After breakfast city tour of Vidin including Baba Vida Fortress. Continue to Belogradchik Rocks and Belogradchik Fortress. The tour contimues to the town of Chiprovtsi. Visit the historical museum in Chiprovtsi. Arrival in Sofia. Check into hotel. Overnight. Sightseeing during the day: Baba Vida Fortress Museum – it is named after an old legend – it is the biggest historical sight of Vidin and the best preserved medieval Bulgarian fortress in the country. It has been built in different historical periods from 3rd century to the 19th. A museum exhibition is arranged in the fortress. There is a theatrical scene and dramatic performances with historical plots are played among the unique scenery. Belogradchik Rocks formed from red stone and conglomerate – one of the natural wonders of Bulgaria. A fairy-tale stone world surrounds Belogradchik from west, south and southeast. The central group rises immediately above the town. One can see about 100m high lonely rocks named Adam and Eve. The French traveler Germon Blanky wrote the following about The Belogradchik Rocks in 1841: “Neither the famous passes of Ailihul in Provence, neither the Pancarbo Gorge in Spain, neither the Alps, neither the Pyrenees, nor the most eminent tyrol mountains in Switzerland have anything, which can be compared with what I saw in Bulgaria in the town Belogradchik . ” |