The city on both sides of the Bosphorus Strait is a link between Europe and Asia, Thracia and Anatolia, the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea, the East and the West, Christianity and Islam, tradition and modernity. It is fascinating and enchanting. It has over 16 million residents – it is one of the greatest city agglomerations in the world. It is the Turkish financial center with main seats of banks and financial institutions, stock exchanges. There are many universities with the most famous one – the Istanbul University founded in 1453.

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MONASTERIES - Bulgaria is famous for a large number of monasteries. There are almost 160 – these are most often organic monasteries melting with the landscape. The external asceticism is in contrast with rich interiors. You forget about the surrounding world when you enter a monastery with carved wooden walls, decorated with paintings. Only some monasteries are occupied by monks. The role of monasteries has changed over the centuries. After Christian baptism in the 9th century, the Bulgarian tsars built many monasteries, which became the spiritual centers of the country, favorable to spreading and distribution of the Bulgarian language and literacy. The monks rewrote the most important Christian works and own texts.
 

 
 
 
 
 

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VELIKO TURNOVO - The former capital of the Bulgarian kingdom: a historical mountain of Tzarevetz, the ruins of the medieval palace of Bulgarian kings. An old, beautiful city located on steep mountains.