What is the cancellation policy for this tour?

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

How long does this tour take?

This tour lasts approximately 3 hours and a half.

Where does this tour start?

Meeting point details will be provided in your booking confirmation.

Bulgaria

Sofia - National History Museum and Boyana Church Guided Tour

3 hours and a half

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Overview

Many visitors to Sofia find it difficult to find their way to the National History Museum and the Boyana church. Not only will you be part of a small group, but you will also get a proper guided tour and have a great introduction for your following Sofia exploration.
At the National History Museum you will see some unique artefacts dating from the 7th Millennium BC. you will see some of the discovered oldest gold in the world, dated circa 4600 years BC and going to enjoy visiting one of the most important former Communist buildings in Bulgaria!
The Boyana church in its turn shows amazingly well preserved frescoes from the pre-Renaissance centuries introducing amazing and unexpected mastership, bright colours and nice and serenity of the images!

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What's Included

✓ Included

All Fees and Taxes
Air-conditioned vehicle

✗ Not Included

Snacks
Any personal expenditures - souvenirs, meals, gratuities, etc.

Itinerary

Stop 1

You will be part of a small group - people who are interested in learning about Bulgaria, our history, our culture, traditions, creation of the Cyrillic alphabet, Orthodox frescoes, etc. We will drive for about 25 minutes starting from our meeting point and will arrive at the National History Museum. The building itself has its own history related to the Communist past. We will go through the different exhibition halls together, starting from prehistoric ages, learn about who are the Thracians, discover about the Cyrillic alphabet, Bulgarian National Revival and how Bulgaria turned into a Socialist state. Having spent about 1 1/2 hour we'll drive for 10 minutes to reach Boyana church - one of the UNESCO sites in Bulgaria.

Stop 2

The Boyana church is a museum revealing to us the quality of the pre-Renaissance art through the frescoes from the 13th century. During the 35-45 minutes spent at the site we will discover about the Palaiologan dynasty from the Byzantine Empire and how it affected the religious art development in Bulgaria. We are also going to discover the secret of Boyana church. Having finished our visit we will drive back to the city center for approximately 25 minutes.